Alex Schwazer
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Alex Schwazer, OMRI, is an Italian race walker. He was the 2008 Olympic 50k walk champion.
Schwazer in 2008
Race walking
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Race walking, or racewalking, is a long-distance discipline within the sport of athletics. Although a foot race, it is different from running in that one foot must appear to be in contact with the gro
Alex Schwazer
…Alex Schwazer, OMRI (born 26 December 1984), is an Italian race walker. He was the 2008 Olympic 50k walk champion. Just before the 2012 Summer Olympics, he was disqualified for two years for doping with EPO. He immediately…
Race walkers at the U.S. World Cup Trials in 1987
Men's 20 km walk during the 2005 World Championships in Athletics in Helsinki, Finland. The walker at the right appears to be breaking the rules of race walking as both feet are off the ground, but according to the current rules, an infraction is only committed when the loss of contact is visible to the human eye.
Shaul Ladany (centre), in 1969
An example of a racewalker in a "flight phase" (both feet entirely out of contact with the ground, a rule violation)