Indian athlete Irfan KT, from Kerala, has qualified for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Which sport will he participate in?
a. Wrestling
b. Weightlifting
c. Race walking
d. Aerobics
Answers
HERE IS YOUR ANSWER
OPTION D - RACE WALKING
EXTRA INFORMATION -
✨Racewalking, or race walking, is a long-distance discipline within the sport of athletics.
✨Although it is a foot race, it is different from running in that one foot must appear to be in contact with the ground at all times.
✨This is assessed by race judges.
Indian athlete Irfan KT, from Kerala, has qualified for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Which sport will he participate in?
a. Wrestling
b. Weightlifting
c. Race walking
d. Aerobics
Race walking is the answer
➡️It is a race, which has a very long path and is played in a very disciplined manner
➡️ Normally, this, race walking is held on either roads or on running tracks
➡️The distances differ by 3000 metres about 100 kilometres
➡️It Is played both by men and women
➡️Race walking had been originated from the British Culture
➡️In British Culture it was known as 'pedestrianism'
➡️The first rule of race walking says that the athlete's back toe cannot leave the ground until and unless the heel of the front foot has actually touched the ground
➡️The second rule says that the supporting leg must be straighten from the point of contact with the ground and remain straightened until the body passes directly over it