user: ### NOW ANSWER:
Question: Where was the World Race Walking Cup held before 2001?
Columns: ['Year', 'Competition', 'Venue', 'Position', 'Notes']
Types: ['real', 'text', 'text', 'text', 'text']
Sample row: [1997.0, 'World Championships', 'Athens, Greece', '12th', '20 km']
SQL:

assistant: SELECT "Venue" FROM "Table" WHERE "Year" < 2001.0 AND "Competition" = 'World Race Walking Cup';