2008 IAAF World Race Walking Cup
The 2008 IAAF World Race Walking Cup was held on 10 and 11 May 2008 in the streets of Cheboksary, Chuvashia, Russia.Detailed reports on the event and an appraisal of the results was given for the IAAF.[6][7][8][9][10][11] †: Viktor Burayev from Russia was initially 24th (1:22:29), but disqualified because of doping violations.[6] †: Vladimir Kanaykin from Russia was initially 2nd and silver medallist in 3:36:55, but disqualified because of doping violations.[6] The participation of 430 athletes (276 men/154 women) from 53 countries is reported.