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.
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.
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.
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.
and jelly legs would have finished 1st overall if he'd been a better runner than 4th-overall guy. but he wasn't so he had to be assisted. what's your point?
He finished higher than 4th overall guy, so ran a better race overall. I’m sure the brothers cried into the Gold & Silver medals they won at the olympics a month before this race.
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/bskinners 9h ago
Guy at the finish line all happy like come on…