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Defending World and reigning Olympic champion Olga Kaniskina from Russia falls as a clear favorate to women’s 20km race walk at 12th World Championships in Berlin, and she is expected to shine at Brandenburg Gate, the finish line for the event, on Sunday.

Kaniskina has proved the dominant force in women’s race walking for the past couple of seasons and she starts a clear favorite for victory in Berlin.

The brilliant Russian walker has maintained her near invincible form this year, winning the Russian Winter Walking Championships in a world leading 1:24:56 in Adler and followed this up with a decisive victory at the IAAF Race Walking Challenge in China.

Kaniskina’s last defeat over the 20km distance came in May 2007and many expect the 24-year-old to make history and become the first woman to retain this title.