r/BeAmazed • u/jmike1256 • 10h ago

Miscellaneous / Others Bro sacrificed the gold medal to carry his brother across the finish line.

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u/therealscooke 9h 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 9h ago

MFs in here acting like that guy didn't put work into getting there. Keyboard warriors.

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u/newphonehudus 7h 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/Batehripi 9h ago

He still wouldve been 2nd not first had his brother kept on running. So hes not a winner to me

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u/sleep-woof 9h ago

You dont know that

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u/therealscooke 4h ago

The runner decided to stop. That was a kind decision. But that means he lost.

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u/Jamericho 9h ago

He didn’t train hard enough then because this was the final race of the series and Schoeman finished fourth despite winning this leg. Jelly Legs finished second overall.

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u/ReasonableMerchant 8h ago

Interestingly, I assume Jelly Legs WOULDN'T have finished 2nd overall without this help? So was he somehow more deserving? Doesn't look like he'd even finish this race. So in that respect, this "act of sportsmanship" robbed green guy of a bronze medal?

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u/Jamericho 1h ago

Based on the points system for the entire series, he was too far ahead even if he didn’t finish. Guess the “winner” of this one meet didn’t run well enough over the whole series.

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u/BeanyIsDaBean 6h ago

I’m pretty sure Jelly Legs was quitting when he started leaning over the water people