Have you ever found yourself on a walk, craving a more intense workout but dreading the idea of an all-out run? Enter race walking: a sport that “combines the endurance of the long distance running ...

PARK. ON YOUR MARKS. SET, WALK. TO THE UNINITIATED, THE TERM RACE WALKING MAY SEEM LIKE A CONTRADICTION. THE REALITY IS THAT THE SPORT OFTEN MISLABELED AS SPEED WALKING, HAS BEEN AROUND FOR CENTURIES.

While track athletes are sprinting for gold at the Stade de France, other competitors will be walking to the finish line in Paris. Among the dozens of track and field events, there are three race ...

(NEXSTAR) – No, the Olympians competing in this year’s race walking events aren’t “cheating” — but it sure might look like it, if you’re unfamiliar with the official rules. Race walking was first ...

Olympic race walking has been a part of the Olympic Games since 1908 Olympic race walking has been a part of the Olympics since the 1908 London Games The International Olympic Committee (IOC) ...

Editor’s note: This story has been updated. The 58-year-old Pennsylvania grandmother who finished third at the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials in race walking still needs to meet the Olympic ...

Olympic race walking has been a part of the Olympic Games since 1908 Athena Sobhan is a Digital News Writer at PEOPLE since 2024. Her work has previously appeared in POPSUGAR, EUPHORIA, Betches and ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. (NEXSTAR) – No, the Olympians competing in ...