Dont Celebrate Too Early
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Spanish racewalker Laura Garcia-Caro was left red-faced in Rome when she punched the air thinking she was about to win a European bronze medal – only to be overtaken just as she celebrated.
Garcia-Caro was well clear in third place when she entered the Stadio Olimpico for the final 400 meters of the women’s 20km race walk, the first medal event of these European Championships.
The 29-year-old, who was even handed a Spanish flag upon her arrival into the arena, was all smiles as she approached the finish, punching the air in delight and sticking out her tongue.
Yet unbeknown to Garcia-Caro, fast-finishing Lyudmyla Olyanovska had closed the gap on the home straight.
And at the very moment, Garcia-Caro celebrated with two meters to go, Olyanovska raced past her to nick the bronze.
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Wow, is it me or do they look unhealthy?
The Brad
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Wow, is it me or do they look unhealthy?
@LuFins-Dad said in Dont Celebrate Too Early:
Wow, is it me or do they look unhealthy?
Endurance athletes aren't optimized for overall health. Their constitutions take a beating. I'm sure they're healthy compared to the average person, but not compared to what they'd be if they didn't push themselves to the limit over and over for years.
Education is extremely important.
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@LuFins-Dad said in Dont Celebrate Too Early:
Wow, is it me or do they look unhealthy?
Endurance athletes aren't optimized for overall health. Their constitutions take a beating. I'm sure they're healthy compared to the average person, but not compared to what they'd be if they didn't push themselves to the limit over and over for years.
@Horace said in Dont Celebrate Too Early:
I'm sure they're healthy compared to the average person,
I'm not. They get sick far more often and the symptoms are much more severe.
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It seems to me one often has to sacrifice general health to some extent to be "the best" at anything. :man-shrugging:
@Axtremus said in Dont Celebrate Too Early:
It seems to me one often has to sacrifice general health to some extent to be "the best" at anything. :man-shrugging:
What about being the best at being generally healthy?
BOOM.
Pwned.
You will NOT soon recover from THAT one.
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@89th said in Dont Celebrate Too Early:
I saw this finish... and immediately thought, "weren't both of them technically running?"
I think that they need to have at least one foot on the ground at all times.
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@89th said in Dont Celebrate Too Early:
I saw this finish... and immediately thought, "weren't both of them technically running?"
I think that they need to have at least one foot on the ground at all times.
@taiwan_girl said in Dont Celebrate Too Early:
@89th said in Dont Celebrate Too Early:
I saw this finish... and immediately thought, "weren't both of them technically running?"
I think that they need to have at least one foot on the ground at all times.
One foot on the ground, and one in the grave. Endurance athletes are cheating their own futures.
