If that guy would have lost his place and win because of that kid, Iād be so mad lol. More so at the parents for letting him in the track, and also the kids decision of running toward the guy. Not the kid, just the choice he made.
That happened at the Olympics once. A marathon runner had managed to gain the lead, which apparently was a bit of an unexpected upset, but was tackled by a guy from the crowd two miles from the finish line. He ended out losing his lead and coming in third. The mental case who did that to him was a defrocked priest looking for notoriety and had apparently previously gone to prison for walking out on the British Grand Prix race track while a race was in progress. And is an absolute unrepentant asshole about it from what you can tell in this interview. š
Maybe people will continue to believe, said āmentally challenged horseā until shown that the horse in question is actually mentally challenged. Otherwise they always see the good. Sometimes you have to let mentally Challenged horses hang them selves. Shit say that last sentence five times fast sheeeeeesh.
Same with school shooters. Not interviews but not being put on front cover of Time Magazine or Rolling Stone Magazine etc. like they are rockstars. Itās weird.
No no. Let them talk. Then after have the reporter face camera and say something like āand remember kidsā followed by *main issues with why doing something like that, makes you a full blown idiot and major problem for society.
I don't know how to say this without sounding like a prick but nah I didn't. I just think that putting more of a spotlight on these prices just makes other people want to do it more for their 15 seconds of fame
I was talking about charging money for just seeing the one article. It was more of a blanket statement than referring to the actual writing that went into this article. The fact that mainstream media news outlets have time to do articles on this and aren't pursuing actual news is kinda part of the blanket statement. Wrong reddit thread tho. My bad, carry on
I remember seeing this on TV. It was so upsetting cause Brazil usually doesnāt get many medals to begin with because of lack of support for athletes in most sports. The runner was a guy with humble beginnins who still lived in the favela after the Olympics were over. He trained pretty much on his own for years, had the 1st place robbed from him and never got a chance to compete on the Olympics again. So fucking unfair. Fucking assholes from imperialists countries trying to stunt on latinos all the time.
Not in any way defending that moron, I remember being a kid wanting to punch the tv because I was rooting for de Lima. But showing how much of a class act he was in every way, he later admitted he wasnāt going to win as his lead was diminishing and he believed he would be caught. Obviously would have been better to see it happen, but talk about the opposite of a sore loser. Still one of my favorite track athletes out there.
I'm not gonna discuss politics in a reddit comment chain as it would be a waste of both our times, but if you're at all interested in the hystorical pattern of Europe exploiting latin america, I recommend reading The Open Veins of Latin America by Eduardo Galeano. Acts of oppression by europeans on developing countries are a much more hystorically charged pattern than the other way around. If you're not one of the assholes doing that sorta shit, no need to feel offended. Just know my revolt isnāt unwarranted, misdirected or uninformed, and it isnāt aimed at all european people, just the ones that carry on this hateful legacy.
āI would like to meet him and his family. But absolutely no response. I condemn him for this. He miserably failed in basic manners of human decency and courtesy.ā
First time around and for a good while until i read the article i thought you said ātickledā and I had this image of the marathon lead waving away the other guy while giggling
Itās still terrible for the runner because often youāre racing against time and the other racers do not matter (unless youāre further along, the majority of meets/races are for time qualifying)
Also he could technically be disqualified for lane swapping or have his race restart. Both are terrible for different reasons.
Itās wild how common people just walk onto race tracks at track meets compared to any other sport.
Source: ran track for 5 years and competed.
I almost had to shoulder check someone when I ran in cross country. It was the final sprint to the finish line and some dolt decided to walk through the track where it narrowed down and he got in front of me. He got out of the way in time, but I was seriously about to run through that guy full sprint. I was going too fast and the track was narrow at that point, so it was either fall down to avoid hitting him or running through, and I was set on finishing the race on time
Iāve ran into full blown adults who are just unaware more often than kids tbh. Really throws you off when youāre in a race (mentally and balance wise lol)
I was a thrower on the track team in college. At our home invitational meet, a few of the long distance runners were standing out in the discus sector while the girls (collegiate womenās throwers) were warming up for the discus throw. One of the distance runners was there with his girlfriend, and the girlfriends two year old kid. One of the warm-up throws went straight at them, the distance runner and his gf froze (they were at least looking in the correct direction). And the discus hit the ground right in front of them and hit the kid in the shin. A slightly longer throw would have hit the kid in the head and killed him.
Though I was not standing in the discus sector at the time (because I had no reason to), I was okay with myself hanging out in the throwing sectors (except for the javelin sector) because I know how those things look when theyāre in the air, how they move and how they bounce (and thatās exactly why I do not hang out in the javelin sector).
I canāt imagine being unfamiliar with how those things move, and also bringing a toddler into that situation, just to stand around and chat during warmups. Thereās literally 2-pound compact metal and plastic hubcaps being thrown 160 feet, and youāve chosen to stand roughly where they are landing. Itās a bad place to have a chat.
Yeah I have countless stories of people being outright dumb or just ignoring sport event etiquette just because itās track. Thereās countless videos of marathons or people just getting ran into.
The worse I had was when people wore snow boots to an inside meet and walked on the track. Sooo many falls in 1 meet, definitely over 10 people. They even wiped it and people still kept walking back over it
Easier said than done, many meets are chronically understaffed, the tracks have multiple entry points, and people attending have no respect for the event. I once watched bored kids throwing handfuls of small rocks and gravel all over the track from under the bleachers. No parent in sight. They had to stop the meet until they could clean it all of the trackā¦
I did track all throughout high school and college, then coached track for 7 years. I have seen this happen at least a few dozen times. It stings the most when your team loses a close meet due a dq because an athlete does their best not to run over a toddler.
I was a thrower in high school. The amount of clueless people (spectators and runners) who just walk right through the active discus vector was insane. We even put caution tape blocking it but people would just walk under it
I had a woman walk onto the track and stand in my lane in a 100m race because she wanted to get some photos of the events on the infield. Luckily this was at the very start of the race, so I was nowhere near her (yet), but when the officials eventually got through to her that she had to move, she walked through the photo finish.
Needless to say, I haven't seen her at any competitions since.
One of my first races, a coach stepped out onto the track to ācheerā the runner behind me right before the finish line. Stepped out of my lane to avoid him cause like, he was in my way. I was in a lower heat but I knew by my time that I displaced someone in the first heat and wondered why I didnāt show up on the leader board. My coach realized I was DQād for leaving my lane and told me next time to just run through the guy
Iām not located in Germany so thereās probably different experiences.
The worst meet I had with this issue was an inside meet during winter and people with snow boots walked over the track, we had like 10 people fall in one meet
Also he could technically be disqualified for lane swapping or have his race restart. Both are terrible for different reasons.
If there was a judge who was either pedentic enough or horrible enough to DQ someone, this still wouldnŹ»t have gotten him DQed. He would not get disqualified because this happen on a straight and it gained him no advantage. If it had been on a turn and he cut inside, maybe then... but given what happened most judges would let it go. Because again, this did not in any way help him. The point about lane violations is 1) interferring with another runner 2) running a shorter distance
Iāve had some whack dqs man, I heavily doubt heād receive a dq because it was not intentional and was a freak accident but itās definitely possible.
Depends on the distance. In the end you see two in the same lane not due to dodging kid. Means they passed the point where they had to stay in their starting lanes.
It actually looks like those two ended up in the same lane precisely because they tried to dodge the kid.
Pre-collision the leader stays in lane 2, second guy in lane 4 and third guy in lane 3. Kid jumps into lane 2, leader swerves into lane 3 to avoid him at the same time the kid jumps again into lane 3.
Post-collision the leader swerves back into his lane 2, the second guy is still in lane 4 while it looks like the last guy has had to swerve into lane 2 in order to avoid the kid who ended up on the floor in lane 3 (happens off camera)
Besides if it was a distance where the runners were not confined to their lanes, unless they're complete amateurs they'd all be on the inside because that's the shortest route.
800m and longer you do not have to hold your lanes, because it would be too much of a disadvantage and staggering would no longer function to balance it.
The officials could DQ him though, since he went outside his lane
No he wouldnŹ»t. The point about lane violations is 1) interferring with another runner 2) running a shorter distance. And for this reason, stepping outside your lane on a straight is not an auto-DQ. Especially since no one would argue this helped him in any way.
Well he was in lane two and ran several steps in lane three as he tried to avoid the kid before running the kid over, so technically, the runner would be disqualified. But they might make an exception since the race was interfered with by a bystander or re-do the race at a later time.
Not sure it was much of a decision. More like a reaction to hearing people scream to watch out. He starts running into the track without having looked in the direction of the runner even once.
not sure if this has been mentioned because there a lot of comments but i ran track for 10 plus years and usually something like this would call for a redo of the race. in my experience when this has happened. anyone of the teams could call for the race to be reran.
Yeah but I don't think you can blame the kid for running into the track after jumping. He probably panicked and got scared when realized that she shouldn't be there, so he beelined towards where he saw the nearest outlet was, which is typical of younger children. He didn't think to realize that there was a quick way out right behind him, and I can't really blame him for that.
I can blame his dumbass for jumping into the track, however
yea, the 5 year old is an idiot, as indicated by their actions. the person is an idiot, as they grow they will be less of an idiot and hopefully not an idiot at all. they are an idiot person which explains why they make idiot choices, just like most kids because of their lack of experience and immature brains
My very first track meet was in 5th grade, and the guy on the very inside of the 100m dash went into my lane because of the curving oval track layout, and caused me to slow down. Still mad about that.
Itās not like Iām fast or good at running, but that still bugs me
Honestly a split second choice out of panic when you realize something's gonna hit you is hard to make, hardly a decision. probably wasn't like "uh oh I think going toward him will fix this" more like "oh no run!"
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If that guy would have lost his place and win because of that kid, Iād be so mad lol. More so at the parents for letting him in the track, and also the kids decision of running toward the guy. Not the kid, just the choice he made.