Bent knee. Advancing leg must not bend and should straighten as the body passes over it. Athletes competing in the 20km race walk at the 2024 Paris Games will need to serve a two-minute time penalty ...

But this is not the case when it comes to Olympic race walking, as some recent viewers were surprised to discover during this ...

Race walking events are usually long distance, from 3,000m to ultra distances like 100km. The Summer Olympics, for example, has a 20km race walk for men and women, and a 50km for men only.

The Millennium Monument forms the backdrop, and the athletes are off in the men's 20km race walk. Heroes' Square is the start and finish line, with the UNESCO World Heritage site glorifying the ...

Antonella Palmisano topped the women’s 20km race walk podium on Friday at Sapporo’s Odori Park with an incredible time of 1:29:12, picking up the pace in the final four kilometers and beating silver ...

Éabha De Faoite from Kenmare AC won the National Women’s U-23 title, while three Kerry walkers won Masters titles at the National Race-Walking Championships David Kenny won the 20km race at the ...

Jewish Australian Jemima Montag took bronze in the 20-kilometer race walk in Paris on Thursday, her first career Olympic medal. Montag, 26, finished the race in 1:26:25, six seconds behind the ...

Gold for China's Liu in the women's 20km race walk. She posts a winning time of 1:28:35 and is followed across the line by ...

According to USATF, this year’s Championship has been accepted as a World Athletics World Race Walking Tour Silver Label Event for the 35km, 20km, 10km, and 5km distances. Athletes taking part ...