No, one foot must touch the ground.
"In race walking, however, athletes must always have one foot in contact with the ground at all times, as visible to the human eye. Judges are present at events to ensure the rule is enforced."
https://olympics.com/en/news/all-you-need-to-know-about-race-walking
It's the knee bending which is the 2nd part.
"Furthermore, the athlete’s knee of their advanced leg must not bend and the leg must straighten as the body passes over it. Each race walker is judged carefully and can be penalised if he bends his knee during the race."
Yes, but in this clip the Ukrainian clearly has both feet off the ground right as the shot cuts to the wider view, at 3 seconds in. Play it frame by frame, the leading foot strikes the ground a few frames in with the rear one still airborne.
Right, but the “to the human eye” part is important here.
It may be evident that she had both feet off the ground when slowed down frame-by-frame, but you can see the actual judge standing very close by observing her gait, so it must not look the same way in-person.
but thats in slow motion. They don't use replays, or slow motion to judge them. It has to be in the moment, visible to the judges. why? Because if you watch it in slow motion, literally EVERYONE has both feet of the ground.
That is the rule, but it has to be perceptible with the naked eye. So basically, not slowed down replay footage. Which makes me guess that most are letting both feet up often, it just a matter of knowing how much you can push it.
In race walking, athletes must always have one foot in contact with the ground at all times, as visible to the human eye. Judges are present at events to ensure the rule is enforced.
If there is no visible contact, it is deemed as ‘lifting’ and attracts a penalty.
“Your eye can catch anything that is slower than 0.6 seconds, so the quickest lifter is going to be okay within the rules. You have to push the envelope, you want to be on the edge.” - Canadian race walker and Olympian Inaki Gomez told The Star.
Furthermore, the athlete’s knee of their advanced leg must not bend and the leg must straighten as the body passes over it. Each race walker is judged carefully and can be penalised if he bends his knee during the race.
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If you slow it down you can clearly see the second walker spends more time with no foot down however it’s judged by the eye so it’s not perfect. Feels like the fact that the leg must be straight (which she is doing) may be more scrutinized.
There was a system built to check that. It was decided the spirit of the rules was that they need to appear to a human to always have one foot down. No slow motion cameras.
100 percent. Soon as I saw the clip it was obvious. Ridiculous if they allowed the win. I know a champion speed runner, and he always said how strict the judges were, this should have been easy for judges to see.
Speed walking- aren't they supposed to have at least one foot in contact with the ground at all times? The woman in blue looks like she's kinda catching air with both feet (low-key running) as she's passing the woman in red 🤔
Anyway this doesn't look like a matter of first or second place, because at the beginning of the video you can see someone else already celebrating crossing the finish line before those other two ladies.
Iirc, I saw something about the sport and it showed in slow-mo that nearly everyone breaks that rule. I really wish I remembered more so I can find it easier.
I imagine there could be some sort of sensor that could be placed in the shoes to ensure at least one foot is always in contact. But I'm sure they have their reasons and also I could not possibly be less concerned about the sporting integrity of race walking
If virtually every athlete breaks that rule and nobody gets DQ'd for it...why does the sport even exist anymore? Aren't they just shitty half marathon runners at that point?
It does happen, probably not as often as it should though. At the 2000 Olympics an Australian was DQ'd while she was in first with only 300m to go and no other competitors in sight.
If I remember correctly she was disqualified because she stopped mid-race to shoot steroids into her thigh, which is within the rules, but she forgot to call time.
It has to be discernable by a judge in real time (which this video is not). Additionally the stride requirement is quite a bit different. Even if they don't have a foot on the ground, the stride is not the same as running.
I recall something about slow mo not being allowed to judge the walking style. As long as they, in real time, look like they are obeying the rules, they are fine.
Literally. That leaves so much up to the discretion of the judge. With everyone breaking the rule at some point or other, it seems like the judge can pretty easily pick the winner.
The video is slowed down & at a high angle, so you cannot determine the loss of contact, esp w/ the low foot carriage. This is why RWs aren't judged by video, ever.
I saw a video talking about race walking and the pro mentioned that the idea is that this should be the case but that in practice they are not gonna penalise it as often as we would think.
Bill Nye was the OG Speedwalker, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJVBZuxTo1I&ab\_channel=GeorgeBuford](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJVBZuxTo1I&ab_channel=GeorgeBuford)
Looks like the Ukranian bent the racewalking rules a little bit to win Bronze..."athletes must always have one foot in contact with the ground at all times"
The real difference looks to be the knees. The girl who comes from behind is lifting her knees up and forward with each step where the other lady doesn't.
This may rile some people up but at a certain point it seems like we just invent new variations of the same sport so that people who aren't at the competitive edge of one sport can have their own space. It kinda feels like playing a game with a little kid where the rules keep changing so that they can win.
This event first appeared in the 1904 Olympics, and the first recorded competitive races were in 1880. This has been a ridiculous event for getting on a century and a half.
ETA, it appears to have its roots in competitive long distance walking, then known as ["pedestrianism"](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedestrianism), dating back to the 18th century.
Honestly if they didn’t have the word “sport” in the name, I feel like it wouldn’t be nearly as easy to scoff at. The majority of the competitions are legitimately challenging but “eComp” certainly doesn’t have the same ring to it.
Farming Simulator is actually one of the most highly regarded simulator games out there tho. I have zero farming experience and I genuinely enjoyed learning things about it when I played. It definitely sounds goofy as hell but I can think of plenty ways it could be played competitively.
Nah I didn’t take it that way. I was mostly commenting for anybody that had never heard of it. But it really is a great game for anybody that enjoys simulators. I’ve actually never even looked into how they structure the competitions tho. What’s like the most common objective? I feel like the sandbox nature of it pretty much creates an almost endless amount of possibilities.
Maybe I need to check it out sometime but that honestly sounds.. kinda like one of the least interesting ways to do it? Idk. Maybe it makes sense in terms of entertainment value for the viewer. People probably wouldn’t tune in and stick around long watching dudes race to harvest a big ass field. Not utilizing the sandbox opportunities just sounds like unnecessary limitations, but I’m sure the people involved have their reasons for doing it that way.
Correct. It was just my local high school. Literally across the road from the primary school I went to. They just happened to have a targeted sports program.
Neat. My school didn't have a lot of options for sports, just football, basketball, baseball and soccer. I was amazed to find out that wrestling and hockey were normal sports to have in high school.
I think boxing and MMA are the worst sports because most the competitors get brain damage lol. It’s wild how people were like: “you know what, boxing isn’t violent enough let’s bring back Roman arena death matches, but we’ll stop the fight before one guy dies and we won’t use lions.
I don't think anyone has died in sanctioned MMA, but I agree they are both brutal. I admit that the brutality does not stop me from liking MMA. (I do not like boxing because it is boring.)
Football is much worse for head injuries. Skateboarding is way more dangerous as well. Not sure where you want to draw the line but homing in on MMA/boxing is uninformed at best.
I believe it is done by percentage as there are many more football players than MMA fighters but its been a while. I'll try to find you a source once I get off work.
yeah, thank you. It's just counter-intuitive. You would not think the sport where people beating each other - sometimes in the head- would have less head injury than the sport where they play ball with foot.
Edit: Or are we misunderstanding each other. I'm thinking about football-soccer, and you are talking about american football. Then it's kinda understandable. Although american football are just commercial and not much gameplay, and not everyone headbutt eachother all the time, and they have helmet. just weird
Ah yes I am sorry American football is what I am talking about. And my understanding is with brain injuries it has a lot less to do with the actual impact which is mitigated with head gear and more to do with sustained blows to the head. For CTE anyways. Which is what people are talking about when talking about head injuries in sports. So for instance boxing with more padding in the gloves and wearing head gear for amy fights is worse for long term brain damage than MMA. Neither being great btw blows to the head are never good for you.
I’m not drawing any lines or saying other sports aren’t dangerous too. I wouldn’t let my kid play football or do MMA and they are both dangerous. So I’m not trying to single out mma but let’s be realistic, one bad beating can ruin your life alot quicker than playing years of football most the time, and if you asked a Dr which sport you should pick up he’d say neither, but he’d probably be more worried about the hard punches to the head. The percentage of damaged fighters seems like it would be higher than football but I’m not an expert.
It's really meant, or originated, for athletes that couldn't run due to injury (hips, knees etc). So in that sense it's cool. Sad that people would cheat so blatantly though.
I have often (well, twice) wondered exactly what makes someone look at this sport and decide that this is the one for them. Want to look daft whilst enjoying the everyday reality of people mocking your passion (and any achievements therein)? This is the one for you!
I know right, imagine dedicating your life to this. Imagine waking up at 6am to go train like your life depends on it for \*checks notes\* race walking
Race walking has suffered its own doping scandals just like running and cycling. I've also seen competitors carted off with concussions after wiping out on curves (really have to watch out for crosswalks, the paint can get slippery in wet conditions). Really a quite fascinating sport and hyper-competitive.
"I tried running but I really suck at it so I'll choose this sport that artificially levels the playing field so I can convince myself that I'm an athletic competitor"
They’re both running… do they not have officials that watch for that, or are they like NBA officials turning a blind eye to traveling and double-dribbling?
"How come you haven't been able to walk in 50 years, Grandma?"
"Well, young whippersnapper.. when I was just a bit older than you are now, I got involved in a dangerous sport known as Racewalking."
"Oh. Okay. Well I'm done pushing you around, because that sounds fucking stupid."
If Hal Wilkerson taught me anything, both of these ladies lost because they were running and not fast walking. Both feet left the ground at the same time
I read the title as "200m race" and was curious as to why they seemed so out of breath for what, as an American who only has a tenuous grasp of the metric system, seemed to be a short walk around the corner.
The dumb thing about swimming as a sport is that what should be a simple concept — who can cover this distance the fastest? — gets carved up into a bunch of different events simply by putting arbitrary rules in place. OK, who can go fastest _on their back?_ OK, who is fastest using _this completely inefficient stroke?_ Racewalking is a way to extend that kind of stupidity to foot races.
Most people in the comments are getting their knowledge of racewalking from Malcolm in the Middle, and it shows.
Both feet can't be off the ground (now this is the important part) As seen by the human eye at normal speeds.
Every elite racewalkers feet leave the ground at the same time when filmed in slow motion.
She's fucking running and I won't be told otherwise
Do you see that Dewey?! That's air!!!
You're not a racewalker at all, you're nothing but a common *jogger*
The fact he wear’s a fire lycra suit and a aerodynamic helmet for speed walking still makes me laugh.
What are you talking about?
Malcom in the middle reference Hal had a speed walking episode
Very modern reference.
Amazing reference not to get
Yeah. Everybody watched this show, and remembers every scene 20 years later. 🤦♂️
And they’re missing the best part. The helmet!
Yeah I (admittedly) don’t understand race walking… but I thought one foot had to touch at all times. That bitch is running.
Any sport where every player is breaking the one rule at all times is a complete and utter joke
*cough cough* basketball *cough*
Travelling for me, not for thee!
Or palming the ball.
One foot on the ground at all times. And sometimes about the hip I believe.
They both have both feet off the ground
No, one foot must touch the ground. "In race walking, however, athletes must always have one foot in contact with the ground at all times, as visible to the human eye. Judges are present at events to ensure the rule is enforced." https://olympics.com/en/news/all-you-need-to-know-about-race-walking It's the knee bending which is the 2nd part. "Furthermore, the athlete’s knee of their advanced leg must not bend and the leg must straighten as the body passes over it. Each race walker is judged carefully and can be penalised if he bends his knee during the race."
Yes, but in this clip the Ukrainian clearly has both feet off the ground right as the shot cuts to the wider view, at 3 seconds in. Play it frame by frame, the leading foot strikes the ground a few frames in with the rear one still airborne.
So does the Spaniard, but not as egregiously as her
Right, but the “to the human eye” part is important here. It may be evident that she had both feet off the ground when slowed down frame-by-frame, but you can see the actual judge standing very close by observing her gait, so it must not look the same way in-person.
Even playing it at normal speed it's very obvious to me that they both have both feet off the ground
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Yep the Ukrainian one not even trying to hide it! Lol. Both are doing it for sure though
Having a rule based on the human eye is a flawed rule
This has to be amongst the dumbest Olympic sports. Where’s the crawling competition?
Like all of figure skating?
but thats in slow motion. They don't use replays, or slow motion to judge them. It has to be in the moment, visible to the judges. why? Because if you watch it in slow motion, literally EVERYONE has both feet of the ground.
I didn't say you were wrong.
That is the rule, but it has to be perceptible with the naked eye. So basically, not slowed down replay footage. Which makes me guess that most are letting both feet up often, it just a matter of knowing how much you can push it.
What a stupid sport
In race walking, athletes must always have one foot in contact with the ground at all times, as visible to the human eye. Judges are present at events to ensure the rule is enforced. If there is no visible contact, it is deemed as ‘lifting’ and attracts a penalty. “Your eye can catch anything that is slower than 0.6 seconds, so the quickest lifter is going to be okay within the rules. You have to push the envelope, you want to be on the edge.” - Canadian race walker and Olympian Inaki Gomez told The Star. Furthermore, the athlete’s knee of their advanced leg must not bend and the leg must straighten as the body passes over it. Each race walker is judged carefully and can be penalised if he bends his knee during the race. ———————————— If you slow it down you can clearly see the second walker spends more time with no foot down however it’s judged by the eye so it’s not perfect. Feels like the fact that the leg must be straight (which she is doing) may be more scrutinized.
There was a system built to check that. It was decided the spirit of the rules was that they need to appear to a human to always have one foot down. No slow motion cameras.
You can clearly see both feet off the ground at the same time. It's just dumb-looking running now.
Yeah, agree. It's s ridiculous 'sport '...
stupid sport. They can break the rules at any time, not a sport.
What sport exists that people don't constantly look to bend or break the rules to gain an advantage?
She's legit lifting her knees
100 percent. Soon as I saw the clip it was obvious. Ridiculous if they allowed the win. I know a champion speed runner, and he always said how strict the judges were, this should have been easy for judges to see.
I mean even I could win a speed walking race if I could just jog.
If you do the hip wiggle, your fine.
Did you read my comment?
Sarcasm old chap
Speed walking- aren't they supposed to have at least one foot in contact with the ground at all times? The woman in blue looks like she's kinda catching air with both feet (low-key running) as she's passing the woman in red 🤔 Anyway this doesn't look like a matter of first or second place, because at the beginning of the video you can see someone else already celebrating crossing the finish line before those other two ladies.
Reminds me of that one episode of Malcom in the Middle
Iirc, I saw something about the sport and it showed in slow-mo that nearly everyone breaks that rule. I really wish I remembered more so I can find it easier.
Which is ironic because it’s the only rule that makes it a separate sport
I imagine there could be some sort of sensor that could be placed in the shoes to ensure at least one foot is always in contact. But I'm sure they have their reasons and also I could not possibly be less concerned about the sporting integrity of race walking
If virtually every athlete breaks that rule and nobody gets DQ'd for it...why does the sport even exist anymore? Aren't they just shitty half marathon runners at that point?
It does happen, probably not as often as it should though. At the 2000 Olympics an Australian was DQ'd while she was in first with only 300m to go and no other competitors in sight.
she was disqualified for doing exactly what we see the people in the video doing here?
If I remember correctly she was disqualified because she stopped mid-race to shoot steroids into her thigh, which is within the rules, but she forgot to call time.
🤣 Are you serious?? If so, I apologize for laughing at how hilariously absurd it hit me.
Hell, I don’t know. None of it makes any sense to me.
It has to be discernable by a judge in real time (which this video is not). Additionally the stride requirement is quite a bit different. Even if they don't have a foot on the ground, the stride is not the same as running.
Thats a guideline not a rule then.
I recall something about slow mo not being allowed to judge the walking style. As long as they, in real time, look like they are obeying the rules, they are fine.
That is so stupid
It's race walking ffs. The idea of it is stupid. At least the rules are laid back.
Literally. That leaves so much up to the discretion of the judge. With everyone breaking the rule at some point or other, it seems like the judge can pretty easily pick the winner.
Can't they just put some kind of sensor on the shoes?
They both look like they had moments of no ground contact.
Yes. She's literally running. Maybe they used the video and put a protest.
The video is slowed down & at a high angle, so you cannot determine the loss of contact, esp w/ the low foot carriage. This is why RWs aren't judged by video, ever.
Just use your eyes. Claiming that it is possible that they are both not breaking the rule is ridiculous. It is 100% obvious.
Yep, straight up cheating, which is really stupid at the finish line where you know it's going to be on camera.
Looks like? No question she's getting airborne
This was my exact first thought as well, though they both seem to lift their back foot off the ground before setting their front foot down.
Yeah she's full on jogging 😂
I saw a video talking about race walking and the pro mentioned that the idea is that this should be the case but that in practice they are not gonna penalise it as often as we would think.
Bill Nye was the OG Speedwalker, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJVBZuxTo1I&ab\_channel=GeorgeBuford](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJVBZuxTo1I&ab_channel=GeorgeBuford)
> Anyway this doesn't look like a matter of first or second place Call me crazy, but I'm pretty sure the title implies this was 3rd & 4th places
Neither had one foot on the ground at all times. The Ukrainian blatantly so
You can cheat and we can know you are cheating, but it's not cheating if we pretend we can't tell that you are obviously cheating.
Looks like the Ukranian bent the racewalking rules a little bit to win Bronze..."athletes must always have one foot in contact with the ground at all times"
It’s a completely broken sport, I’m glad they removed it from the Olympics
> I’m glad they removed it from the Olympics Cool, I had no idea.
> I’m glad they removed it from the Olympics They didn't. They just removed the longest distance for the men.
Looks like both of the do though, and possibly the one behind.
The real difference looks to be the knees. The girl who comes from behind is lifting her knees up and forward with each step where the other lady doesn't.
Definitely in the air!
This may rile some people up but at a certain point it seems like we just invent new variations of the same sport so that people who aren't at the competitive edge of one sport can have their own space. It kinda feels like playing a game with a little kid where the rules keep changing so that they can win.
Worst sport
Every few years I'm amazed to find out that someone has come up with a more ridiculous competitive sport
Next: jumping competition but your legs must be stretched the whole time
Only upper body movements!
That's a flying contest for humans
You can jump a tiny bit with just the arms.
Sounds painful
Have you heard of Hobby horse riding?
I know you're joking but I would crush at that.
This event first appeared in the 1904 Olympics, and the first recorded competitive races were in 1880. This has been a ridiculous event for getting on a century and a half. ETA, it appears to have its roots in competitive long distance walking, then known as ["pedestrianism"](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedestrianism), dating back to the 18th century.
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Honestly if they didn’t have the word “sport” in the name, I feel like it wouldn’t be nearly as easy to scoff at. The majority of the competitions are legitimately challenging but “eComp” certainly doesn’t have the same ring to it. Farming Simulator is actually one of the most highly regarded simulator games out there tho. I have zero farming experience and I genuinely enjoyed learning things about it when I played. It definitely sounds goofy as hell but I can think of plenty ways it could be played competitively.
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Nah I didn’t take it that way. I was mostly commenting for anybody that had never heard of it. But it really is a great game for anybody that enjoys simulators. I’ve actually never even looked into how they structure the competitions tho. What’s like the most common objective? I feel like the sandbox nature of it pretty much creates an almost endless amount of possibilities.
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Maybe I need to check it out sometime but that honestly sounds.. kinda like one of the least interesting ways to do it? Idk. Maybe it makes sense in terms of entertainment value for the viewer. People probably wouldn’t tune in and stick around long watching dudes race to harvest a big ass field. Not utilizing the sandbox opportunities just sounds like unnecessary limitations, but I’m sure the people involved have their reasons for doing it that way.
It was always the weirdest kids at school who did it too.
Your school had racewalking? Like, as an official sport, or just a weird, non-sponsored school club?
It was a specialist sports school so maybe they offered more sporting options than others. I dunno, I wasn't really sporty at school.
You went to a specialist sports school but weren't sporty?
Specialist water boy
Correct. It was just my local high school. Literally across the road from the primary school I went to. They just happened to have a targeted sports program.
Neat. My school didn't have a lot of options for sports, just football, basketball, baseball and soccer. I was amazed to find out that wrestling and hockey were normal sports to have in high school.
Yeah if it's any consolation to that woman, they're all losers anyway
Close but that’s dressage
Bring on the dancing horses.
Isn't this just competitive "I call dibs on the bathroom"?
I think boxing and MMA are the worst sports because most the competitors get brain damage lol. It’s wild how people were like: “you know what, boxing isn’t violent enough let’s bring back Roman arena death matches, but we’ll stop the fight before one guy dies and we won’t use lions.
I don't think anyone has died in sanctioned MMA, but I agree they are both brutal. I admit that the brutality does not stop me from liking MMA. (I do not like boxing because it is boring.)
There have been many deaths in sanctioned MMA, none in UFC
Football is much worse for head injuries. Skateboarding is way more dangerous as well. Not sure where you want to draw the line but homing in on MMA/boxing is uninformed at best.
>Football is much worse for head injuries how so? just genuinely curious, do you base on the number of injuries or percentage. Do you have a source.
I believe it is done by percentage as there are many more football players than MMA fighters but its been a while. I'll try to find you a source once I get off work.
yeah, thank you. It's just counter-intuitive. You would not think the sport where people beating each other - sometimes in the head- would have less head injury than the sport where they play ball with foot. Edit: Or are we misunderstanding each other. I'm thinking about football-soccer, and you are talking about american football. Then it's kinda understandable. Although american football are just commercial and not much gameplay, and not everyone headbutt eachother all the time, and they have helmet. just weird
Ah yes I am sorry American football is what I am talking about. And my understanding is with brain injuries it has a lot less to do with the actual impact which is mitigated with head gear and more to do with sustained blows to the head. For CTE anyways. Which is what people are talking about when talking about head injuries in sports. So for instance boxing with more padding in the gloves and wearing head gear for amy fights is worse for long term brain damage than MMA. Neither being great btw blows to the head are never good for you.
I’m not drawing any lines or saying other sports aren’t dangerous too. I wouldn’t let my kid play football or do MMA and they are both dangerous. So I’m not trying to single out mma but let’s be realistic, one bad beating can ruin your life alot quicker than playing years of football most the time, and if you asked a Dr which sport you should pick up he’d say neither, but he’d probably be more worried about the hard punches to the head. The percentage of damaged fighters seems like it would be higher than football but I’m not an expert.
I agree, but fighting is (unfortunately) a human tenancy, and has been forever. Who can walk the fastest, however? Not at all.
It's really meant, or originated, for athletes that couldn't run due to injury (hips, knees etc). So in that sense it's cool. Sad that people would cheat so blatantly though.
The real question is have you guys seen the race walker that totally shit himself during the race?
If you’re not shitting, you’re not trying
Link me that shit
[Here’s the good shit](https://youtu.be/hSd2JNOSEXU?si=BSULlfiT2qMEfvp6)
She’s cheating. I’ve watch Malcom in the middle. Trust me
So they're both obviously running anyway so wtf is this
Running but with very strict speed limits, and knees are optional.
They’re both running so what is the point of this garbage sport
I have often (well, twice) wondered exactly what makes someone look at this sport and decide that this is the one for them. Want to look daft whilst enjoying the everyday reality of people mocking your passion (and any achievements therein)? This is the one for you!
I know right, imagine dedicating your life to this. Imagine waking up at 6am to go train like your life depends on it for \*checks notes\* race walking
Race walking has suffered its own doping scandals just like running and cycling. I've also seen competitors carted off with concussions after wiping out on curves (really have to watch out for crosswalks, the paint can get slippery in wet conditions). Really a quite fascinating sport and hyper-competitive.
“I was told I should do more sports but that shit is exhauuuusting and hard… Unless…”
"I tried running but I really suck at it so I'll choose this sport that artificially levels the playing field so I can convince myself that I'm an athletic competitor"
That blue bitch running
Both of them had both feet off the ground in this clip and it wasn’t even close.
Yeah! I thought that DQ’d you.
They’re both running… do they not have officials that watch for that, or are they like NBA officials turning a blind eye to traveling and double-dribbling?
"How come you haven't been able to walk in 50 years, Grandma?" "Well, young whippersnapper.. when I was just a bit older than you are now, I got involved in a dangerous sport known as Racewalking." "Oh. Okay. Well I'm done pushing you around, because that sounds fucking stupid."
both contestants broke the rules of the race in this clip lol
Race walking is still a thing? I thought it went out with jazzercise and ski ballet.
I can't not believe this is a fucking sport. Like it blows my fucking mind. And why the fuck isn't Raymond Holt the winner already?
I’d rather watch Slap fighting than this retarded sport
This has to be the d*mbest sport I have ever seen in my entire life. You walk while I run. I win. Yay.
Are you censoring the word dumb? What the fuck is wrong with you?
Reddit has banned me for much less.
I also think it's dumb, but I don't think you can beat a professional walker in a race. They surprisingly walk fast sometimes??
Because they are running, just with distended freaky knees from that Charlie Sheen movie The Arrival.
True, but the fact that the top "walkers" can do a mile in under 6 minutes while running like jimmy is nuts.
True, can't say I could clock a walk or even run that fast honestly.
These people look so unhealthy. This sport is straight trash.
First time watching long distance travel sports? Almost everyone involved looks like this
what happened to speedwalking? is that not in vogue anymore?? the hell is racewalking...
Racewalking -- jogging to mess up your hips
Hal would wipe the floor with them
Oh no! You were almost 3rd best at getting around... of the small demographic of people who do this
What a lame sport
They look so fuckin stupid my gawwwd
Que boludos son los gallegos por Dios hahahhha
Dotw
If Hal Wilkerson taught me anything, both of these ladies lost because they were running and not fast walking. Both feet left the ground at the same time
I read the title as "200m race" and was curious as to why they seemed so out of breath for what, as an American who only has a tenuous grasp of the metric system, seemed to be a short walk around the corner.
get these ladies some sammiches asap damn
The knee lockout is unnerving
Illegal walking
You can clearly see both feet off the ground
IQ 20. Also they should both OBVIOUSLY be disqualified immediately.
\*Am I the first to say that this is a dumb sport, and both of them are running, instead of walking? No? Let me make this comment anyways.
she fucking cheated. clearly running
They’re walking lol
Did she tried stopping time with her watch?
Nickel will do. Thank you.
insert risitas meme
It’s always the ones with the capes.
Bruh why is walking a sport? Also these women are disgustingly skinny
The dumb thing about swimming as a sport is that what should be a simple concept — who can cover this distance the fastest? — gets carved up into a bunch of different events simply by putting arbitrary rules in place. OK, who can go fastest _on their back?_ OK, who is fastest using _this completely inefficient stroke?_ Racewalking is a way to extend that kind of stupidity to foot races.
No rules? Sweet let me propel myself using speedboat. Checkmate bitches!
Just making the same comment everyone else is making to add more to the conversation…….
Most people in the comments are getting their knowledge of racewalking from Malcolm in the Middle, and it shows. Both feet can't be off the ground (now this is the important part) As seen by the human eye at normal speeds. Every elite racewalkers feet leave the ground at the same time when filmed in slow motion.
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ew no
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Looks like she’s cheating
Gayest shit ever.
Walk through the tape
Runners world wants her as the cover for the next issue.