Diving for the line at the Olympics! π
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Published 2024-04-12
The phenomenon in which track and field athletes throw themselves across the finish line is often an expression of maximum effort and commitment. In the final meters of a race, it can be difficult to maintain speed. By throwing themselves across the finish line, athletes use every last bit of energy they have to ensure they maintain the greatest possible speed and possibly even gain a narrow lead over their competitors.
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All Comments (21)
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I remeber the race with Miller-Ouibo and how Americans chastised her and ridiculed her for diving. Oh how short their memories are cuz they obviously forgot that at the olympic 4 years prior the USA athlete in the men's 400 finals snatched his medal by diving in front of the bahamian. As long as the USA doe sit,; its fine but when we do it; its a crime.... stupse
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This wasn't a fluke for Shanunae since she won this again for the 2020 olympics. Clearly a superior runner lol
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Love it!!
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TrΓ¨s belle course β€
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Spectacular.
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I'm so excited and nostalgic
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My legs hurt whatching
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Wins a win no matter how you get it.
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They will do hard work every year but in the game they will use to short Mathod to touch the line
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It always looked more like SM-U tripped than dived. That last step before the line. I never thought about it until I read that Felix was critical of the way SM-U won the race. Nobody trips intentionally and you can't stop forward momentum.
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Brilliant!
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I will also be seen to olyampic soon it is my dream π’
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For anyone wondering: Diving for the line isn't advantageous or succesfull. The energy and movement needed to make a dive are also the energy you couldve used for another step; a step that is much faster than the dive. Diving is also of course a major risk of injury. Why do people do it? Sheer exhaustion of course, if you literally cannot take another step than just falling forward is your only option and because youre at speed falling forward becomes some sort of dive. But also because a lot of athlete's are not aware of the fact that diving literally has no advantage whatsoever and desperately try something.
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Love it!
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Est-ce que Γ§a pourrait Γͺtre considΓ©rΓ© comme une tentative de dΓ©tourner les rΓ¨gles ?
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This should be banned. Races are supposed to reward best runners not best divers. There is another sport for that!
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They look like fortnite characters spamming the jump button π
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Las mascotas de los ang3les son dos ninos estaduenses de nombre san y mo
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Diving is Not Running ! It Should Not Be Allowed !
