What is Racewalking?
{{main|Track and field athletics}} [[File:Wang Hao 6358.jpg|thumb|105px|20 km race walk.]]'''Racewalking''', or '''Walking race''', is a long-distance [[Track and field athletics|athletic]] event. It is different from [[running]]: in that one foot must appear to be in contact with the ground at all times. Stride [[length]] is reduced, so to achieve competitive [[speed]]s, race walkers must walk at speeds close to those that [[Olympic Games|Olympic]] 400-meter runners use. They must walk at those speeds for hours at a time since the Olympic events are the 20 km race walk and 50 km race walk.<ref>[http://www.thewalkingsite.com The Walking Site]</ref> ==Notes== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{commonscat|Race walking}} *[http://www.racewalk.com Racewalk.com] *[http://www.hsrw.net High School Race Walking] *[http://www.racewalkingrecord.co.uk Race Walking Record - News, photos and reports all about racewalking ] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180722140438/http://www.racewalkingrecord.co.uk/ |date=2018-07-22 }} *[http://www.mastersathletics.net World Masters Race Walking Rankings] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181209210014/http://www.mastersathletics.net/ |date=2018-12-09 }} *[http://www.racewalkuk.com Race Walk UK] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080827231943/http://www.racewalkuk.com/ |date=2008-08-27 }} *[http://www.racewalkaustralia.com Race Walk Australia] *[http://www.dg77.net/marche D. Guebey walking pages] [[Category:Sports]] {{sport-stub}}