Yes, race walking is an Olympic sport. Here’s how it works.
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Published 2016-08-11
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Vox's Brian Resnick and Phil Edwards looked into race walking rules, race walking technique, and race walking form, and it turns out to be a fascinating Olympic sport.
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All Comments (21)
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Teacher: HEY NO RUNNING IN THE HALLWAYS
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Having a fastest walking race is like having a loudest whispering contest
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Am I the only one who finds this mildly frustrating to watch? They're so close to running but not quite 😫
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"You were an Olympian? " "Yes." "Which sport? " "Hey, what's that over there?"
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my uncle did race walking in high school and college. he thought it would be an easy extracurricular but he got super into it and did so well he got accepted to stanford on a race walking scholarship
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these people can walk a faster mile than i can run.
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When your trying to get early in the lunch line but you don’t wanna be “that kid who runs to lunch”
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This is how I walk when I'm running late for class
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I like those late 90s/early 2000s news station graphics.
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They walk so stylishly.
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Me: wins lottery Relatives I haven’t seen in 10 years 1:44
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I’ve actually done race walk races and it’s extremely hard. I go to William Penn University and I’m on the track team here and since we’re are in the NAIA instead of the NCAA, race walking is an actual event. I did the 3k racewalk at my conference championship for indoor season and finished 9th in the conference. The training absolutely destroys your shins and after about 250m of the race you feel a constant burn up your legs. The training is just like any other distance runner besides you walk instead of run. I did 800m repeats walking, 200m intervals, it’s very similar. The worst part is the judges. I got to two fouls during the championships and it’s extremely scary knowing if I plant my leg wrong and buckle at the knee or push off to hard and lift off the ground for a fraction of a second near a judge, it could all be for nothing. It’s an awesome sport that looks goofy but people should definitely look into
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I'd be playing Pokemon Go during the event, hatch them eggs
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Look like a bunch of sassy queens walking around.
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Just imagine bragging to your friends that you walk the fastest then having to explain what you mean
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everybody gangsta until they realize these boys can walk faster and longer than you jog
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That seems so painful, when I walk really fast for a long time my tibias hurt
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A six minute walk mile... I definitely cannot judge
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0:42 "it's... HIPnotic :)"
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As a track Athlete, race-walking is probably the most anticipated event during a meet, our whole team will stay an extra 20 mins just to see it😂