Olympic GDT - 10 August

[Hack&Lube]

Race walking only looks funny because the rules say you must ALWAYS be touching the ground and your knees cannot be bent as when you are sprinting. There are refs that can penalize you can kick you out of the race if you fall out of form or start to run.

I think they should just make the race 50KM - freestyle. Just make it to the end nomatter how you want to walk/run. That would be much more interesting.

[nfotiu]

Originally Posted by Hack&Lube

Race walking only looks funny because the rules say you must ALWAYS be touching the ground and your knees cannot be bent as when you are sprinting. There are refs that can penalize you can kick you out of the race if you fall out of form or start to run.

I think they should just make the race 50KM - freestyle. Just make it to the end nomatter how you want to walk/run. That would be much more interesting.

Good idea, they could call it the marathon.