50km walk to stay in Olympics

50km walk to stay in Olympics

The 50km walk will remain in the Olympics and world championships after the IAAF voted unanimously(सर्वसम्मति से) to retain the longest event in the athletics programme. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) had put pressure on the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) to drop the event, starting with the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, partly because there is no women's race over the distance(दूरी) .

Women do race over the distance in the world race walking championships, but their longest event at the Olympics is 20km, which was introduced in 2000.