(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 ...

What is race walking? Race walking is an athletics discipline that falls somewhere between walking and running. In race walking, one foot must always be in contact with the ground. Breaking this rule ...

After losing his family to the concentration camps in World War II, Laskua found his way to America. Switching from distance running to race walking, Laskua became a 3 time Olympian. It was during the ...