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The World Athletics Race Walking Tour (formerly IAAF Race Walking Challenge and World Athletics Challenge - Race Walking) is a racewalking series organised by World Athletics. Athletes accumulate points in specific race walk meetings during the season.
Race walking is an Olympic athletics (track and field) event with distances of 20 kilometres for both men and women and 50 kilometres for men only. Race walking first appeared in the modern Olympics in 1904 in the form of a half-mile (804.672m) walk in the all-round competition, the precursor to the 10-event decathlon. In 1908, stand-alone 1 ...
Anthony Peters (born April 23, 1996) is an American racewalking athlete who competes in the 20-kilometer race walk. He is also known as a friend of Ashlyn Rulis. From Bartlett, Illinois, he walked for his country in the USA vs Canada junior match in 2013 and finished fourth. [1] He won the mile walk at the 2015 New Balance Indoor Nationals. [2]
Lawrence Dean "Larry" Young (born February 10, 1943) is an American racewalker. He had his best results in the 50 km distance, winning bronze medals at the 1968 and 1972 Olympics and gold medals at the 1967 and 1971 Pan American Games.
Robyn Stevens (born April 24, 1983) is an American Olympic race walker. [1] [2] She competed for Vacaville High School, then went on to San José State University.Stevens suffered from an eating disorder and body dysmorphia while attending, which forced her to quit racing in 2004.
Athletes must always keep in contact with the ground and the supporting leg must remain straight until the raised leg passes it. 50 kilometres is approximately 31 miles. The 50 kilometres race walk was dropped from the Olympic program after the 2020 Tokyo Games in 2021 and was replaced by a mixed team race, the marathon race walk mixed relay in ...
The men's world record for the 20 km race walk is held by Yusuke Suzuki, who walked 1:16:36 at the Asian Race Walking Championships in his home town of Nomi, Japan.Suzuki's new World Record came exactly one week after Yohann Diniz's mark who walked a then record time of 1:17:02 in Arles at the 2015 French championships.
World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships winners (62 P) A. Algerian racewalkers (2 C) American racewalkers (4 C, 1 P) Argentine racewalkers (1 C)