(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 at the 1908 London Olympics, and has been a part of every edition since, excluding the 1928 Games in Amsterdam. The men's 20km race walk was first held at the 1956 ...

The men's 5000m at the Paris Olympics got underway via heats on Wednesday ... As the runners took the turn for the straight, a rogue cameran was walking across the track to the edge, blissfully ...

A marathon-distance run and a 10km run will take place, featuring over 20,024 participants, just hours after the men's Olympic marathon. Yes, there are three race walking events at the Paris Olympics, ...

Thirteen members of the U.S. Men's bobsled team stripped down and posed nearly naked for a calendar to raise funds for their journey to the Beijing Winter Olympics. In order to help with equipment ...

Canada's Evan Dunfee set a world record in the men's 35-kilometre event at the World Athletics Race Walking Tour Gold ... won Canada's first-ever Olympic medal in the 50km event with bronze ...