2017 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 50 kilometres walk The following records were set at the competition: The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 4:30:00. The final took place on 13 August at 07:46. The results were as follows: 2017 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 50 kilometres walk The women's 50 kilometres walk at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held on a 2 kilometre course comprising lengths of The Mall between Buckingham Palace and Admiralty Arch on 13 August. This was the first time women were offered this event in the world championships, finally equalizing all events for both genders. Only seven women toed the
The Long Walk the Major has numerous illegitimate children nationwide. Four years earlier, the Major took Stebbins to the finish of a Long Walk; now Stebbins feels that the Major has set him up to be "the rabbit", motivating others to walk farther to prolong the race, just as rabbits are used in dog races. Stebbins' plan, upon winning the Walk, is to ask to be "taken into [his] father's house" as his Prize. Finally, Garraty decides to give up after realizing that Stebbins has shown almost no weaknesses over the duration of the Walk. Garraty catches up with Stebbins to tell him