Yes, race walking is an Olympic sport. Here’s how it works.

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  • @ck9330
    @ck9330 7 лет назад +8943

    Teacher: HEY NO RUNNING IN THE HALLWAYS

    • @stellaspoochpitfeaturingro3522
      @stellaspoochpitfeaturingro3522 5 лет назад +30

      I just felt like runninggg.....

    • @rudise.3429
      @rudise.3429 4 года назад +2

      @@stellaspoochpitfeaturingro3522 jjhajajajahahhaha

    • @viannccaa
      @viannccaa 4 года назад +39

      Teachers started getting smart in my school 😔
      “NO RUNNING OR FAST WALKING IN THE HALLS”
      Me: ✋🏼😔🤚🏼

    • @kingcolz
      @kingcolz 4 года назад

      So gei

    • @sea_yung
      @sea_yung 4 года назад +1

      Freshmen:

  • @strike1197
    @strike1197 7 лет назад +17521

    Having a fastest walking race is like having a loudest whispering contest

    • @RevMirrane
      @RevMirrane 7 лет назад +93

      lol, exactly

    • @karlpopper601
      @karlpopper601 7 лет назад +133

      This game is ridiculous.

    • @archiescott9907
      @archiescott9907 7 лет назад +150

      +Karl Popper like to see you be able to even walk the distance

    • @mongo0606
      @mongo0606 7 лет назад +459

      or like being the world's tallest midget

    • @luwado
      @luwado 7 лет назад +6

      IKR HAHAH

  • @orangemk1664
    @orangemk1664 5 лет назад +7997

    Am I the only one who finds this mildly frustrating to watch?
    They're so close to running but not quite 😫

    • @brianliberante
      @brianliberante 5 лет назад +208

      No, I'm with you. Just run, idiots. This is a First World sport. This is for people who suck at actual sports.

    • @thepotato3902
      @thepotato3902 5 лет назад +343

      Mr. Interesting who are you to define what a “real sport” is?

    • @angelofdeath275
      @angelofdeath275 4 года назад +111

      it must be so tempting to run lol

    • @sunnysweet4183
      @sunnysweet4183 4 года назад +65

      Mr. Interesting you try finishing a mile in 7 minutes walking

    • @paolouy3083
      @paolouy3083 4 года назад +13

      No need to get aggressive guys. This goes for the second comment as well.

  • @io3204
    @io3204 3 года назад +3106

    "You were an Olympian? "
    "Yes."
    "Which sport? "
    "Hey, what's that over there?"

    • @adventmovement7071
      @adventmovement7071 3 года назад +24

      haha why this no have more likes

    • @NackDSP
      @NackDSP 3 года назад +38

      My brother in law was an Olympic race walker and .... I fell asleep thinking about it.

    • @YashBisht
      @YashBisht 2 года назад +4

      ROFL🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @qumquat
      @qumquat 2 года назад +2

      There's a movie called walk don't run and it's this exactly 😂

    • @cooksoya7503
      @cooksoya7503 2 года назад

      Me who has been doing this since I was 4: **ametuers**

  • @Lucy-fn9rj
    @Lucy-fn9rj 6 лет назад +7525

    my uncle did race walking in high school and college. he thought it would be an easy extracurricular but he got *super* into it and did so well he got accepted to stanford on a race walking scholarship

    • @Angelshymn1
      @Angelshymn1 6 лет назад +89

      Lucy WOW!

    • @Funnymoney101
      @Funnymoney101 6 лет назад +384

      r/thathappened

    • @evelyny8579
      @evelyny8579 5 лет назад +28

      Seriously?

    • @longxgun3448
      @longxgun3448 5 лет назад +292

      A Bumble Bee Pillow Pet are you dumb... in college race walking is considered a track and field event, there are much shorter events (3k..) just like there is no college marathon. And it would be valuable to a coach if a runner was consistently top 3 bringing in lots of points for the team.

    • @ABumbleBeePillowPet
      @ABumbleBeePillowPet 5 лет назад +51

      @@longxgun3448 tell you what, if you find an article saying that you can get a scholarship for race walking AT stanford, you will earn my respect and i will make an edit saying i was wrong

  • @guyfearful
    @guyfearful 8 лет назад +6167

    these people can walk a faster mile than i can run.

    • @aaronmoise8261
      @aaronmoise8261 8 лет назад +269

      That's sad I'm sorry

    • @jeuryveloz6011
      @jeuryveloz6011 8 лет назад +48

      Same

    • @jonsmith5626
      @jonsmith5626 8 лет назад +20

      What's your PR? With good exercise you can easily (well unless you are really old or disabled) get down to a sub 6 mile.

    • @jeuryveloz6011
      @jeuryveloz6011 8 лет назад +137

      Jon Smith average marathon runner is around 5 minutes per mile so sub 6 is shooting a bit too high for us average folk. I'd be surprised if most joggers achieve anything below 7-8 minutes per mile, and imo that's a pretty good pace.

    • @jonsmith5626
      @jonsmith5626 8 лет назад +23

      Jeury Veloz Eh I did crosscountry and track in high school and college and have worked with people as an athletic shoe salesperson. If you are average athletically or maybe even just above average I believe you can do a sub 6 (or something around 6:10). It won't be fun but it's doable. We aren't talking a marathon of sub 6 miles, just 1.
      And for Marathons that makes sense, you're running a marathon, train those guys to run a 5k or 10k and their mile splits will be very different.

  • @cammartinez9949
    @cammartinez9949 4 года назад +1280

    When your trying to get early in the lunch line but you don’t wanna be “that kid who runs to lunch”

    • @LeventK
      @LeventK 4 года назад +12

      Relatable

    • @Opacity5
      @Opacity5 2 года назад +3

      hahaha reminded me of during my hostel days. how we used to tease a guy as he used to be the first guy in que for lunch or dinner

  • @namjoo6292
    @namjoo6292 4 года назад +1876

    This is how I walk when I'm running late for class

    • @shopliftingcentral
      @shopliftingcentral 4 года назад +23

      why don't you run so you walk late for class 😎😎😎

    • @user-jp7de3kc6p
      @user-jp7de3kc6p 4 года назад +26

      @@shopliftingcentral you can't run in the hallway

    • @JoseRojas-hl7sn
      @JoseRojas-hl7sn 4 года назад +12

      @@user-jp7de3kc6p true, school makes you a race walker

    • @julien4305
      @julien4305 4 года назад

      2静か先生88
      really? We run all the time at my school.

    • @happysaluja7079
      @happysaluja7079 4 года назад

      Me too

  • @toonpik7
    @toonpik7 8 лет назад +2137

    I like those late 90s/early 2000s news station graphics.

  • @mauraheehee3272
    @mauraheehee3272 6 лет назад +3037

    They walk so stylishly.

  • @manofculture4945
    @manofculture4945 4 года назад +620

    Me: wins lottery
    Relatives I haven’t seen in 10 years 1:44

  • @randycottle3778
    @randycottle3778 5 лет назад +1119

    I’ve actually done race walk races and it’s extremely hard. I go to William Penn University and I’m on the track team here and since we’re are in the NAIA instead of the NCAA, race walking is an actual event. I did the 3k racewalk at my conference championship for indoor season and finished 9th in the conference. The training absolutely destroys your shins and after about 250m of the race you feel a constant burn up your legs. The training is just like any other distance runner besides you walk instead of run. I did 800m repeats walking, 200m intervals, it’s very similar. The worst part is the judges. I got to two fouls during the championships and it’s extremely scary knowing if I plant my leg wrong and buckle at the knee or push off to hard and lift off the ground for a fraction of a second near a judge, it could all be for nothing. It’s an awesome sport that looks goofy but people should definitely look into

  • @sam_Invincible
    @sam_Invincible 8 лет назад +1394

    I'd be playing Pokemon Go during the event, hatch them eggs

    • @seanfarrell942
      @seanfarrell942 8 лет назад

      TB12!!!!!!!!

    • @plain-bagel
      @plain-bagel 8 лет назад +59

      Don't walk too fast though, or they won't count ;)

    • @SLPpanthers42
      @SLPpanthers42 8 лет назад +6

      +samaway unless you can walk at 25mph you'll be fine.

    • @MFL14TH
      @MFL14TH 8 лет назад +3

      +Sami Shamroukh I would play the actual game as it is much more better.

    • @albertluu9142
      @albertluu9142 7 лет назад +23

      better to do it in a marathon

  • @microplastique
    @microplastique 7 лет назад +1271

    That seems so painful, when I walk really fast for a long time my tibias hurt

    • @ahmedbajwa6118
      @ahmedbajwa6118 6 лет назад +16

      Whats a tibias?

    • @SirSayakaMikiThe3rd
      @SirSayakaMikiThe3rd 6 лет назад +103

      Ahmed Bajwa where the pee is stored in the body

    • @cavemann_
      @cavemann_ 5 лет назад +6

      Lul I just feel my calfs

    • @gabs3218
      @gabs3218 5 лет назад +13

      Ahmed Bajwa ur shin bone

    • @Death089100
      @Death089100 5 лет назад +37

      Bella Teague source? Pee is stored in the balls.

  • @RaND0mDud3WAsH3rE
    @RaND0mDud3WAsH3rE 5 лет назад +663

    Just imagine bragging to your friends that you walk the fastest then having to explain what you mean

    • @libradragon
      @libradragon 4 года назад +16

      Yeah, imagine telling anyone that you are taking over three and a half steps... every second! In a race that takes 3 hours and 30 minutes to complete. Man, my beer arm is dead just thinking about it. That's 12,600 steps or so. Over 31 plus miles. "Racewalking requires the strength and agility of a gymnast, the grace and control of a dancer, the endurance and perseverance of a Marathon runner." ~ Larry Young, two-time Olympic Games Medalist, 50km Walk, USA. Also a world class Bronze Sculpture Artist.

    • @StuC5
      @StuC5 3 месяца назад +1

      Larry ended that observation by saying: "In the light of this, no race walker should ever feel inferior to other athletes." @@libradragon

    • @libradragon
      @libradragon 3 месяца назад

      Absolutely. I know I have never felt inferior. Larry trained hard and his results illustrate his dedication. He's also a very humble human. Thank you for your comment in this thread. @@StuC5

  • @wolfboi5842
    @wolfboi5842 4 года назад +157

    As a track Athlete, race-walking is probably the most anticipated event during a meet, our whole team will stay an extra 20 mins just to see it😂

  • @BrokeMyCrayon
    @BrokeMyCrayon 7 лет назад +1556

    Look like a bunch of sassy queens walking around.

  • @tristanhicks5372
    @tristanhicks5372 7 лет назад +338

    A six minute walk mile... I definitely cannot judge

    • @Eric-lx8hp
      @Eric-lx8hp 4 года назад +9

      & that's me on a full out mile RUN!!

    • @missSDW
      @missSDW 4 года назад +4

      Right some ppl can’t even run that fast

    • @jonathanlockwood8851
      @jonathanlockwood8851 3 года назад +5

      It's a ton of fun, hard work and a great low impact l/high cardio workout. My best is 9min 25 seconds for a mile..still working at it

    • @tristanhicks5372
      @tristanhicks5372 3 года назад

      @@jonathanlockwood8851 keep at it man! Shaving off seconds is the name of the game!

    • @jonathanlockwood8851
      @jonathanlockwood8851 3 года назад

      @@tristanhicks5372 Don't I know it..unfortunetly, it's shaving seconds off my life lol

  • @Fireflyepic
    @Fireflyepic 5 лет назад +112

    0:42 "it's... HIPnotic :)"

  • @devsirmeb
    @devsirmeb 5 лет назад +254

    everybody gangsta until they realize these boys can walk faster and longer than you jog

    • @FGHZ
      @FGHZ 2 года назад +7

      Of course, running is harder but you can walk miles without getting exhausted

    • @jordanabendroth6458
      @jordanabendroth6458 2 года назад +17

      That's what I was thinking, I run a mile in like 9 minutes, and these people are walking it 2 minutes faster than I can run

    • @michaeladams8858
      @michaeladams8858 2 года назад +9

      @@FGHZ walking like this at their professional pace is arguably even harder than running. Running is more natural and you use the spring in your hamstrings and achilles' heel to keep momentum. This walking is very blunt and because they cant bend their knees or bounce, they use more energy

    • @darkness1978
      @darkness1978 2 года назад +1

      With walking your are burning but with running you are out of breath

    • @cristiangiorgiutti8679
      @cristiangiorgiutti8679 3 месяца назад

      ​@@FGHZ Try to walk at that pace and then come back here

  • @tehmightymo5644
    @tehmightymo5644 7 лет назад +2805

    It's funny because people make fun of race-walkers, but most couldn't even run as fast as these people walk.

    • @bobertbrown4915
      @bobertbrown4915 7 лет назад +476

      +Hanh, friendo, i'm not entirely sure you understand this: that's a seven minute mile pace over 50 kilometers. Do you honestly think the majority of people could run at and keep a _7-minute mile pace over 31 miles?_ As is, i'm fairly skeptical that the majority of people could make a 7 minute mile period.

    • @tehmightymo5644
      @tehmightymo5644 7 лет назад +313

      No, I'm not joking at all. What Carlton said is exactly right. A 7 minute mile is difficult for most people to do once, let alone keep up for 50 km.

    • @thesnackthatsmilesback6408
      @thesnackthatsmilesback6408 7 лет назад +7

      +tehmightymo I have a 5 minute mike

    • @JohnSmith-lq1tu
      @JohnSmith-lq1tu 7 лет назад +58

      I probably couldn't prance about like a lunatic in a swimming pool for ten minutes without getting some water in my lung either, that doesn't validate synchronised swimming. My point is that just because something is hard to do, that doesn't mean it should be a serious sport.

    • @bobertbrown4915
      @bobertbrown4915 7 лет назад +114

      John Smith
      What exactly validates something as a "serious sport" in your opinion?

  • @danny2lit20
    @danny2lit20 7 лет назад +1941

    Having hip implants is like the steroids of this sports right?

    • @brokenwave6125
      @brokenwave6125 6 лет назад +399

      No, steroids would be the steroids of this sport.

    • @sassarahe8222
      @sassarahe8222 6 лет назад +9

      “Activity”

    • @sidshaw1927
      @sidshaw1927 5 лет назад +87

      Danny 2lit actually many people in the sport of race walking do use steroids, this is why before and after races everyone must be drug tested. One Australian Race walker came 2nd in the London Olympics only to find out 4 years later that the guy who won was using drugs so the Australian guy got the gold medal! And hip implants wouldn’t help because it’s not how big your hips are it’s the motion of your hips. I hope this helps answer your question !

    • @helboy1999
      @helboy1999 5 лет назад +15

      @@sidshaw1927 thats a very well written comment

    • @rathuanyatzi
      @rathuanyatzi 5 лет назад

      I laughed waaay harder than i needed to and i sharted... so thank you for the laugh i needed that 😇😇

  • @magnaviousyk3118
    @magnaviousyk3118 4 года назад +23

    Once I jog around city stadium and met a guy who trained for his racewalking competition.. He was fast, of course I run passed him, but his stamina is amazing.. after 9 km or so, I started to slow down and this guy is still maintaining his pace like nobody's business..

    • @azraq5036
      @azraq5036 3 года назад

      wow, so much energy

  • @isaacwalsh5031
    @isaacwalsh5031 2 года назад +35

    The guy that lives next to me is in the olimpics this year for this. I see him everyday out walking. It is a sight to behold

  • @diegosanchez894
    @diegosanchez894 8 лет назад +181

    Guatemala won its first medal in year thanks to this sport, silver. Hopefully they win another one this year, my uncle is actually the physiotherapist of the race walking team,

    • @staybasvd1847
      @staybasvd1847 8 лет назад +30

      sad. Hopefully you guys win a medal in a real sport

    • @onionblaster5150
      @onionblaster5150 8 лет назад +26

      it's really a major accomplishment, Diego. once you consider the odds of a human being obtaining a medal from the Olympics. the chances are pretty small. it's something to be proud of regardless of what +staybasvd says

    • @diegosanchez894
      @diegosanchez894 8 лет назад +1

      +staybasvd like chess?

    • @staybasvd1847
      @staybasvd1847 8 лет назад +2

      +Diego Sanchez yes exactly like chess. chess>walking. im being serious too.

    • @diegosanchez894
      @diegosanchez894 8 лет назад +11

      +staybasvd id like to know your definition of a real sport?

  • @MrWizardjr9
    @MrWizardjr9 8 лет назад +1252

    wtf 7 minute miles while walking. i can only do on average 8 minute mile while running

    • @reececrump8483
      @reececrump8483 8 лет назад +108

      yeah thats the Olympics. its bonkers

    • @reececrump8483
      @reececrump8483 8 лет назад

      also +

    • @MaddieFrankX
      @MaddieFrankX 8 лет назад +79

      7 minute/mile for 50 miles. I die just for running a block.

    • @frankq751
      @frankq751 8 лет назад +2

      Cool story bro

    • @jonessss
      @jonessss 8 лет назад +17

      +john doe someones fat

  • @mooimaduckright
    @mooimaduckright 4 года назад +34

    I had trained for a walking event in my school, but even the 3km walk was painful for me every time. Like, don’t underestimate this sport, some would say it’s even worse than running :’)

    • @brian-vz5hz
      @brian-vz5hz 2 года назад

      But why? Lol

    • @davidgriffin79
      @davidgriffin79 2 года назад +1

      @@brian-vz5hz Why not?

    • @Sarah-gv3ln
      @Sarah-gv3ln 2 года назад +1

      it looks like it puts more pressure on the knee than running.

    • @swaggykassie
      @swaggykassie Год назад

      My shins be crying for help 😭

  • @gorillagrippussy4530
    @gorillagrippussy4530 6 лет назад +73

    their hips dont lieeeee

  • @SquareSquidStudios
    @SquareSquidStudios 8 лет назад +811

    It looks silly, but you totally realize how much skill it takes when you try to match them.
    It's like trying to walk while they run.

    • @migsdizon884
      @migsdizon884 8 лет назад +2

      So true

    • @sudevsen
      @sudevsen 8 лет назад +28

      anything will become tougher if you invent stupid restrictive rules
      imagine if races now require that the runner has to juggle 2 balls all the time
      skill level needed becomes 100x

    • @Jordan-Ramses
      @Jordan-Ramses 8 лет назад +18

      It should be a special olympics sport, because they look retarded.

    • @ninja2566
      @ninja2566 8 лет назад

      Then why don't they just run

    • @juene2927
      @juene2927 8 лет назад +16

      +ninja2566 because it's a WALKING competition you can't RUN in a WALKING competition!

  • @justindc5362
    @justindc5362 7 лет назад +349

    so much hate. people are pissed that this is not as practical as running. this sport is clearly all about technique. do you get pissed at pole vaulters for not using ladders?

    • @noliemig
      @noliemig 4 года назад +22

      Pole vaulting is much faster then a ladder

    • @sparda11
      @sparda11 4 года назад +9

      Lily Crawford I swear to god I want to ban the r/woosh

    • @atharvanargund
      @atharvanargund 4 года назад +9

      @Lily Crawford that's not how the sub work you deformed pineapple

    • @aneesh2115
      @aneesh2115 4 года назад +2

      @@atharvanargund r/rareinsults

    • @mikelldaley9078
      @mikelldaley9078 2 года назад

      thank you

  • @fidgetmackenzie9419
    @fidgetmackenzie9419 2 года назад +23

    Man this is so 80’s I instantly grew a mullet

  • @Freeink93
    @Freeink93 3 года назад +47

    Who else is remembering that episode of Malcom in the Middle in which Hal started competing in Race walking? >U

  • @furok90
    @furok90 7 лет назад +91

    They need to bring Tug Of War back into the Olympics. They currently have competitors from all continents as well as world championships. It's also very entertaining.

    • @christianalbertjahns2577
      @christianalbertjahns2577 4 года назад +1

      IOC doesn't include it anymore because they think (or thought) it's dangerous, I believe.

  • @user-re4hc7yf2m
    @user-re4hc7yf2m 7 лет назад +366

    everyones hating but this is really difficult

    • @ayamdasi
      @ayamdasi 7 лет назад +30

      true, i tried it at high school, lot harder than running

    • @PianoKwanMan
      @PianoKwanMan 7 лет назад +36

      Your shin muscles hurt like hell

    • @lukecable2031
      @lukecable2031 7 лет назад +19

      All because it's hard doesn't mean it's cool...

    • @PianoKwanMan
      @PianoKwanMan 7 лет назад +11

      Ice is hard Luke Cable

    • @thelemonlime955
      @thelemonlime955 6 лет назад +14

      I've tried race walking and its so much harder than running and I only went for 800m. 5miles is insane

  • @vampy8112
    @vampy8112 4 года назад +74

    Also i love how 80's this video feels 😂

  • @sophia.prenne
    @sophia.prenne 5 лет назад +17

    I love to walk very very fast. It surprises me and makes me very happy to see this sport exists 😂💙

    • @Nicola050459
      @Nicola050459 5 лет назад

      Same here, at the park where I go the slow walkers look at me kind of surprised to see a guy almost 60 years old moving at 11 minute per mile...

  • @AshtonColby
    @AshtonColby 7 лет назад +208

    I'd be curious what the long term affects on the body are from walking like that over such distances. My hips really tight just watching this lol

    • @nostromov7892
      @nostromov7892 5 лет назад +20

      They get rattled everywhichway and all the screws get loose and fall out.

    • @vampy8112
      @vampy8112 4 года назад +4

      Thats what i was wondering too. I imagine its not good for your body

    • @AshtonColby
      @AshtonColby 4 года назад +4

      Hilarious that I don’t remember watching this 3 years ago. I looked this sport up because a friend is competing. And had this exact same question of long term effects on the hips, I scroll down and I’ve made a comment about it already with +150 likes 🤣

    • @mikelldaley9078
      @mikelldaley9078 2 года назад +5

      less injury. runners r airborn. one cardinal rule for walkers is one foot on the ground all the time.

  • @petewangsly9705
    @petewangsly9705 7 лет назад +481

    who remembers that malcom in the middle episode where hal gets into race walking and wins based on rule 230.2

  • @maxcaulfield2602
    @maxcaulfield2602 3 года назад +160

    Um actually Malcolm in the Middle already taught me all this

  • @Purzify
    @Purzify 4 года назад +58

    Nobody:
    *Me walking away from my problems:* 0:54

  • @peacexlove
    @peacexlove 6 лет назад +1118

    I giggled through out this entire video. They just look so funny to me.

    • @KINGDOMKONCEPT
      @KINGDOMKONCEPT 5 лет назад +3

      Peace X Love Indeed 😂😂😂

    • @rashan6681
      @rashan6681 5 лет назад +12

      however, this is a legitimate sport, and therefore you guys need to know that some of these people wouldn't find it funny, just saying xD

    • @KINGDOMKONCEPT
      @KINGDOMKONCEPT 5 лет назад +21

      BradleyWash And you need to know that we don’t care lol

    • @rashan6681
      @rashan6681 5 лет назад +4

      @@KINGDOMKONCEPT you're irrelevant just stop

    • @KINGDOMKONCEPT
      @KINGDOMKONCEPT 5 лет назад +4

      BradleyWash Must relevant because you’re still responding.... And I see that you’re like most people who can’t accept the fact that everyone doesn’t share your view.... Blame social media for that....

  • @alexanderl8794
    @alexanderl8794 8 лет назад +565

    The a e s t h e t i c s of this video were orgasmic

    • @America_Number1
      @America_Number1 8 лет назад +7

      v a p o u r w a v e m8

    • @Jack-eu7ye
      @Jack-eu7ye 8 лет назад +15

      +Oneill K y s everything is a e s t h e t i c

    • @CurruptMonkee
      @CurruptMonkee 7 лет назад +3

      +Oneill Not even Tumblr...

    • @hellshaven
      @hellshaven 7 лет назад +8

      Oneill believe it or not the word aesthetic exists outside of tumblr and existed way before tumblr. for example the aestheticism movement of art. try not to let tumblr ruin it for the rest of us.

    • @lydiajurmakova8534
      @lydiajurmakova8534 6 лет назад

      Alexander L w
      Wreslink

  • @jst3636
    @jst3636 5 лет назад +84

    I also didn't believe this was a Sport, untill i found out my great grandfather was 3 times german champion in race walking
    excuse my misstakes, im not from an englishspeaking country

    • @rockyboy3989
      @rockyboy3989 3 года назад

      The only guy that shows up is hartwig gauder

  • @cheeseburgerjr.3112
    @cheeseburgerjr.3112 3 года назад +4

    One of my close friend in high school is a race walking athlete. She completely changed my perspective towards this sport bc I saw how difficult and tough this sport is---just like any other sports.

  • @iamspinelli6820
    @iamspinelli6820 7 лет назад +720

    Please. I've seen this episode of Malcolm in the Middle.

  • @EmanYmErongi
    @EmanYmErongi 8 лет назад +265

    Malcolm in the Middle anyone?
    THAT'S AIR!!!

  • @sparklechang7028
    @sparklechang7028 4 года назад +25

    I only know about this from malcom in the middle 😂😂😂

  • @iCanbEYOURrUKIA
    @iCanbEYOURrUKIA 2 года назад +4

    I can see how walking in a straight line naturally gives your hips the sway. Good example are runway models, those with less bouncy walks keep their torsos straight and put one foot in front of the other.

  • @mrsparkaru6887
    @mrsparkaru6887 8 лет назад +33

    The urge to run if you were getting beat would be too strong.

  • @ryaaaaaaaan7115
    @ryaaaaaaaan7115 6 лет назад +490

    "Walking"

  • @mfnbpwnz
    @mfnbpwnz 5 лет назад +58

    4:17 "bicycler's drift" lmao, "cyclists draft" you mean?

    • @devd_rx
      @devd_rx 5 лет назад +7

      Yeah I thought that too, why the hell did he say drift.

  • @Ice-xi7ld
    @Ice-xi7ld 4 года назад +2

    This was well put together and very knowledgeable insight, good job guys 👌🏾

  • @zenmar2415
    @zenmar2415 6 лет назад +316

    Was the original race walkers actually swaying their hips like that when they first competed on it or was it a product of later competitors who saw the benefit of racing that way?

    • @Lundy.Fastnet.Irish_Sea
      @Lundy.Fastnet.Irish_Sea 6 лет назад +106

      zenmar probably the latter. Olympics gets more complicated over the years as people try to score more. They find new techniques to be better than the others, then soon, the others copy. Even if they've done the wriggle walk since the first olympics, the development of the technique must have went through that kind of development.

    • @zenmar2415
      @zenmar2415 6 лет назад +11

      Geofanny Yohanes yup that must be the case i mean it was only recently that i learned that the high jump competitors back then never really jump with their backs on the pole which is a standard move today.

    • @Lundy.Fastnet.Irish_Sea
      @Lundy.Fastnet.Irish_Sea 6 лет назад +12

      zenmar it can be seen from other sports too. The moves in gymnastics are far more complicated today. In figure skating, especially the mens field, there are more and more jumps.

    • @michellerohl2794
      @michellerohl2794 5 лет назад +3

      The sport and the technique have evolved over time.

    • @comanchio1976
      @comanchio1976 4 года назад +6

      @@zenmar2415 Yeah that's called the Fosbury Flop for the high jump, brought to the world's attention in the 1968 Olympics, but I've just watched a film from 1966 and they were pretty much walking like this - so it looks like it's development has been more gradual.

  • @karebu2
    @karebu2 8 лет назад +316

    Why the hell did they come up with this completion? It's hilarious

    • @ReubenAllan
      @ReubenAllan 7 лет назад

      Isle of Man parish walk is 85 miles long

    • @GeorgeCVB
      @GeorgeCVB 7 лет назад +33

      Idk why everyone in the comment section is so surprised about this sport. Its just another way of advancing. There are 4 fcking ways to swim, and u get shocked when you see a different way of advancing on earth other than running? I believe that in the rest of the world outside U.S. this sport is much more recognised.

    • @ReubenAllan
      @ReubenAllan 7 лет назад +2

      Jorge Gatcan there's like a hundred different ways to ride a bike :/

    • @JohnSmith-lq1tu
      @JohnSmith-lq1tu 7 лет назад +13

      Jorge Gatcan And another way is crawling. Or skipping. Or rolling along he ground. Why aren't they Olympic events? I don't agree with those other swimming strokes either. As far as I'm concerned it should be about the fastest way to cover distance on foot or by swimming, not introducing ridiculous ways so those that can't keep up in the serious event can have a shiny medal too. I'm outside the US, and 'racewalking' is openly mocked where I am, as it should be.

    • @JohnSmith-lq1tu
      @JohnSmith-lq1tu 7 лет назад +9

      Reuben Allan Exactly. Why don't we have bike races where they don't get to have a seat, or where they have to sit backwards on the crossbar while they try to pedal and see where they're going.

  • @fvallee33
    @fvallee33 4 года назад +12

    this is so inspiring!! I want to become a professional race walker!

  • @bestrum1188
    @bestrum1188 4 года назад +6

    When the teacher said "no running in the hallways"
    me and my friends just continued playing tag like this

  • @wilfredhather
    @wilfredhather 8 лет назад +267

    It looks painful. Is it bad for the body?

  • @samysaid1989
    @samysaid1989 8 лет назад +558

    Lol, anyone watched Malcolm In The Middle?

    • @thenhewonders
      @thenhewonders 8 лет назад +31

      Hal in that tracksuit, lol

    • @GerSanRiv
      @GerSanRiv 8 лет назад +2

      you made my day good man

    • @lethaltrigger2888
      @lethaltrigger2888 8 лет назад +2

      good times

    • @theGirlMachine666
      @theGirlMachine666 8 лет назад +2

      Hahaha, that's the only thing I can ever think of, when someone's talking about race walking

    • @MUtley-rf8vg
      @MUtley-rf8vg 8 лет назад

      One of the best shows ever.

  • @EvilSSP
    @EvilSSP 5 лет назад +13

    This is professional Ace Ventura walking.

  • @angelicasysnila5476
    @angelicasysnila5476 2 года назад +5

    When we were kids, Me and my friends would go for a walk, and suddenly we would start a walking competition. And I was the winner most of the time. Only if I had known that this is a recognized sports at Olympics lol, I wouldn't have stopped playing this game XD

    • @cooksoya7503
      @cooksoya7503 2 года назад +1

      Dude same with my brother and sister, although one day I just started using my hips, danm I left them I'm the dust, they started jogging, this was when I was like 5

  • @crystalion3378
    @crystalion3378 7 лет назад +44

    I just found my calling. I'm wiggling to gold!!😂😂😂

  • @zlorpmann
    @zlorpmann 8 лет назад +7

    Rushing through the comment section to write "first" should be an olympic sport. I see so much people train for this sport every day.

  • @christianbeall1427
    @christianbeall1427 3 года назад +9

    When the lifeguard says "no running"

  • @jonahstaples6210
    @jonahstaples6210 4 года назад +5

    Mom: you should be a scientist when you grow up
    Me:

  • @ejjjekabo4333
    @ejjjekabo4333 6 лет назад +25

    My country won it’s first olympic medal in this event in the 1920s i think...mby in the 1930...i’m from Latvia btw

  • @thatbitch9983
    @thatbitch9983 6 лет назад +60

    That hip action

  • @frhneil1463
    @frhneil1463 6 лет назад

    One of few amazing video I've watched. Worth 6 minutes of my life.

  • @scaf5363
    @scaf5363 5 лет назад +13

    "It's like watching the Gods return to Olympus..."

  • @escJackMK
    @escJackMK 8 лет назад +211

    Well, I'm lazy af, this is the sport for me! 😂

    • @vimsum4376
      @vimsum4376 8 лет назад +9

      My sport would be more like Eating, or play a sport game

    • @escJackMK
      @escJackMK 8 лет назад

      Vemund Langaas 😂😂

    • @migsdizon884
      @migsdizon884 8 лет назад +46

      It looks slow but to an average runner this dudes/dudettes who race walk are deceptively fast. they might look like they are walking but they are walking as fast as normal people run tbh

    • @Savannah-
      @Savannah- 8 лет назад +55

      ...walking as quickly as you can for 20 km? Yeah, the perfect sport for a lazy person.

    • @ntphan
      @ntphan 8 лет назад +28

      @ less than 7min/mile pace, that's way faster than the average person can 'RUN'. It's a lot harder than you think to maintain that pace.

  • @AI-Abominations
    @AI-Abominations 7 лет назад +70

    Why race walk? Because it's FABULOUS you silly goose!

    • @aripmjr
      @aripmjr 5 лет назад +2

      oh my god lmao

    • @rich90553
      @rich90553 4 года назад +1

      Qualifying rounds for top competitions include coming out to your parents.

  • @Biohackthefat
    @Biohackthefat 2 года назад +3

    I raced walked 21.1 km in 1 hour and 47 minutes. My 20 km time was 1 hour and 42. It was a fun time! 18 minutes away from Olympic standards.

  • @russellmoore8187
    @russellmoore8187 5 лет назад +6

    Now I can’t unsee the leg straightness and it’s making me feel like I’m hyperextending my knees 😬😬

  • @chaseis1badmonkey
    @chaseis1badmonkey 8 лет назад +7

    Does this sneak into their every day steps? Without realizing it they turn their hips and bend their arms at the grocery store?

  • @areaciera51
    @areaciera51 6 лет назад +206

    They never explained why 230.2 is a relevant number?

    • @jouaienttoi
      @jouaienttoi 6 лет назад +22

      it is called looking at the video. It is shown right as they say it.

    • @nyxxie023
      @nyxxie023 6 лет назад +55

      I agree. They explained what 230.2 is but not the actual number 230.2. It could very well be 453.5 and it still makes sense because they didn't explain the number.

    • @areaciera51
      @areaciera51 6 лет назад +2

      Kieran Yeah I saw the paper and it didn’t explain what the number was

    • @DuduIn
      @DuduIn 6 лет назад +91

      Ciera, 230.2 means "rule 230, section 2". It's right in the video at the 2:05 mark... it gets explained right after they mention it.
      That rule *defines* the sport, that's why it's "the number" (of the rule relevant).

  • @michaelstoll6167
    @michaelstoll6167 4 года назад +5

    As a distance runner, if my coach tried to convince me to compete in this, I'd be the first person ever to be DQed for running

  • @fedordorgushi2188
    @fedordorgushi2188 4 года назад +8

    Hal taught me the entirety of the sport, thanks tho.

  • @lancelovecraft5913
    @lancelovecraft5913 7 лет назад +6

    First time I saw this sport was during the evening 2008 Olympics. It was like 2 in the morning and I flipped over to NBC and saw the strangest people in a line. Being so late I could not tell if I was dreaming or not. I continued watching until I fell asleep. I never seen the sport again until this vid. Anyways a debate about the differences between running and walking sparsely come up between me and my friends. No one seems to understand that running is practically jumping on one leg or quick successive leaps

  • @haandawg
    @haandawg 7 лет назад +208

    Hal from Malcolm in the Middle anyone? 😂😂

  • @KenyanBunnie
    @KenyanBunnie 5 лет назад +7

    My uncle was a winner in a few race walking competitions. My other uncle was a track star. Both my parents did sports back in Kenya...mom did field hockey. Can't remember what dad did. But I think they also did track. And there is me. Growing up people would ask me if im a runner..was it because I was Kenyan...or I...looked like I would be a good runner? All I know is I hated running and would come in almost last, if not dead last in our mile races we had to do every few months in school. My fastest mile was in HS, at like 9:36. LOL. The only other best ive had was doing a 6 mile bike trail in under 15 minutes, months before it took me 45 minutes and was pure torture, lol.
    Now 34...some reason, they were in my recommends, I just began watching these track and field competitions...first time I ever watched Usain Bolt, WOW JUST WOW, and there are a whole lot of Kenyans I didnt even know we compete in these races lol! Anyway...im feeling a motivated to get into some training...I have always wanted to win a charity run (do you win those?lol) and always wanted to compete in at least one of those obstacle course events they have...like Spartan!

  • @fabiennezimmermann4073
    @fabiennezimmermann4073 4 года назад

    That's the best videp I could have found today. Made my day

  • @tanyal2660
    @tanyal2660 7 лет назад +21

    I race people everyday down the sidewalks of SF

    • @entelin
      @entelin 7 лет назад +18

      Time to go pro

    • @tanyal2660
      @tanyal2660 7 лет назад +1

      I'll print out a bib number to attach to my shirts

  • @ertz141
    @ertz141 8 лет назад +42

    If speed walking can be an olympic discipline why can't speed crawling be one?

    • @soyokou.2810
      @soyokou.2810 8 лет назад

      It's not a thing.

    • @gabriel2000260
      @gabriel2000260 8 лет назад +3

      +Soyoko U. why can't it be?

    • @soyokou.2810
      @soyokou.2810 8 лет назад +1

      NitroGlicerin I never said it can't be.

    • @gabriel2000260
      @gabriel2000260 8 лет назад +2

      +Soyoko U. let's make it a thing xD

    • @DiegoRuiz1991
      @DiegoRuiz1991 7 лет назад

      HOW TO BECOME AN OLYMPIC SPORT or DISCIPLINE - Let's use "race crawling" as an example
      · The IAAF would have to recognize it as legitimate
      · A semi-decent schedule of events should happen
      · National, continental and World championships would need to be held
      · Competitors should come from as many countries as possible, it has to be very intercontinental
      · Some kind of qualification system for the Olympics would need to be created
      Right now, for example, the UCI (cycling) is making BMX freestyle fairly formal and has completed almost all the steps to have park medal events by 2024. Here are the steps they are making
      · UCI recognized BMX freestyle as something legitimate
      · The FISE tour now includes the UCI-sanctioned BMX Freestyle World Cup with 5 competitions in 3 continents in 2016
      · Still no continental or World championships... but having an annual World Cup is a very big deal
      · Competitors already from both Americas, Europe and Asia
      · Still no qualifying format for the Olympics

  • @shintyty
    @shintyty 4 года назад +6

    Tsunami coming!
    Them: Just keep walking, Just keep walking

  • @MsAnna47
    @MsAnna47 4 года назад

    Very helpful. Thank you.

  • @ykihx
    @ykihx 8 лет назад +36

    ~♫♪ at night...i think of you...♪♫~

    • @Strr27
      @Strr27 8 лет назад

      wtf ?

    • @gunguy100
      @gunguy100 8 лет назад +1

      How is this relevant to the video?

    • @dannylopez9905
      @dannylopez9905 8 лет назад +1

      Bet you don't know the actual name of the song or who did the song...

    • @soysauce8437
      @soysauce8437 8 лет назад +9

      oh my god, you all are idiots. shes referencing the running man challenge, it kind of looks like the people walking.

    • @BenGilman
      @BenGilman 8 лет назад

      because the race walking looks like the running man challenge

  • @keny2323
    @keny2323 8 лет назад +18

    Legend says if you are this early Vox will reply.

    • @legitname6687
      @legitname6687 8 лет назад +131

      legends were wrong

    • @tcdetrho
      @tcdetrho 8 лет назад

      +Legit Name hahaha *tears

    • @bubblezz4127
      @bubblezz4127 8 лет назад +3

      how's that working for u

    • @michaelmagnus3590
      @michaelmagnus3590 7 лет назад +2

      another legend says that if you ask a good question to vox they'll repy, but it sounds like bullshit to me

    • @LiteraryLady
      @LiteraryLady 7 лет назад

      +Tauras Jurgutis that was mean and unnecessary

  • @sakitrain7766
    @sakitrain7766 4 года назад +5

    The reporters sound like they're doing their best to not laugh.😂

  • @rebel3452
    @rebel3452 5 лет назад

    You guys have come a long way since this

  • @Eric-jb1ym
    @Eric-jb1ym 7 лет назад +39

    1:26 "Both her feet are in the air!" - Hal

    • @diddlydevil2116
      @diddlydevil2116 7 лет назад +1

      Go home guys, race walking's over.

    • @sidshaw1927
      @sidshaw1927 5 лет назад +3

      But that was through a camera eye, not the human eye like the rule states.

    • @dontlookback3549
      @dontlookback3549 5 лет назад

      @@sidshaw1927 they are not walking; the "rules" are a joke; should be eliminated from Olympics

    • @carsonjohnson9365
      @carsonjohnson9365 5 лет назад +1

      Barry Klonsky And you are a certified racewalking judge who can tell the difference? I thought not. Nice try though

    • @sidshaw1927
      @sidshaw1927 5 лет назад +1

      Barry Klonsky your correct they are not “walking” they are race walking, two completely different things all together. if the rules are a joke, why is race walking in the olympics. this is a very disrespectful comment especially to direct at a race walk like me who is friends with multiple olympic race walkers

  • @schizballs
    @schizballs 7 лет назад +136

    the guy that was playing basketball didn't travel lol 2:47

    • @Joseph-cw3en
      @Joseph-cw3en 6 лет назад +1

      Lol

    • @epender
      @epender 6 лет назад +15

      Maybe they couldn't find stock footage of a travel.

    • @p00ner1sm
      @p00ner1sm 4 года назад +5

      You’re wrong. He’s just *that* good.

    • @melissalocey7254
      @melissalocey7254 4 года назад

      How? He took two steps and didn’t bounce the ball

    • @schizballs
      @schizballs 4 года назад +2

      @@melissalocey7254 you're allowed two steps i'm not sure if this comment is sarcastic

  • @Justeon
    @Justeon 2 года назад +1

    I did race walking for fun today at my track meet and came first, I did well enough that I might be going to provincials, this is honestly a really fun activity

  • @savannah2106
    @savannah2106 5 лет назад +15

    This reminds me of the episode of Malcom in the middle when Hal does fast walking 😂

    • @Notokaycomputer
      @Notokaycomputer 3 года назад +2

      yesssss that was my favorite episodeeee

  • @laserwolf65
    @laserwolf65 8 лет назад +320

    I already didn't care about the Olympics, and after watching this, I care about them even less.

    • @Morgulvale_
      @Morgulvale_ 8 лет назад +67

      good for you buddy.

    • @nadkudo1798
      @nadkudo1798 8 лет назад +35

      Good. Have a cookie.

    • @haydent4461
      @haydent4461 8 лет назад +44

      But I guess you care enough to tell everyone on the internet just **how little** you care about the Olympics, right? Thank you for your stunningly insightful input. I am a better man and a better person for having stumbled across your RUclips comment because I am just **so glad** to learn that laserwolf65 doesn't care about the Olympics. You truly are a gentleman and a scholar.

    • @misterstaple
      @misterstaple 8 лет назад +2

      I'm with you

    • @laserwolf65
      @laserwolf65 8 лет назад +6

      Hayden Toftner You're welcome.

  • @FrancesBaconandEggs
    @FrancesBaconandEggs 8 лет назад +12

    This makes me feel really angry for some reason

  • @andrearovelli
    @andrearovelli 6 лет назад +10

    Ammettilo, hai guardato questo video solo perché c’era un italiano in copertina

  • @screamingminnow920
    @screamingminnow920 4 года назад

    you just described sports in a way that honestly gave me more interest in them

  • @TheWickedEnd2012
    @TheWickedEnd2012 8 лет назад +14

    Why not just run?

    • @kabob21
      @kabob21 8 лет назад +38

      Because then it'd just be the marathon.

    • @ninja2566
      @ninja2566 8 лет назад

      Because they are probably too slow

    • @jessuka
      @jessuka 8 лет назад +10

      +ninja2566 They walk faster than most people can run, lol.

    • @MaddieFrankX
      @MaddieFrankX 8 лет назад

      Because there is already a run category?

    • @ninja2566
      @ninja2566 8 лет назад

      Jessica Nguyen 7 minute pace faster than most people can run? Lol most high school runners can go around/under a 4:00 mile, and plenty of people can run a marathon at a 5:30 pace.

  • @patricksteinsen1147
    @patricksteinsen1147 4 года назад +7

    Me: bored
    RUclips: here have a sport where people walk faster than you can run

  • @Wannabe-jp8gl
    @Wannabe-jp8gl 4 года назад +1

    Used to do this and u have no idea how much this hurts

  • @eloxxeugene6573
    @eloxxeugene6573 3 года назад +1

    I did sports in highschool and I tried this one, other than my long distance track race. It was really hard. Our body must be really be well warmed up. Especially the hip and legs. And we have to be flexible enough. The rules for this race is really strict. There's a term in this race called 'Floating', if you do that, you're out right away, even when you're not finished yet. At least, that was what I experienced. I remember I only took that race once because I injured my leg after that. My hip got dislocated. I over warmed up my body before the race.😅 That's as painful as my broken arm.😂