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race walking
athletics
Also known as: walk, walking race
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athletics
- In athletics: Walking
This event, also called race walking, is relatively minor. Aside from the Olympic and other multinational competitions, it is seldom a part of track meets. Olympic competition is over 20,000 meters for men and women and 50,000 meters for men only, while other distances…
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Los Angeles 1932 Olympic Games
- In Los Angeles 1932 Olympic Games
The first race-walking event was held at the Los Angeles Games. See also Sidebar: Stanislawa Walasiewicz: The Curious Story of Stella Walsh.
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walking
- In walking: Racewalking
The technique followed in the track-and-field sport of racewalking requires that a competitor’s advancing foot touch the ground before the rear foot leaves the ground, and for this reason the sport is sometimes known as heel-and-toe racing. In all countries in the world—with the…
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