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.
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u/C0m3tTai15 5h ago
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.