Is Racewalking a Sport?
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This has nothing to do with physics, but - Racewalking. Here are the rules: Walk so that one footis always on the ground and keep your front leg straight.In short, do a funny walk, really fast. There's also something funny about the rules, though- the judges who determine whether or not a competitor is indeed "walking", are onlyallowed to stand stationary at the side of the course and judge by EYE whether the competitorsAPPEAR to be walking. You'd think that for a sport whose definition is so technical,they'd appeal to all possible technology to enforce the rules.So is race walking stuck in the dark ages? I mean, there are other sports that don'tallow referees to view replays, but when you think about the electronics...
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This has nothing to do with physics, but - Racewalking. Here are the rules: Walk so that one footis always on the ground and keep your front leg straight.In short, do a funny walk, really fast. There's also something funny about the rules, though- the judges who determine whether or not a competitor is indeed "walking", are onlyallowed to stand stationary at the side of the course and judge by EYE whether the competitorsAPPEAR to be walking. You'd think that for a sport whose definition is so technical,they'd appeal to all possible technology to enforce the rules.So is race walking stuck in the dark ages? I mean, there are other sports that don'tallow referees to view replays, but when you think about the electronics...
