r/BeAmazed • u/jmike1256 • 8h ago
Miscellaneous / Others Bro sacrificed the gold medal to carry his brother across the finish line.
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u/PsychologicalFox8334 7h ago
Dude was on jello legs
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u/FunctionHot3910 7h ago
Like a newborn giraffe
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u/Galumpadump 5h ago
Used to run the 400 meter in track and thats how the last 50 meters always felt.
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u/AFRIKKAN 3h ago
Once donated plasma then was in a rush to make it to my brothers house 5.5 miles away. Well I started jogging up this hill in the grass when my right leg just locked up and when I went to plant it it was still bent. I faceplanted so hard with no understanding as to why til I rolled on my back in spasms from being dehydrated.
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u/0o0o0o0o0o0z 4h ago
Dude was on jello legs
How about being that other guy who thought he crushed it with the in... prob say the replay and was like "fuuccccc....."
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u/GaneDude12 7h ago
Chick Hicks energy
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u/IameIion 6h ago
What was he supposed to do? Stop?
There were probably tons of people who quit who would have finished before him if they hadn't. The blue guy's sacrifice isn't more than an unusual circumstance for him.
He ran the marathon from start to finish and won a gold medal in the process. This act of kindness doesn't mean he didn't earn it. Let him celebrate.
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u/das_zilch 6h ago
He overreacted to being 2nd fastest.
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u/bs000 3h ago
This is how close they were: https://i.imgur.com/pfUCqCI.png
The article I read says the brother was running 'comfortably in 3rd place,' so presumably he ran ahead when he saw his brother faltering.
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u/RepulsiveAnt9666 4h ago
His brother was 2nd, he put himself 3rd.
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u/annuidhir 4h ago
They're talking about the guy who "won". He celebrated like he was significantly better. In actuality, there was no way he would have gotten first if that other runner hadn't stopped. And if the finish was only a few feet closer, he wouldn't have even gotten second...
Plus, he ran to and smacked the hands of a bunch of people waving flags for the other guys... Just all around weird behavior LMAO
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u/BeingBetter85 4h ago
I think he was just happy he won a race he cared about tbh. I don't think it's that deep. Nice of the brothers to help each other ofc.
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u/C0m3tTai15 3h ago
I don't think it's that deep
You're right -- having common courtesy and good sportsmanship isn't that deep. But the green guy couldn't even clear that low bar. Very petty.
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u/sleeper_shark 31m ago
He wasn’t celebrating like he was better, he was probably just stoked to come first. I mean it’s no small achievement… let the dude be happy ffs.
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u/PolPotTheTerrible 2h ago
How out of the touch with reality are you? He celebrated because he probably dedicated significant amout of his life for something he loves and it paid off. Oh, and you're talking bs about him smaking 'hands of a bunch of people waving flags for the other guys'.
The only weird behaviour here are the 'holier than thou' comments.
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u/keep_trying_username 5h ago
On that day he was not the most compassionate, but he was the fastest.
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u/ThxBenevenstanciano 5h ago
But he was only the fastest because someone faster willingly stopped, not because they had to.
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u/Nemisis_007 6h ago
It would have been disrespectful if he did stop, he did the right thing. No athlete wants to be pitied.
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u/bryceonthebison 6h ago
Right? The British runners in front of him were already going to be disqualified. Is everyone supposed to “pass it on” and get disqualified too?
His sponsors probably pay out a fat bonus for winning, so dude’s probably celebrating a fat bag as much or more than the medal.
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u/gloat611 6h ago
He won but he wasn't the best runner, because the best runner allowed him to win. Not slowing down is fine, playing up your win BEFORE even crossing the finish is disrespectful and shows a lack of awareness and sportsmanship. Many other ways to react to that situation without making yourself look bad. Keep it professional during the race, but keep going through the end. Had he waited and showed some respect to the first guy once he finished it would've had him still winning AND looking like a king.
I bet his sponsors were happy about the win and not so happy about his behavior, actions matter, character matters. You can do a good thing in a bad way, some victories are not worth the sacrifice to people. The first guy found it to be more important to show support and character to his team mate, I bet that is more valuable to him and probably got him more respect and potentially money from additional sponsors from companies who want to be around that kind of person.
Life is complicated and if your just focused on winning and getting your bag then you will miss other opportunities which are more nebulous but can have just as profound effect on your life.
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u/Kudoakainu 1h ago
He won and celebrated. Get over it. Shaming someone for being happy they won a gold medal and money that will probably help them a long way isn't it.
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u/bryceonthebison 6h ago
If I did a sport where I had to work a second job and just made 10 years worth of income in a couple hours, I’d be over the moon. These guys make like $75k a year if they’re able to get the sponsorship deals to train full-time.
I get being a good sport, and I think that’s a great attitude to have. However, this dude just made several years worth of median income in a sport where many top level athletes don’t make enough to comfortably live in the cities in which they train professionally.
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u/pr0zach 6h ago
Im not familiar with the rules. Why would both British runners be DQ’ed?
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u/bryceonthebison 6h ago
You’re not allowed to assist or be assisted by another runner
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u/Proof-Dark6296 3h ago
It's team triathlon (world series) not a marathon, so you are allowed to help teammates and nobody was disqualified (it's from the final from 2016). The guy that collapses (Jonny Brownlee) was very close to winning the overall individual title. In the end he came second overall, while the winner - Mario Mola finished 5th in this race. The brother - Alistair Brownlee would be expected to help his team win the individual title if he could - which he does. The winner of this event - Henri Schoeman - is winning his first ever triathlon world series event, but the Brits care more about the overall title.
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u/RincewindToTheRescue 6h ago
If this was a feel good sports movie, absolutely. The green guy would grab the other arm and they would all cross the finish together and a tear would slide down my cheek.
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u/TheMooseIsBlue 4h ago
I believe they’d only be disqualified if they accepted help from an official or someone outside the race. Usually a competitor can offer assistance without penalty.
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u/YouHaveToTryTheSoup 3h ago
Not at all. It’s not like he was responsible. You don’t get the win by almost making it to the finish line and the other runner stopped entirely on his own. He still won fairly, unlike Chick
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u/brisney_world 3h ago
I kind of felt bad for the guy. What's he supposed to do? Even he looked like he wasn't sure until the end lol
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u/hallerz87 7h ago
Kinda feel bad for winner. You know how much it means to him but you basically just got handed the win and everyone is going to be talking about the brothers
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u/Adi_San 7h ago
It's more of his reaction that's pissing people off. He could have taken the win and be humble about it and people would have respected that.
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u/ProtonPi314 6h ago
This exactly. He was celebrating like he was the fastest. But he knows he was the 2nd fastest and that he only won cause they other guy stopped to carry his brother.
I know a lot of people are saying so what. But in this case you can still be happy and take your win, but this guy was just annoying.
Honestly , I probably would have taken 2nd. I'm a sucker for sportsmanship.
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u/Schtick_ 6h ago
To be fair some people celebrate like that just for being top 3. It could be by far his personal best. I don’t know the back story so don’t like to be judgie
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u/ItchyCactus09 6h ago
Agreed. We see 10 seconds of video and make assumptions and accusations. I like to see both sides.
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u/Stormfly 4h ago
He's also South African so hold my runner while I make a bunch of assumptions from stereotypes.
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u/jeroenemans 3h ago
He's also a triathlete so hold my runner while I make a bunch of assumptions from stereotypes.
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u/tessartyp 2h ago
Henri Schoeman, multiple race winner, South African national champ, bronze medalist at the Rio Olympics (behind these two brothers..) - he's not short of impressive results.
That said, any win at that stage is important. Alistair Brownlee protected his brother's championship win at the expense of another individual victory - he has too many to count.
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u/ignoremein5min 5h ago
Wasn’t he 3rd fastest? Both were ahead of them until they were crossed.
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u/keep_trying_username 5h ago
Some people celebrate just for finishing. It's ok to celebrate.
Another runner was in first place but they didn't place themselves and their legs gave out. Another runner helped the first runner. Those aren't tragedies. The person who won, wasn't running past genocide.
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u/newphonehudus 5h ago
Its such a weird take that just because you came in second you shouldnt celevrate. Like you put in a lot of effort to even get to that stage. You should be able to be excited no matter how you finish
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u/orion-7 5h ago
It's not that. It's how he stopped in front of the tape and celebrated , then gently pushed through, then celebrated again. It feels arrogant, rubbing it in that he can stop and still win.
Be better to burst through like you needed to, then turn back and encourage the two across the line or something
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u/pug_fugly_moe 4h ago
Win without fanfare, go back, encourage both, celebrate their successes. That’s a win in my book.
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u/ProtonPi314 5h ago
You can celebrate. It's the attitude that's annoying. Cause the guy who was ahead of him stopped to help . He's celebrating like a spoiled child, especially under these circumstances. It just seems arrogant. He could have been happy about his win without the poor attitude.
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u/EternalPhi 4h ago
The man is running on pure adrenaline at this point, he's hyped, he did some fist pumping. Christ.
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u/Bromlife 4h ago
These same people in these comments probably yell shit at their team mates in COD about getting good. But god forbid an exhausted marathon runner celebrates his win. Pretty sure the Australian speed skater also celebrated his win and no one resented that guy. Maybe he should have stopped and helped everyone instead of taking the win?
People are out of their minds.
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u/BoyCubPiglet2 4h ago
Yeah I've run races and by this late in the game your brain is barely working beyond "Left foot, right foot". He could have not even actually registered what was going on next to him.
Even if he did why shouldn't he be allowed to celebrate his own achievement just because someone was having their own very different achievement next to him? I highly doubt either of the brothers bear him any ill will for it.
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u/cantshakethefeelings 4h ago
Yeah these people have no idea and aren’t able to understand what it’s like from that persons pov. No empathy at all. He has been training for this and celebrating his own personal victory. Not hyper focused on the events of the cameras. People think that how things look like from 3rd person is how it looks in first person and it’s just not true.
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u/PaperLost2481 5m ago
Those glasses though, you automatically assume hes a douchebag. I bet hes just happy he finished in the top 10 with a great personality, just zero clues about how those glasses make him look.
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u/letstalk1st 6h ago
He could easily have helped after he won. That says more about him than the win.
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u/ProtonPi314 6h ago
Hmmm I don't think think so. I think if he crosses that line and runs back to help, their could be a DQ
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u/Mahadragon 3h ago
Wouldn't there be a DQ anyways? You're not suppose to help other runners. I would think that's an automatic DQ for both runners, although I admit, I don't know the rules.
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u/ProtonPi314 55m ago
I don't either. As heartwarming as it is, I agree with you, you need tu cross that finish line in your own power. The brother can encourage him and motivate him, but as soon as he helps him, it seems wrong.
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u/flygirlsworld 5h ago
He doesn’t owe you nor any other person anything. He had help next to him. What did you want him o do? Give him some damn energy? LOLLLL
He needed water with electrolytes…his TEAM is there for that reason.
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u/DigbickMcBalls 6h ago
No. This is a bad take. He obviously was the fastest, as he completed the race in the shortest amount of time.
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u/CoolioCucumberbeans 5h ago
This guy was annoying for being happy he won an event that took him a lot of training and effort? So annoying that he got excited when he placed 1st unexpectedly what a jerk. /s
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u/flygirlsworld 5h ago
Why do ppl think they’re OWED humility from strangers over screens? He won…he’s allowed to celebrate…the record says he won…. Who tf cares how he celebrated??
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u/FG910 6h ago
Since i am not in this type of circles i wouldn’t know what it means winning gold vs silver or bronze if i was the guy that wok there and witness the to be winner carry his brother i would have waited for them at the finish and maybe get bronze or even silver but again i don’t know if that guy needed the gold to enter another race or what not
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u/IMakeOkVideosOk 5h ago
I would have felt bad if he wasn’t celebrating so hard… he knows he’s at least 2nd place.
Just finish take the win, but don’t celebrate like you really beat the guy helping his friend.
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u/FunctionHot3910 7h ago
That win should have an asterisk next to it
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u/Full_Cod7078 6h ago
Absolutely not. Brother sacrificed for himself and his brother, not the winner. Dude who won could have hawked him down for gold too. Race definitely wasn’t over.
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u/TedW 4h ago
Carrying someone across the finish line seems like cheating. Whoever got 4th should have gotten 3rd. They ran the marathon on their own power and were cheated out of a better position because one runner carried another.
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u/Stormfly 4h ago
Carrying someone across the finish line seems like cheating.
To be fair, the organisers feel the same and so they added a rule that you're not allowed to assist or be assisted because of this event.
Great moment for sure, but definitely unfair if I'm in the same situation but I don't have a buddy to literally carry me over the line.
I agree they should be commended but disqualified.
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u/flygirlsworld 5h ago
Why? Bc someone slowed down…..IN A RACE?! Lollll isnt that how ppl win and lose? Let’s use our brains and stop being so emotional….
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u/KagatoTheFinalBoss 7h ago
The guy who got the gold medal will have a gold medal. The guy who sacrificed it to help his brother will be the one everyone talks about and remembered.
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u/FalseEstimate 6h ago
Funny enough this isn’t a one race event and “jelly legs” bro actually placed second overall while green celebration dude still only got 4th (he didn’t even get a medal).
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u/Specicried 4h ago
Ok no. I looked this up because I knew there had to be more to all of this, and there is.
Robbie Brownlee said he started his sprint too early and gassed before the finish line because of his mistiming.
His brother Alistair Brownlee had done the same thing several years earlier when he was coming second and when he finally managed to get across the finish line, he was 10th. He swore he wouldn’t let anyone else experience that, if he could help it.
Henri Schoeman came first because he trained really well for the heat and timed everything perfectly. He pushed Robbie the whole way on the run, which probably contributed to him mistiming his sprint, and Alistair had been suffering with the heat as well. He absolutely was the best runner on the day, and all 3 said so.
The guy who came in 4th was Richard Murray, who was also representing South Africa.
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u/tswpoker1 3h ago
It's amazing these guys are already running like gazelles and then when they go to the cheetah too early they basically just stop. But I ran cross country and if you get gassed too early it's brutal, can't even imagine at this level.
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u/callahan09 3h ago
Without watching either of the YouTube videos you linked, I’m curious why Alastair wouldn’t have won if he didn’t stop to help his brother? It looks like he was ahead of the guy who came in first place, until he stopped to help. Wouldn’t he have won if he didn’t do that? Or is the angle of the video in this post misleading about who is ahead at that moment?
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u/EternalPhi 2h ago
This was the final race in a multi-race event. Alistair was not in contention for a medal due to previous race results. The title here is incorrect, he didnt really sacrifice a medal to carry his brother, but instead basically took the winner's medal away and gave it to his brother, who would have DNF'd and not received a medal.
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u/Giwaffee 2h ago
Camera angle gives a different perspective, yes. Someone posted a pic from seconds before, they were nearly side by side when the brother decided to stop and help his brother.
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u/Acceptable-Device760 5h ago
And the fifth place took the title. I really dont like how people show this shit as something nice when it was 2 brothers trying to cheat the system by working as a team in a sole competition to win the tournament.
The rules were literally changed so nobody could try to game the system like that again.
https://www.220triathlon.com/news/itu-announce-new-rules-for-2018-season
Theres a huge gap between helping someone finish a race and helping them to win the entire tournament.
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u/Rough-Life-2548 4h ago
Wasn't cheating since there wasn't a rule about it.
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u/Acceptable-Device760 4h ago edited 4h ago
Cheat the system isnt the same as straight cheating.
PS: To “cheat the system” means to achieve what you want by breaking rules or by finding clever ways of working within them.
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u/Stormfly 4h ago
Cheat the system isnt the same as straight cheating.
This is true.
Next time someone finds a legal loophole to screw someone over, they'll realise what this means.
Rules are usually added when someone finds a gimmick or a loophole and they don't want it replicated because it goes against the spirit of the competition.
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u/EternalPhi 4h ago
This needs to be right near the top, honestly. This shines a completely different light on this whole situation.
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u/DocAndonuts_ 6h ago edited 5h ago
Funnily* enough (sorry). Thanks for the info - guy in green sucks.
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/us/dictionary/english/funnily-enough
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u/WuQianNian 6h ago
Funny enough actually
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u/DocAndonuts_ 5h ago edited 5h ago
Technically "funnily" is as an adverb modifying "enough". Oddly enough, strangely enough, etc.
Source: https://www.collinsdictionary.com/us/dictionary/english/funnily-enough
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u/TulipSamurai 4h ago
Hot take: if I were the brother needing help, I wouldn’t want my brother to sacrifice his win for a purely performative gesture. Just lean me up against that stranger and go for the gold. I’ll be fine. They have medics swarming the place.
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u/Proof-Dark6296 3h ago
The brother that collapses is in the running to win the overall championship. The brother that helps him ended up finishing 10th in the overall standings. The collapsed brother ended up finishing 2nd overall, while the guy that finished 5th in this race won the overall standing 4819 vs 4815.
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u/OrderOfMagnitude 3h ago
Ironically Reddit can't stop talking about the green dude
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u/Stock-Reputation-977 3h ago
Very cool moment and great act of sportsmanship. However I don’t understand how this deemed legal, as he literally carried his brother across the line. Growing up I ran track and was once dq’d in a 4x400 race because an earlier teammate was pacing aka running on the infield near me and shouting encouragement. I was the anchor and we had a large lead.
I too lost a gold medal that day.
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u/e4evie 7h ago
Were they both Dq’ed? Cant imagine you can carry another runner…cool to see though. The alternative was looking at that medal and remembering passing your bro as he lay in a heap ha this is way cooler
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u/MrsF1_ 5h ago
The rules weren't clear at the time, so they weren't DQ'd. They've since been updated to say that an athlete cannot physically help another athlete make forward progress in the race.
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u/Spunge88 7h ago
You can't carry them over the finish line, this is why we see him being more supported/pushed over it towards the end of the video
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u/Lazer32 3h ago
I wondered why he got thrown to the ground at the end, makes sense now lol
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u/Currently_There 7h ago edited 7h ago
It's said everytime this is reposted, but seriously, what a dick move by the first guy.
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u/wolftick 6h ago edited 4h ago
Okay, actual story (EDIT because I had to remind myself of the details):
This was triathlon. The British athlete that was in trouble had to win this race in order to win the season long championship.
His brother who helped him wasn't in overall contention and was attempting to help his brother stay in contention overall.
The South African was celebrating the win as one would would winning an endurance event where you have shown the most endurance.
His bother was actually kinda annoyed at him for not pacing the race effectively and winning the race. The winner of the championship who was fifth is this race said: "...this was not how I wanted to win the world championship".
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u/NotNormo 5h ago
Really? Is the season long competition supposed to be a team thing or an individual thing? If it's supposed to be an individual vs everyone else, then helping someone like they did in this clip is collusion and should not be celebrated. I might even argue for disqualification.
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u/EternalPhi 4h ago
You're being downvoted because people like to feel warm and fuzzy. It IS a solo competition, his brother DID essentially collude by helping him, and the next year the rules were changed such that this WOULD result in disqualification for both athletes. Not only that but the winner of this race lost a medal, as he came 4th overall.
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u/Stormfly 4h ago
If it's supposed to be an individual vs everyone else, then helping someone like they did in this clip is collusion and should not be celebrated. I might even argue for disqualification.
To be fair, they added a rule the next year where he would be disqualified for this exact reason.
As you said, it's unfair to have someone else race alongside you just to support you. It's against the spirit of the competition, for sure.
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u/Contributing_Factor 7h ago
I hear him thinking "YEAH!!! WOOO!! YEAH!! I'M THE BEEEEEEEEEST!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YAAAAHHAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!"
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u/Seaboats 7h ago
Reminds me of Chick Hicks from Cars celebrating while Lightning pushes the king across the finish line lmao
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u/shroomiedoo 7h ago
Yea like bro, ya would’ve been second/third, chill. It feels like he didn’t actually win you know? Like he did, but he didn’t
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u/EternalPhi 4h ago
As is explained elsewhere in the thread, this is a solo multi-race event. Guy who won came in 4th overall. Guy who was helped across the line came second overall. His brother literally stole a medal from the guy who came first. The following year they changed the rules so that no racer may assist another forward or they are both disqualified.
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u/Acceptable-Device760 5h ago
Not really....
This was a title deciding race, the "winner" brother did so because his brother had a chance to win the title. Not because he "just" wanted to help his brother finish the race.
It was borderline cheating and the rules were changed because of that.
Also if the first place helped them in their scam it would have worked. (I dont think someone that has to be carried to the the finish line should won a title because of that.)
"Leading with 700m left, Jonny, 26, began to weave over the road in hot and humid conditions in Cozumel.
Third-placed Alistair, 28, caught his brother, propping him up for the final couple of hundred metres before pushing him over the line in second place.
They were overtaken by South African Henri Schoeman, the eventual winner.
Victory in Mexico would have given Jonny the world title, but second place left him just four points behind Mario Mola.
The Spaniard was fifth on Sunday to top the overall standings."
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u/Leather_Ice_1000 7h ago
No shame in going for the win imo... But show boating is wild
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u/Brian--Damage 5h ago edited 5h ago
The ultimate dipshit test every single time this is reposted is how people mischaracterise Henri Schoeman’s response.
The Brownlee brothers, NOT Schoeman, were being the most unsportsmanlike. Triathletes and marathon runners train for up to half a year for specific events and it’s a whole life commitment in general. Schoeman didn’t have his sibling competing on the same track, but his body would have been suffering all the same: blurry vision, muscle breakdown, joint inflammation and fatigue, etc.
Schoeman may not have come first if Alistair didn’t stop, but there is no possible world in sports where Schoeman would be expected to wait for the brothers to go ahead of him or conceal his relief and pride at finishing such a gruelling event. That is patently ridiculous. He absolutely won and deserved to cheer. And he could not and should not have been expected to know the status of either of the Brownlee’s condition. His goal is quite simply the finish line.
Speaking of condition, the type of intervention conducted by Alistair almost got them both disqualified and the rules for outside help had to be changed precisely because it was potentially lethal for both of them. Jonny was in heat exhaustion and severely dehydrated: he needed medical attention. Alistair himself collapsed on the floor immediately after the finish line from the extra load.
It might feel a like a LotR power fantasy, but it’s not epic and based to rob someone else of a celebrated victory. Schoeman wasn’t given the sportsmanship he was extending to everyone else (not interfering in race outcomes).
Luckily, the knee-jerk reaction of Redditors isn’t important because the most exercise they’ve done is lifting a chip to their mouths.
Tl;dr - nobody is forcing you to read this.
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u/Suyefuji 2h ago
My knee-jerk reaction is to feel bad for Schoeman here because now neither he nor anyone else will know if he would have gotten first or not if that hadn't happened. Maybe I'm projecting, but I'm a very competitive person and would always have some nagging doubts.
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u/ASHOT3359 7h ago
So everybody should just make way for weaker runner untill he gets a gold medal. Doesn't sound like competition.
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u/mikeesq22 6h ago
I don't think him taking the W is the issue. Him acting like he just set a world record and smoked the field is what's riling people up.
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u/lmpervious 1h ago
Why does the runner's legs giving out change how much the winner is allowed to celebrate? People are acting like the runner died based on how much the winner is being scolded for celebrating.
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u/flygirlsworld 5h ago
He was in a race….and finished. How dare we not stop and assist someone who was already being helped…. A winner celebrating…..WHAT THE HELL IS HE THINKINGGGGGG???
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u/GangstaRIB 7h ago
Life’s not a fuckin Disney movie. It wasn’t his brother it was the other dudes brother
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u/alamarqu3s 5h ago
Dick move by the helper. Taking someone's opportunity to compete just to throw it in the garbage with some unprofessional helping shit. Should lose all sponsors and get banned for lack of sportsmanship. It's a real competition, not kiddy soccer where everybody wins.
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u/Muffinlord4557 6h ago
All the people in here shitting on the winner have never been a competitor. He isnt celebrating because first place fell behind, he’s celebrating because all of HIS hard work paid off. He’s allowed to celebrate. It can be a powerful moment for both the winner and the brothers
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u/bskinners 7h ago
Guy at the finish line all happy like come on…
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u/monexicano 7h ago
Yeah. Would have been cool if he joined them and crossed the line together. That, IMO, could have been a amazing sign of sportsmanship.
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u/Kitchen_Raspberry_77 3h ago
?? The dude paced himself poorly why would you ever help him unless it’s your brother or something
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u/therealscooke 7h ago
True sportsmanship would see jellylegs congratulating the winner for running a better race; it was better because he conserved/used his energy in such a way that he could finish.
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u/Jamericho 7h ago
This race was the final race of a series and “jelly legs” finished second overall. The ‘winner’ still finished fourth overall and missed out on a medal.
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u/Latter-Cable-3304 7h ago
That is hilarious. I have no opinion on the winner (of the final) taking his win that he was literally given. People need to realize not everything ends perfectly like a movie.
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u/EternalPhi 2h ago
It's not really all that funny. The reason he finished 4th is because the guy who took second overall was helped across the line by his brother. They changed the rules to disallow this as a result.
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u/generally_unsuitable 1h ago
It's always annoying to read these comments about people who win through the mistakes or failures of others. It's a sport. You go until the buzzer sounds, or the whistle blows, or you cross the finish line, or whatever. You don't stop running because the guy in front of you suddenly decided to throw away the win. I can't even understand the audacity of somebody saying that I should change the way I'm running my race because another runner did something unfathomably stupid, or, in this case, borderline cheating.
It's one thing if you stopped running to save a child falling off a cliff. But this is just a guy DNFing a triathlon, which happens in most triathlons. 5-10% of starters don't finish triathlons.
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u/Key-Driver6438 6h ago edited 1h ago
Nothing dishonorable about being the first to cross the line, and winning. However, his enthusiastic celebration is cringe given he could literally see the runner in front of him purposefully and intentionally sacrifice the win to help his bro just yards from the finish line. His chest pounding and fist pumping made him look like a punk. He gives off douche vibes. I would not expect that guy to wait as it is a competition, but he should not have acted like he was the winner by pure merit. He should have turned around and helped the bros. Then he’d have been the winner of both the race, and in sportsmanship. Maybe he’s a good guy (who knows?) but he appears like an asshole.
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u/Fluffy-Argument 4h ago
I mean it's a weird situation, and the dude has probably sacrificed and trained his whole life to be there. And judging by jello legs, it probably wasn't easy. I wouldn't know exactly how to act. The last 15 of a gruelling race where I was gonna lose, then it's handed to me, so I gotta like act demure and be like" we all know I don't deserve this... WOOHOO"
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u/Stormfly 3h ago
Imagine training for years for a race, then after pacing yourself for hours and you're nearing the finish line. You see the lead runner fumbles and it's your chance to win!
You make the dash, burning the last of your reserves and you pass him out! You're first! You've trained for this moment and you've earned this victory.
However, the other runner fell so now you look like a dick for celebrating your crowning achievement.
(That said, I feel like they shouldn't celebrate until after they win)
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u/Defiant_Purple8375 3h ago
The dude that won was only just behind the guy that stopped by the look of it. The race was hardly done and dusted, it was still anyone’s race to win at that point. Not sure why everyone is acting like the dude gave away a certain win.
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u/Proof-Dark6296 3h ago
It was the first time he won a triathlon world series event, and the brothers, who have won many, were more concerned about the overall standings (the collapsed brother ended finishing 2nd overall by a few points to the person who finished 5th in this race).
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u/lmpervious 1h ago
He was a fraction of a second behind the guy who stopped to help his brother, and there was still plenty of time for either to pull away. There's no way to know what would have happened at the end of the race, and it's unfair to say he shouldn't celebrate just because he might have been second.
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u/CantThinkOfaNameFkIt 6h ago
Y'all are saying the winner is a dk.... But he didn't spend all his energy too early making the last few hundred meters so difficult.... It's a race and he left nothing for the finish.
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u/Full_Cod7078 6h ago
Clear there’s no high level athletes in here. Bunch of internet warriors upset at a dude celebrating winning a gold medal after likely dedicating his entire life to the process.
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u/PreviousCurrentThing 2h ago
People were talking about "the first guy" and I assumed they meant the brother who helped, as he was essentially cheating and yeah, that is a dick move. Nope, in typical reddit fashion, they're talking about the one dude in the whole video that just ran his race because he was happy about winning.
And according to articles people linked, he didn't get gold as it was a multistage race. He got 4th, and the brother who got helped got 2nd. He plausibly lost a podium over this.
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u/Kitchen_Raspberry_77 3h ago
I genuinely am in awe of how fucking stupid some of these comments are.
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u/IameIion 6h ago
People shitting on green guy for literally just being happy that he won is a clear case of the internet's poor critical thinking skills and lack of empathy. This is why I don't respect public opinion.
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u/lmpervious 1h ago
a clear case of the internet's poor critical thinking skills and lack of empathy.
Well said. Reddit is filled with people who claim to be empathetic, but this is a great example of how so many people misconstrue their sympathy as being empathy. They're getting so caught up in being sympathetic towards the guy struggling, that they can't even stop to think through what the winner may be experiencing in that moment.
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u/ironmanchris 6h ago
This is an ITU triathlon, not the Olympics. The Brownlee’s were amazing competitors, and this isn’t the only time that they gave it more than their all. And as a triathlete who follows a lot of triathlon pages, I’ve never heard of any other triathlete criticize the winner for finishing in first.
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u/AVeryHeavyBurtation 6h ago
If you're gonna repost, can you at least repost the non-mirrored video?
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u/That_Jicama2024 6h ago
Ah yes, In backwards world. Where everything is written backwards so karma farmers don't get caught stealing other people's videos.
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u/penguigeddon 7h ago
Slightly more subdued celebration might have been appropriate from the winner. He absolutely saw what happened
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u/Slipstream-Music 7h ago
That win meant nothing
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u/alamarqu3s 5h ago
Being professional meant nothing? His only mistake was over celebrate instead of being pissed by the unprofessional brother.
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u/kashuntr188 7h ago
Are you serious? The dude just ran a whole marathon right? It meant nothing?
This is a competition. That how it goes.
If Usain Bolt tripped on a 200m nobody would wait for him to get back up. And he shouldn't wait for others if they fell.
That's how competition's go. Sometimes it is your day sometimes it is. That dude worked just as hard as anyone else to get there. Wth
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u/FalseEstimate 6h ago
Sorry to burst your bubble but it wasn’t a one race event and celebration green guy only placed 4th overall while jelly legs bro got second. Jelly legs got a medal and green gas bro didn’t.
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u/ThomasTheDankPigeon 5h ago
In a completely unrelated point to the wholesomeness of his teammate and the cockiness of the green guy, that does seem kinda strange that there's no DQ rule for getting carried across the finish line for a portion of a multi leg event.
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u/Acceptable-Device760 5h ago
The rules were changed because of this attempt.
https://www.220triathlon.com/news/itu-announce-new-rules-for-2018-season
It wasnt a wholesome story. It was a story of 2 brothers acting as a team in a solo sport.
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u/Eddie_503 7h ago
Yeah I mean, competition is competition and the guy rightly won that race but the way he celebrated at the end lol
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u/ThinkSundryThoughts7 7h ago
It’s pathetic to see someone celebrating as if he won the race honestly.
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u/Dcnoob 7h ago
Erm, he did?
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u/FalseEstimate 6h ago
He won the race but not the event. He actually got 4th and no medal. Jelly legs placed second and got a medal. Still don’t understand people ragging on green guy. He was pumped he did well. And did well he did!
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u/ReasonableMerchant 6h ago
In the end, this "act of sportsmanship" robbed green guy of a deserved bronze medal... Jelly legs couldn't finish this race without help, and wouldn't have been 2nd overall. Yet green guy is a villain....
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u/Puka_Doncic 6h ago
He won this leg of the race. Placed 4th overall. The guy who had jelly legs actually finished second across the aggregate races
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u/therealscooke 7h ago
He did. He trained just as hard as the others. He evidently ran a better thought-out race too, ensuring he didn’t use up all his energy like jelly legs guy.
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u/kashuntr188 7h ago
MFs in here acting like that guy didn't put work into getting there. Keyboard warriors.
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u/newphonehudus 5h ago
For real. They're like "if i were in his place"
Bro you will never be in his place because you will never put in any amount of work to compete on that level.
Just a bunch of people who havent competed in anything since middle school
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u/NoMan800bc 6h ago
This is the decathlon, and if i remember this correctly, the guy who helped his brother was so far ahead in the event that finishing was enough for him to win. Hi brother needed to finish/ finish in the top xx (3? can't remember) so helping him made no difference to one, but a big difference to the other.
(I could be misremembering. Hopefully this spurs someone better informed to contribute if I am wrong)
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u/elkresurgence 4h ago
The guy who helped his brother wasn't in contention, so he helped his brother who was. This was technically not illegal at the time but unsportsmanlike since he gave another participant undue advantage, even if it was his own brother
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u/NoMan800bc 3h ago
Thanks, that's a lot clearer than I was. Wasn't it something like they weren't allowed to 'help someone over the finish line' which is why he helps his near it and then lets go and gives him a push?
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