At the European Race Walking Championships, Spanish athlete Garcia-Caro started celebrating too early and was passed by Ukrainian Lyudmila Olyanovskaya.
At the European Race Walking Championships, Spanish athlete Garcia-Caro started celebrating too early and was passed by Ukrainian Lyudmila Olyanovskaya.
A video is going viral online of Spanish athlete Garcia-Caro starting to celebrate too early, before even reaching the finish line.
As a result, she was overtaken by the Ukrainian Lyudmila Olyanovskaya. She won bronze
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59 0 ReplyBoth of them had both feet off the ground with every stride. I don't know what the point of race walking is...
25 0 ReplyAccording to Wikipedia this is somehow acceptable and common. It needs to be detectible to the human eye that contact is lost.
Which seems like such a horseshit rule.
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The only thing I was thinking while watching the first time lol.
16 0 ReplyAbsolutely the same. I love that episode. That and the roller skating one are probably my two favourites. Currently on season 6 of a rewatch.
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22 0 Replywait how do you even draw the line between walking and running? this makes no sense
10 1 ReplyThe definition is usually when both feet are off the ground at any time, it's running.
2 0 ReplyI watched the video and it looks like they are off the ground a lot. Either they don't care about that rule or the athletes have optimized their method so meticulously that their feet contact the ground on a contact area worth a hair's width
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wot in tarnation...
7 0 ReplyCongratulations to Lyudmila for winning bronze in the 20km inefficient running race.
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