A fact from Sheffield Star Walk appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 10 September 2020 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that finishers of the Sheffield Star Walk were rewarded with a hot mug of Oxo?
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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 19:50, 5 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
ALT1:... that British Olympic race walker Roland Hardy's first competitive race was the Sheffield Star Walk during which he set a new course record? " His first competitive race was the 1949 Sheffield Star Walk - which he won, setting a new record and beating the old (1947) record by 53 seconds" from:"Vale Roland Hardy 1926-2016"(PDF). Victorian Race Walking Club. Retrieved 20 August 2020.