Beijing Olympics: First event at the Bird's Nest

On Friday, April 18, two days after the official opening of Beijing's National Stadium, the venue hosted its first international event - 20km race walking challenge.

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Sports

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• China
• Beijing
• Olympics
• Sports
• Race
• walking
• national
• stadium
• Bird
• Nest

[SamEgyptMan]

that bitch jogged i saw it!!!

[freakfromhartford]

only in china could you have a sold out stadium to watch race walking....

[bikinghawk222]

@SamEgyptMan homecookin

[259racer]

@meganlenny24 wow no point arguing with you

[meganlenny24]

@259racer I get what your saying and since I have never done a dirt biking race I can't say I'm right, but I can say that running or walking it's all you. Your the one propelling yourself forward with all the strength you have and every muscle from your calves to your face, you are working as hard as you possibly can. Even if it means passing out, throwing up, or injury.

[259racer]

@meganlenny24 dirtbike racing is by far the MOST physically demanding sport there is... there is no breaking during a race and if your racin for 2.5 hours while balancing and maneuvering a 250 lbs bike its crazy difficult... and thats just a regular race if its an enduro its upwards of probably 9 hours

[meganlenny24]

@259racer I can definitely agree that soccer, rugby and maybe dirt biking are almost equally demanding. football isn't for sure. I have played soccer, basketball, lacrosse, track and field, cross country, and golf ( not very demanding). I tried race walking once and it was the hardest sport I have every endured. I have dirt biked before because my dad does and it was hard, but not as physically demanding as running or race walking because there are NO breaks in either sport.

[259racer]

@meganlenny24 apparently you have never played football soccer rugby or raced dirtbikes because all of those are more physically demanding than crosscountry... MAYBE not football but the others for sure

[meganlenny24]

@259racer For those sports, running is a punishment... imagine doing that for the whole sport. Cross Country is definitely one of the most physically demanding sports there is.

[259racer]

@meganlenny24 well seeing that running isnt rly a legit sport either, im pretty sure walkings definitely not a legit sport. real legit sports are like football soccer rugby dirtbiking.

[meganlenny24]

@259racer sorry I don't look for SLIGHT sarcasm. I'll work on it. But he wasn't being sarcastic, in america almost everybody doesn't think it's a legit sport, when actually it's harder than running.

[259racer]

@meganlenny24 um do u no how gay u sounded right there.... he was being slightly sarcastic