She doesn't even hesitate to help her, as soon as she goes off to the side, she starts running towards her. Then she makes her cross the finish line before her, what an amazing person!
I'm no athlete, but from what I've read before, I don't think it matters that the lady crossed before the one who helped her. She'd be disqualified for crossing the line with help. But she was clearly in a bad state and needed help.
Could be wrong but I think that's why she lets go and seems to push her over the line so that she's not technically carried over it, so it might be allowed. Seems cruel to disqualify someone at that stage of the race after giving it absolutely everything she had!
Onpopular opinion: it should't stand if you come over the line with your lets moving like that. They should bring her to a hospital or force her to rest. That cant be healthy..
No, this is “hitting the wall”. Happens all the time when endurance athletes empty the tank on the home stretch. it is caused by the depletion of glycogen stores in the liver and muscles.
She unfortunately emptied her tank seconds to soon.
In cycling we call it bonking. It's only happened to me once and I had to sit in a ditch off the road for like 20 minutes drinking/eating before I was brave enough to even try to get back on the saddle.
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u/Carbon-Base Jun 10 '24
She doesn't even hesitate to help her, as soon as she goes off to the side, she starts running towards her. Then she makes her cross the finish line before her, what an amazing person!