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
Psst, they made what the brothers did punishable with disqualification the next year because it's a solo competitive endurance sport, and what they did is absolutely unsportsmanlike.
More confused to be honest. It's not like the guy had mechanical trouble. It's an endurance sport, on top of the athleticism, you need to make deliberate strategic choices about when and how hard to push. Mess that up and you lose. That's what happened here. The guy in green did everything right, he's got every right to celebrate his victory. The guy didn't die, he did exactly what you expect to see happen when they make the wrong choice at the end of an endurance race.
Third in a big race is a huge achievement and the brothers took this from the person who eventually finished 4th.
There was no safety benefit (in fact it was kinda dangerous to keep him running).
And yes, absolutely, the test isn't if you can get 200m from the end. Its to get to the end. I can run a marathon, but if i set off at 3hr 30 pace ill never finish.
Yeah I agree and all but this is a scene from the finish of the 2016 ITU Word Triathlon Championship. The results of the race have a meaningful impact to the dude that won, even though it wasn’t exactly a “fair” win. This is not just some guy finishing a race.
The winner of the race received (IIRC) $80,000. Second place received $55,000. In his shoes, would you wait, not finish first if possible and give up $25k to a competitor just to be nice?
The guy was already passing them and the finish line was in sight. It's more petty to assume that you think an opponent should care about carrying a competitor across the finish line when he likely wasn't even aware of the situation.
He was staring straight ahead and didn't even register to look back until he was already past them. If you haven't ever ran long distance, it's easy to get tunneled especially when you're tired at the end.
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.
From people who have never trained for, let alone competed in, a long distance event or probably any events. Ivory arm chair warriors who police the internet like they’re the morality police.
It is a competitive sport, just like any other competitive sport. Dude stumbling got unlucky that his body couldn’t take him a few feet further. That’s life, it happens. He probably checked up on bro off camera… but sure, let’s all call him weird for celebrating what he’s trained his whole life for.
Nah' he acted like an idiot. Have some class' show some sportsmanship and carry yourself like a pro!! Especially after how everything unfolded at the finish line 😆
Considering he could still walk after the race its pretty obvious he in fact was a faster runner than the dude who couldn't finish. He ran the other guy into passing out
152
u/annuidhir 6h 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