(Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images) The men’s and women’s race walking events continued at the Rio Olympics on Friday and so did the Internet’s snark about the sport. But it wasn’t always such ...

You've entered an Olympic domain, and we're here to teach you about a racing discipline that's both challenging and historic, having first appeared on the Games program more than a century ago. What ...

Race walking is an event contested in all levels of the sport of track & field, from youth athletics up to and including the Olympic Games. Race walking combines the endurance of the long distance ...

The course for the marathon and race walking at the Paris Olympics draws inspiration from the famed Women's March of 1789, when nearly 7,000 Parisian women marched through Paris Versailles to bring ...

Canada's Evan Dunfee set a world record in the men's 35-kilometre event at the World Athletics Race Walking Tour Gold meeting ...

Try it: Lace up your sneakers and pick up the pace! While Olympic racewalking involves specific postures and techniques, ...

When Chen Meng achieved victory during the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, she faced an eerily quiet crowd, reminiscent of Wang Liping, an Olympic champion who found herself alone in celebration 24 years ...

Canadian race walker and Olympian Evan Dunfee set a new world record in the 35-kilometer event earlier today. Competing at ...

Switching from distance running to race walking, Laskua became a 3 time Olympian ... Henry competed in the 1948, 1952 and 1956 Olympic Games. Masters Race Walker of the Year Award Each year, one male ...