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At the European Race Walking Championships, Spanish athlete Garcia-Caro started celebrating too early and was passed by Ukrainian Lyudmila Olyanovskaya. (streamable.com)

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A video is going viral online of Spanish athlete Garcia-Caro starting to celebrate too early, before even reaching the finish line.

As a result, she was overtaken by the Ukrainian Lyudmila Olyanovskaya. She won bronze

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[–] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

wait how do you even draw the line between walking and running? this makes no sense

[–] Reddfugee42@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The definition is usually when both feet are off the ground at any time, it's running.

[–] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

I watched the video and it looks like they are off the ground a lot. Either they don't care about that rule or the athletes have optimized their method so meticulously that their feet contact the ground on a contact area worth a hair's width