watching this on the tv this morning ,most of the athletes were not walking they were running ,ie,both feet off the ground at the same time .anyone else watch it and come to the same conclusion.
I doubt very much that they are running as they are monitored using super slo-mo and walkers do get pulled up. I think it's just that it looks such a very odd way of walking.
I didn't really get much from the walking races as using the same circuit over and over again for both men's and women's races at the same time made it very difficult to know who was leading, catching etc. I found it very difficult to get engaged. Mistake by the race organisers IMO.