Athletic race
walk competition is a long distance Olympic event. Race walk is different from
running event. In race walk competition the rule is that one foot must appear
in contact with ground in all the time while running. Race walk event come into
Olympic existence in 1904 summer games in which only half mile distance was determined
for race walk event by the Olympic federation. Later on that increased steadily
by the passage of time. Now Olympic athletic race walk competition has 20
kilometer distance for both men and women and 50 kilometer for only men
competition.
Olympic
athletics race walking event has two major rules that must have followed by the
athletes. The first rule is that the athlete’s back toe cannot leave the ground
surface until his heal of front foot was touched. Disobeying this rule is know
as loss of contact. The second rule is that the supporting legs must remain
straighten till the body passes directly over it. These two rules are judged by
the human eyes which is cased by the controversy in this Olympic competition.
Athletes some time loss the contact for some seconds which is not detectable by
the human eyes due to fast and furious speed but some time wrongly penalty is
put on the athletes. If any athlete is seas his shoulder rising it is consider
as a sign of loss of contact and the judge may put a penalty on him. The speed
is achieved by stepping quickly of the feet and with the aim of rapid turnover.
Several techniques are followed by the race walkers for avoiding penalties.
Now London
2012 Olympics will present Olympic athletics race walk competition from 4
August to 11 August at the venue of The Mall London. In this competition
hundreds of athletes participate for 2 gold medals and especially for the glory
of their country.
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