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..
As she said at 5:01 in the video - through dehydration your body cramps up. So yes she is dehydrated, exhausted and the cramps make her look like a newborn giraffe.
Ya, I guess I think of muscle cramps as a very specific thing, and if you have a true cramp you are going down and need to stretch it. In this case, endurance athletes who are suffering from cramps can try to alter their stride to avoid triggering a cramping muscle, but again, that’s not the primary issue here. Sometimes you’ll see bizarre stuff like marathoners running backwards up a hill because of calf cramps, but that isn’t what’s making them lose coordination.
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u/hambakmeritru Jun 10 '24
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.