Two core rules of race walking competition: a race walker must always keep at least one foot in contact with the ground; From the moment of landing to the vertical position, the front legs must be straight all the time, and the knee joints should not be bent.
There are 6-9 full-time race walking referees to supervise the athletes in the competition. According to the rules, they can't use any equipment to help them judge, and they can only rely on their own eyes to judge whether an athlete commits a foul. When the race walking referee sees the signs that the race walking athletes' actions violate the race walking technology, he should give a yellow card warning and report to the referee after the race.
When the athlete's walking style violates the technical regulations of race walking, when he flies with the naked eye or bends his knees, the race walking referee must issue a red card to the race walking referee. When the race walking referee receives three red cards from different race walking referees for the same athlete, the athlete will be disqualified and the referee or assistant referee will show him the red card.
Development history of race walking
Race walking originated in England. /kloc-At the end of 0/9, the inter-city race walking activities from one city to another prevailed in Europe, and soon spread from Europe to North America, Oceania and other countries. At the beginning, the race walking took the form of ordinary walking or arbitrary walking, and there was no strict requirement for the race walking technology.
1906, the international Olympic Committee meeting listed the race walking as a competition for the first time. There were two projects at that time: 1500m and 3000m. Since the 1956 Olympic Games, there have been two men's events, namely, the 20km race walk and the 50km race walk. 1992, the Barcelona Olympic Games included the women's 10 km race walk in the official competition.
The highest organization of the world race walking is the World Track and Field, which was established in 19 12. Its main responsibility is to carry out track and field sports in the world, formulate the timing method of track and field competitions and establish the standard of world records.