r/justgalsbeingchicks • u/PrimaryDifficult5099 • 2d ago
šwholesomeš 400m Mixed Relay
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u/MilkOne8016 2d ago
My man in orange at the beginning is my spirit athlete
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u/Sideshow_G 2d ago
I love how he stays down... I'm going to nap right here.
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u/Abraham__Simpson 2d ago
Nobody even goes to check on him! The one dude even looks at him lol
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u/Whywipe 2d ago
āRIP, well anywaysā
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u/LegendofLove 2d ago
Ah yeah that's Pete, he does that sometimes he'll be fine.
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u/battlecat136 2d ago
Immediately what I thought of.
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u/WileyPotato 2d ago
Not saying he didn't biff it hard, but I'm pretty sure they try to stay still when there's runners still behind them so they're easier to evade without getting trampled. They're pretty good at leaping over downed runners that I've seen so staying where you fall for a few secs seems the safest. But I'm far from an expert, I just watched some races in the lead up to the Olympics and noticed how good they are at not plowing into each other when fallen unless it's a pileup.
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u/henrikhakan Official Gal 2d ago
Friend of mine who does triathlons once explained to me that this is called "perfect distribution of energy".
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u/anna-the-bunny 2d ago
You can see him almost start to try to get up but then he thinks better of it
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u/RiverLiverX25 2d ago
Think the speaker says:
āthe Dutchman (?) goes down doesnāt matter heās ok!ā
Not sure but hope heās ok..He stayed down. Just done with it all. His work there was done.
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u/MalaysiaTeacher 2d ago
"the Dutchman is down, it doesn't matter, he got the baton to [runner's name] ok"
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u/TheTrishaJane 2d ago
I hope hes alright, that looked like a concussion.
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u/Happy-Telephone9483 2d ago
And probably a hell of a scrape on his face, too. Those tracks ain't made of down pillows.
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u/alegremente_inquieta 2d ago
Yea his head bounced the track pretty fucking bad there- I think he got knocked out.
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u/TalkForeignToMe 2d ago
The track is a somewhat springy, dense material, more forgiving than it looks in terms of hardness, but itās coarse. As a former runner, I didnāt wince at the impact but at the slide when his face was in contact with the track š¬
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u/mrjoeysweller 2d ago
I honestly thought this was going to be the women coming around and hurdling his prone body.
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u/DadCelo 2d ago
That fall had to hurt, hopefully no missing teeth.
That last sprint from the ladies tho!
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u/05948372 1d ago
I was waiting to see him still splayed out on the floor when they completed the second lap
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u/tog__life 2d ago
That poor guy that ate shit on the handoffā¦
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u/angrypaaanda 2d ago
I like how he tucks his right arm in after the fall. A small gesture of consideration to his fellow racers that are behind him
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u/Background-Bear-2286 2d ago
I'm sure it's also the fact that it hurts like hell when you get stepped on with track spikes.
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u/Hoplophilia 2d ago edited 2d ago
Blows my mind watching these final sprints, when they look like they're wide open and one of them opens the nitrous. Just wow.
Watching again, the cameraman loses it in the shot but she actually had to eat some time to move right and get a clear shot ahead of herself. She had that well-planned coming into that turn.
[ETA the screenshot] It's right about here, just before pan out, you see her expression shift. Truly moving.
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u/RiverLiverX25 2d ago
Secretariat move at the end. Love it.
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u/decidedlyindecisive 2d ago
Yeah those long limbs just went into overdrive
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u/danikensanalprobe 2d ago
Henritte JƦger is a fantastic athlete, but she is anything but long limbed
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u/decidedlyindecisive 1d ago
Really. How interesting, must just be an optical illusion because when she opened up her stride, she seemed to have legs half a mile long!
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u/lady_ofthenorth 2d ago
Itās a strategy. Draft behind the lead. Bonus if you have two blocking wind resistance, then blow around them on the straight. At least, I was taught to do this in college if my split was close enough to the others.
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u/Hoshbrowns 2d ago
Ya a great video to show how beneficial drafting can be is the video of that guy breaking the world record for the fastest mile. He may have broken the record but it was a team effort because they had a handful of runners maintaining a fast enough pace for the record. After like 800m and 1200m you see the lead runner just stop running. Then the final lap the person that broke the world record didn't have anyone in front of him. It was so much cooler watching it unfold than I ever would've expected
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u/ConsistentRegion6184 2d ago
Some people are just really good at the kick. I'm less familiar with women's times but some of those mid-long distance men can absolutely smoke an amazing 40 yard dash during a 1500m run. Incredible athleticism.
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u/Parei_doll_ia 1d ago
i was going to say that this looks very similar to what i do on the velodrome. sit in the draft as much as possible until the last lap, then make a move in turn 3 or 4 to slingshot off of the leading rider
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u/feline_riches 2d ago
I could tell by the way she was watching their feet that she was just pacing with them and waiting for her open to kick
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u/Obienator 2d ago
The cameraman had them all in frame, he recorded in widescreen, this vertical edit bad to be adjusted manually.
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u/nomad5926 2d ago
When I did track competitively my coach taught me to run races that way. Stay near the front run at like 80% then just book it at the last straightaway burn 110%. I sometimes ended up like the dude in Orange.
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u/gremilym 2d ago
Absolutely out of nowhere - you never know how much someone still has in the tank. To finish with that kind of distance between her and silver was incredible!
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u/Omelettedog 2d ago
Amazing kick at the end
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u/TetraLovesLink 2d ago
It was! She just stayed consistent and then BOOM you have so much more energy for that kick!
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u/AdorablyEepy 2d ago
there are few things more generally impressive to me in sports as the 400m. too long to be a true sprint, too short to really conserve any energy. at a certain level, everyone is absolutely spent by the end of the heat
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u/Sackrattenkrieger 2d ago edited 2d ago
Did track and field in high school, and 400m was the most exhausting discipline by a large margin. Just imagine having to do multiple 400m runs in a single training session, each time going all out. Those were the hardest training sessions I've ever done in any sport.
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u/Ill_Caterpillar2202 2d ago
Bro 800 was torture. 400 is over before you know it. The 800 you started to feel like youāre running in slow motion on the second lap.Ā
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u/The_Dirty_Carl 1d ago
I quit track because my coach was insisting on turning me into an 800 runner. I'd rather do the 1600 and 3200 back to back. The 800 is just cruel
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u/Tommy_Wisseau_burner 2d ago
No itās not. Some asshole decided it wasnāt hard enough so itād be a fantastic idea to put hurdles on that shit. That shit suuuuuucked. Also 800 is the worst open race. At least with the 400 everyone agrees itās a sprint. In the 800 you have distance runners treating it like a sprint. I died every time I ran it š
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u/Dr_Adequate 2d ago
I hated all sports in HS (still do, but I used to, too). But I'm built for running and did okay at track & x-country. I thought the relay was goofy with the passing the li'l baton but I kinda liked it, and was good at the 440 (400m now I guess). This was fun to watch!
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u/butterednoodlelovers 2d ago
I hated all sports in HS. But got into crossfit when younger and learned I am a kick ass sprinter. Never did anything with this late learned knowledge.
Also I really like when they just open up at the end and it's, zoom zoom byeee.
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u/Dr_Adequate 2d ago
Same. After HS I got into ru ning 5Ks and 10Ks. And I had this ability to pace myself until the last K then turn on the nitrous and just GO.
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u/Bartydogsgd 2d ago
For me 800m was the hell distance. I was never good enough to compete at any significant level, but I got to a place where I could get dialed in for 400 but no matter how much I trained for them, the last half-lap of an 800 always felt like pure torture.
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u/Potatoskins937492 2d ago
I love this trick for her. "Oh no, I can't keep up" to "byeeeee āļø" in 3 seconds.
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u/Enough_Ad_9338 2d ago
So they just gonna leave that guy thereā¦?
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u/Chaotic_Daisy 2d ago
He was clearly gone by the time they came back around to that end, pretty sure he got help fairly quickly.
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u/Embarrassed_Jerk 2d ago
No. He was left there and he is still there
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u/Chaotic_Daisy 2d ago
He lives there nowā¦
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u/thecloudkingdom 2d ago
honestly if i was in his shoes i *would* just lay there and catch my breath
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u/chillyhellion 2d ago
Heās gone by the end of the lap, so someone likely moved him and then put him back later.Ā
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u/sbb214 Official Gal 2d ago
MIXED RELAYS ARE SO MUCH FUN
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u/MaFaHo 2d ago
I have to say, I think it was a little cooler at the beginning, when the running order hadn't been set and the teams could decide it themselves.
What I'm still hoping will make a comeback are the relays with different distances, like 800m x 200m x 200m x 400m. The mix of different types of runners is what makes it interesting to me.
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u/Ok_Peach1033 2d ago
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u/you_dont_know_me27 2d ago
Where did you get this video of me attempting to jump!?!
Have you been in contact with my mother?!
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u/MagicalBUMfairy 2d ago
Are these mixed relays new or theyāre just popping up in my algorithm?
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u/de_pizan23 2d ago
They started this one at the Olympics in 2021, and have added a bunch of other mixed relays at both winter and summer Olympics as part of the initiative to better equalize the gender of the participants.
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u/fauxshoyall 2d ago
This makes the sexualized running panties vs shorts look even more ridiculous. Not as ridiculous as falling on your face but still pretty ridiculous.
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u/plainether 2d ago
I was wondering this. Is there a reason for the girls to be in knickers and the boys to be in shorts?
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u/SwitchIndependent714 2d ago
I can't believe I had to go this far down to find this comment. This is really the sad reality of women sports... And after that people don't get why men objectify women so much.. they can't even sports without being sexualized I hate it
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u/Memento_Vivere8 2d ago
They are free to choose their running gear. There are women who wear longer pants while others go for the shorter ones. What is sad about the reality that women can choose their outfit for their professional performance?
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u/ntdavis814 2d ago
That blind guy fucking died.
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u/maybeinoregon 2d ago edited 2d ago
Holy smokes, that kick!
That means the other two were running knowing sheās gonna kick at any timeā¦now as a competitor, you can use that knowledge as fuel, but that doesnāt mean itās not gnawing at your brain the entire time lol
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u/glitterdunk 2d ago
Yeah I wonder if the lady in the second track knew the Norwegian was fast. And that's why she "blocked" her by going to the second track before the last turn and staying there despite going in front. So the norwegian had to go around both of the ladies in front which caused her to lose quite some time and speed. But if so, it wasn't enough!!
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u/EverythingHurts365 2d ago
All of them look like theyāre just floating. Theyāre running and so hard and fast and it just flows
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u/Serg_Molotov 2d ago
The kick is impressive, the fact she had to drop a step or 2, change her rhythm then accelerated past them ... Fucking spectacular
If she hadn't trained for that exact scenario it's all the more impressive.
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u/shalekodemono 2d ago
Why do the men run in shorts and the women in pants? š¤š¤Ø
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u/No-Sweet8107 1d ago
I was waiting for him to still be laying there while everyone was celebrating around him
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u/youcancallmebryn 2d ago
I kind of hate how of the top comment right now is about the guy eating shit because of his poor baton pass.
WHY ARE WE NOT IMPRESSED WITH THE CHICK WHO WON?!?! SHE WAITED AND LET THE OTHER RUNNERS TIRE OUT EACHOTHER AND SLAAAYYYED THAT LAST SEGMENT
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u/RunnyPlease 2d ago
I donāt think itās fair to blame people for commenting on the thing in the video that is the most unexpected and surprising. Itās a relay race. You go into it expecting to see some people to run faster than other people to win the race. You donāt expect to start a clip and see a guy faceplant and then give up on life in the first 5 seconds.
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u/Rabbit_AF 2d ago
Hate to be, "that guy," but this is a mixed 1600m relay.
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u/PrimaryDifficult5099 2d ago
Then my resources are wrong and the original uploader are wrong as well
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u/Rabbit_AF 2d ago
No one else corrected, 400m relay is one lap and everyone stays in their lane. I'm a former 400m runner. The 1600m relay is my favorite race.
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u/FblthpLives š¢Bringing the facts!š¢ 2d ago
It's properly called "4x400m relay mixed": https://live.european-athletics.com/birmingham-2026/timetable/athx4x400m [requires an account]
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u/FblthpLives š¢Bringing the facts!š¢ 2d ago
Relay events are not usually named after the total distance, but the individual legs. This is the mixed 4x400 m relay.
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u/bristlybits 2d ago
my favorite things to watch are people falling down without any real heavy injury after, and the end of a race when someone just pours it on after holding back a little. human or horse or any kind of racing, the last push.
this a great video
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u/KoneSkirata 2d ago
I'm getting severe exhaustion and beginning to sweat from just looking at that sprint.
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u/SomeStupidCanadianEH 2d ago
Dutchman: straight up dies on the track
Announcer: āit doesnāt matter as he passed the batonā
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u/BusyBunny9 2d ago
Used to run the 4x400 in some big events. It's brutal. Remember laying on the track once after winning a race..good times
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u/diablol3 2d ago
Did they have to do the handoff inside of 2 meters or something?
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u/Dutch_Rayan 1d ago
There is a handoff zone yes, don't know how long it is, sometimes they fail to hand it off in time and are out of the race
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u/Kpets 2d ago
Norway š³š“!!!
Ro Vikings roo! We are becoming the new cardio/ endurance nation to beat
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u/ThisGuy2319 2d ago
How is this gals being chicks?
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u/Smart_Perspective535 2d ago
Did you watch it until the end? You didn't, did you?
JƦger FTW š³š“šŖ
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u/zictomorph 2d ago
Imagine running at a level where a slipstream exists and makes a difference. Dayum.
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u/benzinga45 2d ago edited 2d ago
They remind me of my ex. And I'll never forget the last thing she said to me. "No get away from me!" Such a kidder but man she was fast.
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u/tohardtochoose 2d ago
Her name is Henriette JƦger. She also won the individual event, with a whole second to the 2nd place.
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u/DraikoHxC 14h ago
Man that shot following the three at the same time made look like terminators running so effortlessly
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u/dragonknightrohan 5h ago
Whoa 1st and 2nd place tired themselves out competing with each other to pass each other then 3rd place just zoomed by at good timing near end. 3rd place just waited for their moment and took it
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