Historic: The sub-18 barrier has finally fallen!! Italian race walker breaks world 5km indoor record with 17:54.48

He is a monster but there are 12 year olds out there who can probably beat his time, so slow your roll Ghostbuster.

For comparison Nick Christie won the USA indoor 5,000 meter championships today in 19:13 a world of difference from 17:54.

It's race walking. Not running.

Thank you Captain Obvious.

I beg to differ. I have watched "race walking". It isn't walking. They are just running slowly in a funny way.

It is my dream to become the loudest scream whisperer.

I second the guy who says they’re just running slowly with funny form.

You shilling for him on the site makes me assume he’s a cheat and intolerable ashole.

In honor of Galloway, he see how fast he can go with the run-walk method. Eventually he could work his way up to running the whole 5K.

There should be a backwards running event in the olympics, would be more impressive than the race walk

He already broke the 18 minute barrier last year on Feb 25th (17:55).

So true! Do a pause on any RW video and see how they lift (both feet off the ground at once). Yet the RW culture resists technology to stop lifting. 😳

you mean like this?

Where does the inspiration and motivation to get into race-walking even spring from in the first place?
It’s awkward in a forced manner, unnatural, gimmicky/borderline flawed, completely unpopular…if distance RUNNING is considered “niche,” then distance race-walking belongs in a shadowy corner of Athletics’ broom closet.

Long story short, it seems like something that should’ve never left the drawing board.
How and why does it receive any substantial funding?

I came here for letsrun, not letswalk.