A video is going viral online of Spanish athlete Garcia-Caro starting to celebrate too early, before even reaching the finish line.

As a result, she was overtaken by the Ukrainian Lyudmila Olyanovskaya. She won bronze

  • @wolfpack86
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    226 months ago

    According to Wikipedia this is somehow acceptable and common. It needs to be detectible to the human eye that contact is lost.

    Which seems like such a horseshit rule.

    • @FlexibleToast
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      16 months ago

      It seemed pretty clear to my human eye. The fitness required is incredible, but calling it a fast walk seems disingenuous at best.