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Currently, Russia dominates the field of race walking. The top six female world records for the 20-kilometer race are held by Russians, while the 20-kilometer and 50-kilometer world records are both held by Russian men. Although many people have petitioned the IAAF to allow women to compete in the 50-kilometer race, it is still not allowed under current rules. The London Olympics will feature the men’s 20-kilometer and 50-kilometer walk, as well as the women’s 20-kilometer race walk.

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    Apparently the history of this sport is that in the 1900’s British men had their butlers race walk for fun against...
  4. allisonrae said: This may be a dumb question, but how do they regulate it? Like, where is the line between walking and running? Because I assume running would be cheating, right?
  5. kateoplis said: dude, I do this daily and lemme tell you: she looks WAY more graceful than I ever could.
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    Oh my fucking god.
  8. kristenfromkansas said: or as i like to call it: duck walking.
  9. reallykatie said: the sport of grandmas worldwide
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