Race walking endures at the Olympics, and it’s more hip than you think
Race walk is a sport that moves fast but can seem slow ... the rest of the world took to wheels.” Race walking was first included in the Olympics in 1904 at the St. Louis Games, as part of ...
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The origin story of Olympic race-walking is about as funky as it gets
(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 ...