Australia’s Rebecca Henderson claims historic race walk world record

25-year-old sets new global mark for race walk marathonRising star slices 19 seconds off previous record despite rainRebecca Henderson walked her way into the history books in Japan by becoming the first Australian track and field athlete in a generation to set a senior world record in a championship event.The rising 25-year-old from Dandenong set a new global mark for the race walk marathon – the sport’s newest championship event – clocking a remarkable three hours 14 minutes 52 seconds at the All Japan Race Walking meeting on Sunday. Continue reading…

Rebecca Henderson walked her way into the history books in Japan by becoming the first Australian track and field athlete in a generation to set a senior world record Rebecca Henderson walked her way into the history books in Japan by becoming the first Australian track and field athlete in a generation to set a senior world record in a championship event. The rising 25-year-old from Dandenong set a new global mark for the race walk marathon – the sport’s newest championship event – clocking a remarkable three hours 14 minutes 52 seconds at the All Japan Race Walking meeting on Sunday.

What’s more, the Victorian achieved the milestone while having to compete in sodden conditions on a rainy day in Takahata, in northern Japan. Australian para athletes have broken global records in recent times while Olympic silver medallist Jess Hull also set the world 2000m record a couple of years ago in Monaco in a non-championship discipline. Yet Henderson’s walk was the first time in 20 years that a non-disabled athlete