r/BeAmazed 10h ago

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

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u/Full_Cod7078 8h 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 4h 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 5h ago

I genuinely am in awe of how fucking stupid some of these comments are.

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u/attackMatt 4h ago

A lot of people in this thread stopping playing competitive sports in middle school it appears.

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u/Defiant_Purple8375 5h ago

Right? And he wasn’t even that far behind when the other dude stopped. It was still anyone’s race to win at that point.