Athletes regularly lose contact for a few milliseconds per stride, which can be caught on film, but such a short flight phase is said to be undetectable to the human eye.[5]
I predict racewalking will eventually have tech build into shoes or external tech that will give some leeway on the contact at all times rule. There will be an allowance within bounds, similar to the bent elbow in cricket when bowling.
The rules have changed over the years. They are now permitted to have a moment of being off the ground. It’s a fine line. It boils down to not being able to see it with the naked eye.
In race walking, however, athletes must always have one foot in contact with the ground at all times, as visible to the human eye. Judges are present at events to ensure the rule is enforced. so i can see both feet in the air that is running
I wonder if it hurt Bosworth at all to go down on his knees like that? He's practically skin and bone. If he falls 3ft, wouldn't he be at a greater risk for bodily injury?
Athletes regularly lose contact for a few milliseconds per stride, which can be caught on film, but such a short flight phase is said to be undetectable to the human eye.[5]
3:35/km. Don't make me laugh. This isn't even close to walking. ALL of the "walkers" are lifting on EVERY stride. This is just running with a different technique. They should all have been disqualified in the first 25 m. What a farce of a sport this is. If they can't enforce the rule of maintaining the contact with the ground then the event has no validity any more, as if it ever did.
@@nivington are you seriously suggesting this brisk jog is faster than any average joe sprinting ? these guys average 8.6 miles an hour. most men can sprint at twice that or more.
Give us a break, what a bunch of hooey, just a silly way of running. If they wore electronic chips to prove that 2 feet are not off the ground at any time they'd all be disqualified.
Athletes regularly lose contact for a few milliseconds per stride, which can be caught on film, but such a short flight phase is said to be undetectable to the human eye.[5]
Detectable to the human eye or not , they are all running and so should be disqualified on slow mo replays. At least then in future they will Stick to the rules. You clearly know when both your feet are in the air at the same time. That's why I take these times with a pinch of salt. A time of 7 mins with proper walking would be impressive. Bosworth running is more pronounced than the rest.
That's not how the rules work. The rules don't say you have to remain in contact the whole time, they say you must maintain *visible* contact. If there's no visible loss of contact it's perfectly legal. Every competitive athlete in any sport does exactly what they need to win. No one in the sport cares if he's momentarily leaving the ground for a tiny undetectable split second, because they're all doing the exact same thing. It's part of the sport. It's like cutting weight in sports with weight classes like wrestling or weight lifting. No one wrestling at 180lbs actually weighs 180 lbs by the time of their match. They've put back on the 20 lbs of water weight they cut leading up to the match. If the governing body doesn't want this to happen then they change the rules to move the weigh in to right before the match rather than 24 hours ahead of time. If race walking cared about this issue they would do the same.
it looks easy but they are walking faster than me running a threshold run, and i'm quite fit myself, it's crazy
If you slow the footage down to 25%, you can see pretty much everyone has both their feet above the ground at some points when they are racing.
@TheRoadRunner7354you can try it if u want to know the real rules ..
Or even just anytime I randomly pause it most are mid air
@TheRoadRunner7354
Well, it’s all about making it look flawless in real time to the human eye.
Athletes regularly lose contact for a few milliseconds per stride, which can be caught on film, but such a short flight phase is said to be undetectable to the human eye.[5]
@@evanhsiehThe tape sees all… and i see the tape
This isn’t exactly walking is it. It’s the ministry of silly runs.
Spot on! It's Race Walking 😉
I predict racewalking will eventually have tech build into shoes or external tech that will give some leeway on the contact at all times rule. There will be an allowance within bounds, similar to the bent elbow in cricket when bowling.
That would be a great idea. No more leaving it up to judges
They are actually running.
Start at 2:00 and pause every few seconds. The top 5 guys have both feet off the ground all the time.
I noticed that. How did they get away with it?
@@pickletron2004it’s if the judges can see it in real time not touching not by video
It took me 10 seconds to find a blatant violation. Paused and screen captured with no doubt at all. Credibility is flat out non-existent.
The rules have changed over the years. They are now permitted to have a moment of being off the ground. It’s a fine line. It boils down to not being able to see it with the naked eye.
Yea I paused at 2:03 and literally the top 3 are all in the air at the same exact time 😂
Lool "I am looking forward to this". Sure thing
I know this must be really hard, but it just looks so goofy 🤣
If you put the vid in slow motion, it looks like a special Olympics race.
Now I want to learn how to speed walk so I can do my PFTs for the marines
That’s why I’m here too lol
There running with extra steps 😂
This that sport that stated when two fellows had to go potty really bad and there was only one porta-john?
Wilkinson was absolutely leaving the ground. It was easy to see by anyone. He should have been disqualified
You guys should understand the rules before you make any real assumptions. These guys walk faster than half of us can run
In race walking, however, athletes must always have one foot in contact with the ground at all times, as visible to the human eye. Judges are present at events to ensure the rule is enforced. so i can see both feet in the air that is running
They’re running
@@milesvause2780negative
@@TheLearningMasteryonly when you play it in slow mo 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡
I wonder if it hurt Bosworth at all to go down on his knees like that? He's practically skin and bone. If he falls 3ft, wouldn't he be at a greater risk for bodily injury?
Jogging ahh
this is the silliest sport on earth haha.
If you play it at 0.25x, you can see everyone should be disqualified
you clearly dont know the rules
the rules say that its not supposed to be visible by eye contact, however "flying" a few ms is allowed
Athletes regularly lose contact for a few milliseconds per stride, which can be caught on film, but such a short flight phase is said to be undetectable to the human eye.[5]
@@evanhsieh you cheats defender!
@@ashadowintime7305 🤣🤣🤣. Yeah, the rules changed from years ago. They are allowed a undetectable by the naked eye, non contact with the ground.
el britanico se nota mucho que pierde demasiado el contacto con el suelo. igual el compatriota
me every time I am late for school:
Put the playback speed down to 0.25 and youll see that theyre running lol
Got nothing on Oliver Sykora
Just to pair with what you said, there is nothing on Oliver Sykora...
10x
This is 😂 corny.
3:35/km. Don't make me laugh. This isn't even close to walking. ALL of the "walkers" are lifting on EVERY stride. This is just running with a different technique. They should all have been disqualified in the first 25 m. What a farce of a sport this is. If they can't enforce the rule of maintaining the contact with the ground then the event has no validity any more, as if it ever did.
I agree. I randomly paused it and clearly most feet are off ground
@@dylanb2086 the point is it should look like walking in full speed
@@LeonEdwardsFitnessOfficial that's subjective. I think they all look like slow jogging
The most ridiculous sport ever. Might as well run
They walk faster than you could probably run..
@@nivington question is do they run as fast as they could? Or make a pretence of walking in the garb of running.
@@nivington They don't but they definitely do a lot better than 97% of runners
@@nivington are you seriously suggesting this brisk jog is faster than any average joe sprinting ? these guys average 8.6 miles an hour. most men can sprint at twice that or more.
@@nia.d33 Do most average men also let jokes fly over their head
Give us a break, what a bunch of hooey, just a silly way of running. If they wore electronic chips to prove that 2 feet are not off the ground at any time they'd all be disqualified.
100%
Athletes regularly lose contact for a few milliseconds per stride, which can be caught on film, but such a short flight phase is said to be undetectable to the human eye.[5]
Well jimmy🤡, they aren't, they weren't, and you arent qualified to make these determinations, pathetic
@@chrisdidonna7371 Jimmy is one of the top race officials in the world. Apologize right meow. 😸
😂😂😂 more like a brisk jog. Null and Void
this brisk jog is much faster than your best mile running for your life.
Commentators talking as is if this is a real sport
It is a real sport, what's the problem?
i thought it was real? Is it a hoax?
Detectable to the human eye or not , they are all running and so should be disqualified on slow mo replays. At least then in future they will Stick to the rules. You clearly know when both your feet are in the air at the same time. That's why I take these times with a pinch of salt. A time of 7 mins with proper walking would be impressive. Bosworth running is more pronounced than the rest.
That's not how the rules work. The rules don't say you have to remain in contact the whole time, they say you must maintain *visible* contact. If there's no visible loss of contact it's perfectly legal. Every competitive athlete in any sport does exactly what they need to win. No one in the sport cares if he's momentarily leaving the ground for a tiny undetectable split second, because they're all doing the exact same thing. It's part of the sport.
It's like cutting weight in sports with weight classes like wrestling or weight lifting. No one wrestling at 180lbs actually weighs 180 lbs by the time of their match. They've put back on the 20 lbs of water weight they cut leading up to the match. If the governing body doesn't want this to happen then they change the rules to move the weigh in to right before the match rather than 24 hours ahead of time.
If race walking cared about this issue they would do the same.
This junk looks ridiculous