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

  • iAvicenna@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    I watched the video and it looks like they are off the ground a lot. Either they don’t care about that rule or the athletes have optimized their method so meticulously that their feet contact the ground on a contact area worth a hair’s width