(Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images) The men’s and women’s race walking events continued at the Rio Olympics on Friday and so did the Internet’s snark about the sport. But it wasn’t always such ...

Race walking was first introduced as its own Olympic event in 1908, decades after the pastime developed in Victorian England ...

Well this isn't that. You've entered an Olympic domain, and we're here to teach you about a racing discipline that's both challenging and historic, having first appeared on the Games program more than ...

Try it: Lace up your sneakers and pick up the pace! While Olympic race walking involves specific postures and techniques, ...

Race walking is an event contested in all levels of the sport of track & field, from youth athletics up to and including the Olympic Games. Race walking combines the endurance of the long distance ...

The course for the marathon and race walking at the Paris Olympics draws inspiration from the famed Women's March of 1789, when nearly 7,000 Parisian women marched through Paris Versailles to bring ...