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.
@michaelbananas461 there already is an allowance. As long as it looks like they're not touching the ground from the judges perspective in real time, they're good to go
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?
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.
The rules aren't as strict as you believe. It only has to look like that from the judges perspective. It's a common misconception and something that is widely accepted
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.
@matthewchin6454 it doesn't matter. It only has to appear that way to the judges on the day. Listen to any coaching vids and they'll say exactly the same thing
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]
@@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.
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 😉
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.
Yea I paused at 2:03 and literally the top 3 are all in the air at the same exact time 😂
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.
@michaelbananas461 there already is an allowance. As long as it looks like they're not touching the ground from the judges perspective in real time, they're good to go
They are actually running.
This that sport that stated when two fellows had to go potty really bad and there was only one porta-john?
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
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.
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 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡
There running with extra steps 😂
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?
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 rules aren't as strict as you believe. It only has to look like that from the judges perspective. It's a common misconception and something that is widely accepted
Jogging ahh
me every time I am late for school:
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!
el britanico se nota mucho que pierde demasiado el contacto con el suelo. igual el compatriota
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.
@df3nc3r this. You're totally right. So many people giving opinions about something they know nothing about!
you can pause video and advance one frame at a time, with < and >. He's airborne for 2-3 frames
@matthewchin6454 it doesn't matter. It only has to appear that way to the judges on the day. Listen to any coaching vids and they'll say exactly the same thing
this is the silliest sport on earth haha.
I take it you never seen "copper hill cheese rolling "
@@_1ben i stand by my statement! XD
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.
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
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
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?
😂😂😂 more like a brisk jog. Null and Void
this brisk jog is much faster than your best mile running for your life.
This junk looks ridiculous