LATEST NEWS!! Australian Nathan Deakes wins the Grand Prix in Tijuana 
ECUADOR, 22/03/2005. In the men's race, Deakes resisted the attack of the Mexican race walkers and made his move at the right time to post his first win on Mexican soil, in a time of 1:21:28.
Two Olympians, Omar and Bernardo Segura, tried to bridge the gap and catch him, but had to trail in second and third, respectively. Omar clocked 1:21:45, one second faster than his cousin, the 1996 Olympic bronze medallist, who owns the fastest time over this course after his 1:19:06-hour win in 1993.
Deakes, the 2004 Olympic and World Cup bronze medallist, is the third fastest man over 20km this season and hopes to win his first World Championships medal this August in Helsinki.
With Olympic and World Championship runner-up Francisco Javier Fernandez a last minute absence, Olympic fifth place finisher Juan M. Molina was the highest Spanish ranked, in fourth (1:21:53).
Eder Sánchez confirmed himself as the newest Mexican hopeful with his brave fifth-place performance in a personal best of 1:22:18.
Sanchez, who will turn 19 in May, was fourth at the 2004 World Junior Championships in Grosseto, Italy. He won the 10km in Tijuana last year and was second over the same distance at the World Cup in Naumburg.
Italy's 2004 Olympic champion Ivano Brugnetti was relegated to eighth after a 1:23:52-hour effort. Brugnetti, who was also the 1999 World 50km champion and took third place in Tijuana last year and overall in the 2004 IAAF Walking Challenge, was forced to stop training for one month due to a pelvis microfracture at the end of December. He and Rigaudo arrived in Tijuana after a three-week high altitude training camp in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
20km Results
1. Nathan Deakes (AUS) 1:21:28
2. Omar Segura (MEX) 1:21:45
3. Bernardo Segura (MEX) 1:21:46
4. Juan M. Molina (ESP) 1:21:53
5. Eder Sánchez (MEX) 1:22:18
6. Andrés Choco (ECU) 1:23:14
7. Christian Berdeja (MEX) 1:23:27
8. Ivano Brugnetti (ITA) 1:23:52.
Cortesy of IAAF
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