You had a like from me until you ruined it with the last bit…
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Comrade, he IS CHEATING. He’s STOPPED RUNNING to WIN A RUNNING RACE.
If you don’t thank that’s outside the spirit of competition, I dunno what to tell you.
The athletes shall be placed in the order in which any part of their bodies (i.e. torso, as distinguished from the head, neck, arms, legs, hands or feet) reaches the vertical plane of the nearer edge of the finish line as defined above.
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That’s fair, I was being too harsh on it. In my defense I ran distance in track in high school and most races were pretty boring until the end. Spectating at track events is all about the dramatic moments like this one, not-so-much the other 95% of people running in a circle.
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It’s a running and jumping race. He just jumped once extra. Stop yelling.
ETA: Infinite was going to win without the leap. He was a foot ahead of the runner in 2nd and probably lost a slight amount of distance with the leap. Hurdlers are trained from the start that time in the air is lost speed. There is a reason the best hurdlers often slightly clip the hurdles: the best form is the form that carries the most speed over the hurdle and gets that lead foot back on the ground as fast as possible. Hurdlers who clear the hurdles by a lot are slow.
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Why is leaping outside your definition of “running” in a HURDLE event? Half the race is leaping. Cheating is gaining an unfair advantage by doing something other guy can’t in order to win. The other guy could also have leapt through the finish line, therefore it’s not cheating. It’s just the other guy apparently valued the skin on his face a little more.
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Hey, it’s a way better “how I got this scar” story than most.
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Nah. It’s a distance event; first to cover the required distance takes the guernsey. Like free-style swimming, it doesn’t matter whether he did it hopping backwards on his left foot or crawling on all fours - the only criteria is to cover the 400m (and the hurdles) before anyone else does.
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people with flying superpowers should not be allowed to compete with normal humans, this isn’t just anti-mutant hysteria it’s about fairness in sports!
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I’ve been thinking about this, and suppose he was in the Navy, and was having to beat the North Korean spy to the hatch into the control room before the nuclear missile was launched. Would he make it standing up? NO – he’d hit his head and knock himself out. Better to leap through and tackle that spy and SAVE THE WORLD!
I only know this because I when I was twelve, I ran into a wall and knocked myself out. By accident.
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Um. They were doing hurdles … ?
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I’m sure there’s something about exactly what has to cross the finish line in order to “count.”
Did he win with his fingertips? Does something have to touch the ground on the other side? Does it have to be a foot?
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“Infinite Tucker” would be a great name for an Australian All-You-Can-Eat Buffet.
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My dad was a middle-distance runner in high school, and had to run the hurdles at a track meet once because their usual hurdler was sick.
The coach told him not to try to jump the hurdles, and just to run straight through them. He did and came last, but the last-place finish gave the team more points than not having anyone start would have.
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The coxless fours event in rowing was started at Henley Royal Regatta in 1868 when a cox jumped out of the boat at the start of a race to lighten it (the boat had been fitted with equipment to let one of the rowers steer it). The crew won the race by a huge margin and was promptly disqualified- the next year, the regatta featured a coxless fours event.
The current international rules of racing require the cox, but not any other member of the crew, to be on board at the finish- though in some countries, such as the UK, the national rules require the whole crew to stay in the boat.
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And now I’m reminded of the anti-trans hysteria around Caster Semanya (intersex, designated and identifies as female, not that transphobes care), and how the ‘solution’ that is approved of by transphobes doesn’t really affect most trans women but causes lots of problems for cis women who fall outside biological norms.
Spoilered for possible sexual assault triggers.
According to a New York Times report, in 2014 (Dutee) Chand was subjected not only to hormonal testing but to a chromosomal test and gynecological exam as well. “To evaluate the effects of high testosterone, the international athletic association’s protocol involves measuring and palpating the clitoris, vagina and labia, as well as evaluating breast size and pubic hair scored on an illustrated five-grade scale,” reads the Times report.
Why the fuck is this acceptable?
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This guy’s a lightweight, Ua Néill cut off his own left hand and threw it ashore to win the race to claim Éire; now, THAT’s commitment!
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That’s a heavy responsibility, saving the world at 12. given the subsequent state of things, it’s a real shame you knocked yourself out, mind.
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Well, it’s what I got for playing Superman.
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