The video that ends race walking?

She's a fatty, get over it. Your sport's rule is idiotic, you need to get over that too.

Walking is DEFINED scientifically as gait that is double-supported. If at any time neither foot is on the ground, you are no longer walking. That's why your "rule" is moronic. If the judges aren't looking, you can just run!

if shes not fat lets see how the porker does in actual distance running

10 lapper wrote:

What a damn, stupid ignorant statement. I know her, seen her and she's certainly not fat. She looks pretty good actually. She's repped at World Champs and World Cup and likely to do so at the Olympics. I'm tipping she looks better than you ever will.

You use that as a reason as to why it's not a sport, says more about you than the girl and the sport. Just so simple-thinking it defies belief. You always thinks that way? A part of your everyday thought process? Seems so. American's might not like the sport, other's do. We gave up caring what American's thought years ago. Their thoughts on the sport are irrelevant.

Go social justice warrior, go!

waddle waddle wrote:

Looks to me like every race walker in this video at USATF indoor track championships is actually running.

https://vid.me/hAk8

While I think this his hilarious, I must be true to my conscience. I disagree with both you and the maker of the video who entitled it, "Race walking or running?"

You guys both seem to think it looks like the are running. Far from it. Do you think there is any chance that last competitor would be competing in the US national champs in a running event? Of course not.

"Race walking or joke" would be a better title. I mean that video makes it look so ludicrous. It certainly doesn't look like running unless we are talking in a technical sense of both feet of the ground. Clearly the rules aren't enforced.

All I get out of this topic is failed runners complaining that someone is having success in another sport.

asdfadsfdf wrote:

racewalker_1 wrote:

Does any of you clueless fvcking idiots ever read a rule book? It doesn't matter what you see in a slo-mo. IAAF rule 230.1 clearly states

So it's only cheating if you get caught? What a joke of a "sport"!

Like PED's are inly cheating if you get caught

agip wrote:

but remember that the rule is that both feet have to be on the ground FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF A JUDGE.

In other words, it is only a rule break if the judge can detect two feet airborne. If he can't detect it, then the walker is within the rules.

So no story here.

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Several people have made this point but I disagree with it. Here's why-

a) I watched the end of this race the other day in regular speed video. I IMMEDIATELY detected that the walkers had two feet off the ground. If I can see it in 5 seconds, why can't they?? I am sure they DO detect it also. So apparently the judges actually go by: if the walkers are REALLY ABUSING the rules, we bust them. That's just plain silly. It allows too much leeway, too much potential advantage to those better at pushing the limits of the fake rule, and most importantly no longer makes it walking. It shouldn't be about who can create the "illusion" of walking

b) ALL sports historically have had their rules enforced by the "THE PERSPECTIVE OF A JUDGE" (duh), but now, with advanced technology, have gone with video replay, timing chips, sensors for false starts, etc. Why? Fairness/human error/eliminate biased judge. Race-walking should do the same: chips in the shoes. If you want to allow a minor fraction of a second with both feet airborne, great, define it (.05, or whatever). Or, even better, just not allow the walkers to RUN (allow each walker so many airborne periods, and even warn them on the course when they are hitting their limit, and then DQ them when they surpass it).

Lastly, I agree with the poster who pointed out what most of you ignored: the fine booty on the race winner.

fgkasopkgv wrote:

I find any competition that requires some form of self-imposed restriction to be really dumb. Its like doing the butterfly in swimming. Its not the fastest way to go, so why do we compete that way? How ridiculous would it be if there was a 100m race in running where all the athletes were forbidden from swinging their arms? Or one where you have to hop on one leg?

Like running a sertain distance, but wait, you have to jump hurdles along the way? Or jumping as far as you can, but you must make certain strides before actually jumping? There are several odd events in track and field, not just racewalking.

Or lets set how far we can throw a ball...no wait, lets do a stick too, no wait, lets at a heavy frisbee. Lets see how high we can jump. I've got an idea, lets use a stick too, or run and jump a certain distance and maybe add doing it with three jumps. No, I've got it. Lets see who can run the fastest in a little less than 10 seconds ad then see who can run the fastest in about 10 more seconds. Let's then put some things in the way that you have to jump over.

Erfworm wrote:

Not Cool Bro wrote:

That chick in 3rd is straight up fat. If you want proof that race walking is not a sport, it's the fact that someone who looks like that can be a professional "elite athlete" at a national championship.

Her cross training sport of choice is competitive eating.

hahahaahahaha thanks for that

I'm all for ending race walking.

I also think T&F has some ridiculous redundancy just like swimming.

Only have 100m, 800m, and 5000m, long jump, and throw object of your choice. All other distances and field events are irrelevant. No hurdles, no multiple throwing and jumping events, no stupid steeple, no marathon.

And no decathlon. Who cares if someone can do a bunch of events with mediocrity.

[quote]10 lapper wrote:

she's certainly not fat. She looks pretty good actually.

American's might not like the sport, other's do. [quote]

Australian's don't like it either, we think it's a complete and utter joke.

One thing to remember is walking judges are usually ex-walkers or people who are walking aficionados so are reluctant to disqualify lifters because it may denigrate walking and make it look bad in the eyes of the non walking community/public.

A few years back walkers tried to find ways to go undetected when lifting by wearing particular colour shoes to blend in with the road and wearing shoes 3 to 5 sizes too big to help them keep contact with the road, the oversized shoes looked like those circus clowns wear and made the walkers look like clowns.

And as for the woman in the video in third place, she's fat, plain and simple, you can see the fat ripple and wobble above the waistline of her shorts.

purist wrote:

I'm all for ending race walking.

I also think T&F has some ridiculous redundancy just like swimming.

Only have 100m, 800m, and 5000m, long jump, and throw object of your choice. All other distances and field events are irrelevant. No hurdles, no multiple throwing and jumping events, no stupid steeple, no marathon.

+1 WAAAAAAAAAY too many silly events as it is. i'd have more track events than three though. #bringbackthemile

o.O wrote:

All I get out of this topic is failed runners complaining that someone is having success in another sport.

Which says nothing more nor less than that you are intellectually challenged (not retarded, mind you).

purist wrote:

I'm all for ending race walking.

I also think T&F has some ridiculous redundancy just like swimming.

Only have 100m, 800m, and 5000m, long jump, and throw object of your choice. All other distances and field events are irrelevant. No hurdles, no multiple throwing and jumping events, no stupid steeple, no marathon.

The marathon has merit w.r.t the events you're saying we should keep; definitely tests something not covered by the events you listed.

I see where you're coming from but I'd keep the long jump and the marathon.

I still haven't heard a good reason why this is allowed. It's called racewalking for a reason, right? If anyone with an iPhone can show that everyone is cheating, why doesn't the sport change?

what the what wrote:

If anyone with an iPhone can show that everyone is cheating, why doesn't the sport change?

It doesn't change because not anyone can show that everyone is cheating with the human eye, only the judges, and they're the ones who adjudicate.

I really don't see the point of race walking. If you are trying to get from point A to point B as fast as possible you would run not walk. And the fact that it requires judgement by the "naked eye" just invalidates it more in my mind. Like imagine as a kid, you challenge your friend to a race around the block, and then your friend suggests a walking race instead. What's the point?

what the what wrote:

why doesn't the sport change?

The judges like traveling around the world in luxury and getting paid off by the walkers to not DQ them.

Not much else for the reason of not judging correctly other than just being plain lazy.

Please, any race judges out there, What are your comments?