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u/agequodagi5 14d ago
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u/space_midgit 14d ago
Are we all only getting our knowledge from this scene ?
I NEED TO KNOW!
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u/ArgyleGhoul 13d ago
An entire generation made knowledgeable on this obscure subject through the magic of Bryan Cranston
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u/timoteo4eva 14d ago
Pretty easy when one person is WALKING and the other is essentially RUNNING whilst looking like they are walking.
How the ever-loving fuck is this an Olympic sport is the real question that needs asking.
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u/cgduncan 14d ago
It's an incredibly stupid sport, and it looks like it's even more physically damaging than most "normal" sports.
Not to mention the entire point is to break the only rule in this sport. Every video of competitive walking has people with both feet off the ground.
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u/CL0UDY_BIGTINY 13d ago
yeah I dont get how the main rule the thing that makes it walking is the rule They don’t enforce fully I could see maybe other little rules if there even are other ones but that one is the entire reason the sport exists haha
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u/Heiruspecs 12d ago
It’d be like if they let archery competitors just use guns, or if they let high jumpers use a trampoline in front of the bar.
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u/enwongeegeefor 13d ago
and it looks like it's even more physically damaging than most "normal" sports.
Both of those runners look to be proana unhealthy....
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u/Tibbaryllis2 13d ago
Olympic fencing: a bajilion different sensors to track movement and strikes.
Olympic speed walking: 🤷🏻♂️ good enough.
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u/Firefangdf 13d ago
Both don't have at least one foot on the ground at a time, they're both running in a fake ass sport.
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u/SL1200mkII 13d ago
Well to be fair to the olympics, they used to have a sport where people would high dive on a horse.
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u/ClownfishSoup 14d ago
Apparently there is a difference between "speed walking" and "racewalking".
Where speed walking is just normal walking, but as fast as you can, and racewalking has some weird hip motion involved, best displayed in Malcolm in the Middle.
One foot has to be touching the ground and you can't bend your knee until it passes the centerline of your body, which is why they do that weird wiggle thing.
It uses 50% MORE energy that running.
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u/CL0UDY_BIGTINY 13d ago
I like this description but if at the highest level both feet can be off the ground and you can get gold and silver I think that rule has gone out the window
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u/redpandaeater 13d ago
You actually don't need one foot touching the ground but merely the general appearance of it. The key is the locked knee and the hip movement as far as I know.
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u/justrfguy 14d ago
Not a fan of this sport. Trying to go as fastest you can while trying not to go too fast that you get DQ 🤦♂️
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u/sBucks24 14d ago
It's not about going "too fast". You just have to be walking. I agree it's a nonsense sport but more so because, to me, it falls into slap fight territory. Very little special physical abilities required, but with a very high rate of injury.
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u/NarrowSalvo 14d ago
It's walking, but the definition of that isn't as clear as you'd hope. So, previous poster's comment still has validity about ambiguity for DQ.
In the above clip, do you assert that both athletes always had at least one foot in contact with the ground at all times? And, if not, why weren't they DQed?
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u/GrandmaPoses 14d ago
Because it’s a bullshit sport that doesn’t call out any rule-breaking. People are straight up running but because they aren’t taking long strides they call it “speed walking”. They need to kick it out the Olympics, it’s embarrassing.
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u/frotc914 14d ago
It's because it's wildly impractical to police. You'd basically need at least one official per runner staring at their feet. And yes, that's a good reason to say it's a bullshit sport no one should care about it. But funnily enough in the age of video review, they could just do it after the fact. They don't because everyone would be DQ'ed
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u/GrandmaPoses 14d ago
They could even have little shoe sensors that deduct points if both feet are off the ground at the same time, that couldn’t be so difficult to do. But no, they’re on the honor system and so it’s rife with cheating.
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u/sBucks24 14d ago
Oh blue was 100% cheating. No question she should have been DQ'd.
I'll be honest, my memory of the official speed walk rules isn't exactly fresh. I'm going off remembering an episode of Phil From the Future from 20 years ago.
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u/justrfguy 14d ago
Wait...high rate of injury in speed walking? How?
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u/sBucks24 14d ago
Hips.
Speed walking is objectively a terrible sport for athletes who participate in it.
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u/claito_nord 13d ago
It might literally be the dumbest Olympic event we've all collectively agreed on
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u/goodfella4600 14d ago
Why they runnin like they got mud butt?
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u/Rage_Blackout 14d ago
It’s speed walking. I don’t know how it really works either.
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u/goodfella4600 14d ago
Yeah cause the girl in the blue is practically running..or maybe galloping
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u/KIDNEYST0NEZ 14d ago
One foot must maintain contact at all times, I think.
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u/im_on_the_case 14d ago
They should have mandatory sensors in their shoes to determine this. Maybe they do but if they don't then they should.
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u/Waabajack 14d ago
from the very little content i saw of this at the olympics it looks like this sport is who can get away with the most without being called out by a ref
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u/GiffelBaby 13d ago
People have slowed down the footage and analyzed it. At the Olympics, literally not a single competing person was "walking" within the rules. Everyone was basically running
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u/Waabajack 13d ago
Yeah, and like another person said I don't remember there being any sort of review system. Pretty sure if they get called live there is a penalty, but if not caught live then it's fair game. So essentially, whatever you can get away with in real time to the referees watching is fair game. Very odd sport.
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u/IHateTheLetter-C- 14d ago
I think I remember reading something about they don't have to have one foot on the floor at all times, it just has to look like it with normal looking. So they don't use slow mo or replays or anything, they just keep an eye as they're going
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u/GiffelBaby 13d ago
All the judges must be fucking inebriated, blind, or some other shit. They are clearly not maintaining ground contact, and you don't need to slow down the footage to see that. I mean, come on...
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u/IamTheShark 14d ago
I literally thought this was just the end of a really long race or something and they were so exhausted they couldn't run right
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u/FriedSmegma 14d ago
I think this is competitive speed walking?
Speed walking is an olympic sport for some reason.
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u/goodfella4600 14d ago
I'd be good at that..you gotta see me in the supermarket when I wanna get the Hell outta there
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u/Tbplayer59 14d ago
There's an old 1960's movie called Walk, Don't Run based around this event at the Tokyo Olympics.
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u/tlrider1 14d ago
The rule is supposed to be that one foot is always touching the ground. So this funky shuffle thing is how they try to "walk" the fastest.... Now.... Why are both of their feet off the ground here, is a good question. I thought that was grounds for disqualification.... But I don't really follow speed walking, as I think it's a really dumb "sport".
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u/iridescentblip 13d ago
Ever watched the Death March event of competitive walking? It was a 50km race walk (men only). The last time they had it was in the Olympics in Rio and there was definitely a guy who shit himself multiple times.
So... your question may be the answer.
(Actually looks like the last one was in Tokyo but I personally witnessed via TV a guy in Rio.)
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u/BigDaveATX 14d ago
Few things are more humiliating than losing to a person who walks past you to the finish line.
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u/elezhope 14d ago
I’m not one to shame someone who is getting good exercise in any way that makes them happy, but this is the dumbest sport.
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u/cyberpunk1Q84 14d ago
Raygun has entered the chat
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u/Spunkwaggle 14d ago
Raygun does NOT represent the sport. I think we can all agree on that. That being said, breakdancing is another questionable Olympic sport.
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u/ClownfishSoup 14d ago
Speedwalking must be the number one way to lose weight because ... I mean look at them....
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u/SlapThatAce 14d ago
Both were cheating, one foot has to be on the ground. They're both technically jogging.
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u/MuddaPuckPace 14d ago
But the woman in blue was friggin airborne.
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u/SlapThatAce 13d ago
She should have been immediately disqualified....and maybe she was. But really both of them should have been removed from the race, and whoever came in 3rd (assuming they too weren't running) should have won the race.
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u/SmokeGSU 13d ago
I don't want to weight shame anyone but both of those women look incredibly unhealthy.
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u/Meat_Popsicle91 13d ago
So... Olympic strutting?? Or is this a world championship mall walking race?
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u/CaptainObvious1313 13d ago
This is the finest sport that exists. It is in no way an absolute parody of actual athletic competition.
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u/skoalreaver 14d ago
I kind of laughed and then I watched it again and that girl really looks like she has an eating disorder I hope she's okay
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u/uhasahdude 14d ago
Thought the one rule of this silly sport was that both feet had to be on the ground?? That woman in blue is flying
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u/hundrethtimesacharm 14d ago
They all cheat anyway, so nobody should get a medal.
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u/Noobnoob99 13d ago
How do they cheat idk anything about this nonsense
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u/WorksForMe 13d ago
Nobody follows the rule about one foot on the ground at all time. It is so widespread that they can't do anything about it or there would be no competition. They changed the rules so that the judges have to spot it in real time (replays not allowed) so they can give a reason why infractions aren't penalised. Imagine if they did the same thing for the 100m sprint and false starts were based on a judge's eyesight and vibes and not actually detecting them accurately
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u/Curious-Range-453 13d ago
As a sporting event, this is right up there with the 100 metre freestyle float and the 3000 metre canoe drift.
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u/DoomsdayFAN 13d ago
What kind of race is this? More to the point, why are they running to weirdly?
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u/Necrotitis 13d ago
Dumbest "sport" since the one man skeleton. At least the skeleton is entertaining going 100kmh head first down a bobsled course.
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u/SilentSiege 14d ago
World's dumbest "sport" designed to thwart thousands of years of human evolutionary progress in athleticism and physical mobility in order to enforce their stupid qualifying rule.
Ugly, senseless, dull, and physically harmful on the joints of its participants this is a showcase of pure stupidity.
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u/SZutich9 14d ago
Im not asking to be a dick. This is a genuine question. I dont mean to offend..
Is this the special Olympics?
Seriously. Its not a joke. Im asking.
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u/Agathocles87 14d ago
What a stupid sport. Bob Costas said it’s odd, like who can whisper the loudest?
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u/Shantotto11 13d ago
The reigning champs of the male and female division: Marvin the Martian and Velma Dinkley
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u/James-G1982 13d ago
Something very wrong, the woman coming from behind is running, not walking. Ie her feet are both in the air at the same time.
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u/johnsoncarter0404 13d ago
Speed walking shouldn’t exist, simple. Also, isn’t this absolutely terrible for your hips?
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u/mr_sandmam 13d ago
shittiest sport ever. I hate it with a passion, especially when it holds a spot at the olympics that other more legitimate sports like tumbling could occupy
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u/arabianboi 13d ago
man, if only ever she learned to run she could have gotten out of this, but alas she learned to do that thing instead
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u/QuantumButtz 12d ago
Someone lost in the same way in the Slongnish Galactic finals. It's really a shame, because nobody even cared or knew what it was.
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u/Shot-Election8217 12d ago
Ok….so this is the walking event? I was wondering what the hell was wrong with their pelvises. That explains a lot….
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u/VooDooChile1983 14d ago
Do they have to be rail thin? Out there looking like popsicle stick people.
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u/jaguaraugaj 14d ago
The feet
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