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Tom Bosworth looks to book his Rio place at 20km walk trials
- Updated: June 3, 2016
The British Olympic 20km race walking trials will be held on Sunday (June 5) at Woodhouse Moor in Leeds as part of the British Grand Prix of Race Walking, writes Ian Richards.
British record-holder Tom Bosworth will look to secure his place on the plane to Rio when he lines up on home soil. The 26-year-old has had a major breakthrough this year with his national record of 80:41, which is well inside the British qualifying time (84:00). Bosworth needs to finish as one of the top two British athletes to secure his selection for his first Olympic Games.
As the event is one of the last opportunities for race walkers to qualify for Rio it has attracted an international field with entries from Ireland, Norway, Spain, Hong Kong, Hungary, Slovenia and Portugal. Bosworth is joined in the 20km by Dominic King, who has already secured his place in the British team over 50km and will be looking to bounce back from his disqualification in the 20km World Race Walking Team Championships in Rome last month. He will be challenged by Norwegian Joakim Saelen who has a personal best of 88:05.
In the women’s 20km, Welsh record-holder Bethan Davies will be looking to target the British Olympic wualifying …
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