FORMER British 20km race walking record-holder and double Olympian Ian McCombie feels Callum Wilkinson’s world junior title will be a seminal moment for the discipline in the UK, and believes it proves that British race walking has “turned the corner”.
Wilkinson’s 40:41.62 victory put him first in the world among juniors for the 10,000m walk for 2016 and second on the UK’s all-time list behind McCombie, who competed at the Olympics in Los Angeles and Seoul, finishing 13th in 1988.