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Speed skater sprints to the back of the pack at race start, wins because everyone forgot.
Posted on 2/3/24 at 11:38 pm
Posted on 2/3/24 at 11:38 pm
This was actually fascinating. Youth Olympics women's speed skating-- a Chinese skater started off slow then took off at a full sprint to nearly lap the field, just catching up to the back end of the pack and settling there in first place (one lap ahead).
The rest of the field somehow immediately forgot and ran the entire race not thinking about it. They went the remaining 12 laps as a regular race, the leaders even ended up in their full sprint and finish thinking they were going for first. But they were a full lap behind the entire time and even gave up on the race early because of the move.
Even wilder, her teammate was in on it so when the remaining competitors let up thinking the race was over she just continued to skate for an easy silver.
Video is truly amazing to watch. I've never seen anything like it.
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The rest of the field somehow immediately forgot and ran the entire race not thinking about it. They went the remaining 12 laps as a regular race, the leaders even ended up in their full sprint and finish thinking they were going for first. But they were a full lap behind the entire time and even gave up on the race early because of the move.
Even wilder, her teammate was in on it so when the remaining competitors let up thinking the race was over she just continued to skate for an easy silver.
Video is truly amazing to watch. I've never seen anything like it.
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Posted on 2/4/24 at 12:16 am to Thundercles
quote:This is what I don't understand.
The rest of the field somehow immediately forgot
Posted on 2/4/24 at 12:25 am to Gravitiger
I assume this isn't a normal strategy and with so many laps they weren't thinking about it?
Posted on 2/4/24 at 2:49 am to Thundercles
It reminds me how women groupthink even though they know it’s not the right strategy or way of living.
Posted on 2/4/24 at 6:25 am to Sofaking2
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It reminds me how women groupthink even though they know it’s not the right strategy or way of living.
Evolved behavior
I think they didn’t know how to react to it when it happened and then just forgot about it.
Posted on 2/4/24 at 6:55 am to Thundercles
Posted on 2/4/24 at 6:58 am to Thundercles
I don’t know much about speed skating, but do they mostly look down at the ice when skating? And glance up to make sure they’re on the right path or in which position?
If so, it would explain how she was able to sprint past them. They may have never seen her because their eyes were down.
If so, it would explain how she was able to sprint past them. They may have never seen her because their eyes were down.
Posted on 2/4/24 at 6:58 am to Thundercles
Just watched the video. What makes anyone think they forgot who was in first?
They didn’t forget, they just got smoked. Usually athletes are coached to run the race (or skate in this case) with their own game plan in mind. Just because someone sprints out ahead at the beginning doesn’t mean you do the same thing. You gotta run your race.
They were probably thinking they were going to catch her on the backside of the race.
Also… if they weren’t able to catch her, that tells me their pace was off and they weren’t going hard enough. Nobody should ever be able to sprint 1 lap ahead and not have anyone catch up to them.
They didn’t forget, they just got smoked. Usually athletes are coached to run the race (or skate in this case) with their own game plan in mind. Just because someone sprints out ahead at the beginning doesn’t mean you do the same thing. You gotta run your race.
They were probably thinking they were going to catch her on the backside of the race.
Also… if they weren’t able to catch her, that tells me their pace was off and they weren’t going hard enough. Nobody should ever be able to sprint 1 lap ahead and not have anyone catch up to them.
Posted on 2/4/24 at 7:20 am to PrimeTime Money
Because they all sprinted to what they thought was the finish and then stopped racing.
Posted on 2/4/24 at 7:20 am to PrimeTime Money
I disagree, it definitely looks like they didn't realize she was a whole lap ahead.
Posted on 2/4/24 at 7:28 am to PrimeTime Money
quote:Bro those girls hit the finish line and stood up.
Just watched the video. What makes anyone think they forgot who was in first?
They had a whole lap to go and stood up and…..didn’t complete their last lap.
Are you ok?
Posted on 2/4/24 at 8:45 am to PrimeTime Money
Look at how far ahead her teammate finished ahead of 3rd place.
Posted on 2/4/24 at 9:31 am to ReauxlTide222
It was 6:00 in the morning I was still mostly asleep.
Posted on 2/4/24 at 10:16 am to Thundercles
They weren’t going to catch that first skater regardless
The silver medalist is the one who benefited
The silver medalist is the one who benefited
This post was edited on 2/4/24 at 10:18 am
Posted on 2/4/24 at 11:13 am to Thundercles
And as a follow-up she put pee pee in their Coke.
Posted on 2/4/24 at 11:18 am to Thundercles
Lofty video, mate
Posted on 2/4/24 at 4:30 pm to Thundercles
strat-a-gery done to perfection
Posted on 2/6/24 at 6:27 am to Thundercles
This makes no sense. The way it’s described, they stood up a lap early. They should have known the lap count regardless of what she did.
Posted on 2/6/24 at 12:14 pm to Thundercles
No, she won because she was the fastest..her teammate got 2nd because the others thought race was over when they still had 1 lap left.
Posted on 2/6/24 at 12:25 pm to Free888
This is incredible.
Women sports are still the best in terms of pure entertainment (i.e. not from a sports perspective).
Women sports are still the best in terms of pure entertainment (i.e. not from a sports perspective).
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