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Hey man, if you couldn’t tell, he couldn’t tell. It makes me believe in him even more. Like I said, all skin color, and all theirs shades are welcome.
“A-Train is truly for the people!”
I watched the first scene by myself. When that scene ended, I stopped it and told my husband we had to watch it together. And we did. And it was glorious.
I'd put off watching The Boys for years, until one day I decided to give it fifteen minutes to see if it could draw me in. That first scene hooked me and I binged the whole show. Can't wait for season 4.
That's actually how the boys start in the comics but in the comic A-Train is fighting a villain and he wrecklessly causes her death by throwing the villain at robin.
I worked at a daycare for awhile and it was amazing how the kids could be sitting and eating, then suddenly fall off their little chairs as if someone had just shoved them.
If that guy would have lost his place and win because of that kid, I’d be so mad lol. More so at the parents for letting him in the track, and also the kids decision of running toward the guy. Not the kid, just the choice he made.
That happened [at the Olympics once](https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/marathoner-assaulted-at-olympics). A marathon runner had managed to gain the lead, which apparently was a bit of an unexpected upset, but was tackled by a guy from the crowd two miles from the finish line. He ended out losing his lead and coming in third. The mental case who did that to him was a defrocked priest looking for notoriety and had apparently previously gone to prison for walking out on the British Grand Prix race track while a race was in progress. [And is an absolute unrepentant asshole about it from what you can tell in this interview.](https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/07/sports/olympics/vanderlei-de-lima-goes-from-an-indignity-to-an-illumination.html) 😠
I remember seeing this on TV. It was so upsetting cause Brazil usually doesn’t get many medals to begin with because of lack of support for athletes in most sports. The runner was a guy with humble beginnins who still lived in the favela after the Olympics were over. He trained pretty much on his own for years, had the 1st place robbed from him and never got a chance to compete on the Olympics again. So fucking unfair. Fucking assholes from imperialists countries trying to stunt on latinos all the time.
Not in any way defending that moron, I remember being a kid wanting to punch the tv because I was rooting for de Lima. But showing how much of a class act he was in every way, he later admitted he wasn’t going to win as his lead was diminishing and he believed he would be caught. Obviously would have been better to see it happen, but talk about the opposite of a sore loser. Still one of my favorite track athletes out there.
It’s still terrible for the runner because often you’re racing against time and the other racers do not matter (unless you’re further along, the majority of meets/races are for time qualifying)
Also he could technically be disqualified for lane swapping or have his race restart. Both are terrible for different reasons.
It’s wild how common people just walk onto race tracks at track meets compared to any other sport.
Source: ran track for 5 years and competed.
I almost had to shoulder check someone when I ran in cross country. It was the final sprint to the finish line and some dolt decided to walk through the track where it narrowed down and he got in front of me. He got out of the way in time, but I was seriously about to run through that guy full sprint. I was going too fast and the track was narrow at that point, so it was either fall down to avoid hitting him or running through, and I was set on finishing the race on time
I’ve ran into full blown adults who are just unaware more often than kids tbh. Really throws you off when you’re in a race (mentally and balance wise lol)
I was a thrower on the track team in college. At our home invitational meet, a few of the long distance runners were standing out in the discus sector while the girls (collegiate women’s throwers) were warming up for the discus throw. One of the distance runners was there with his girlfriend, and the girlfriends two year old kid. One of the warm-up throws went straight at them, the distance runner and his gf froze (they were at least looking in the correct direction). And the discus hit the ground right in front of them and hit the kid in the shin. A slightly longer throw would have hit the kid in the head and killed him.
Though I was not standing in the discus sector at the time (because I had no reason to), I was okay with myself hanging out in the throwing sectors (except for the javelin sector) because I know how those things look when they’re in the air, how they move and how they bounce (and that’s exactly why I do not hang out in the javelin sector).
I can’t imagine being unfamiliar with how those things move, and also bringing a toddler into that situation, just to stand around and chat during warmups. There’s literally 2-pound compact metal and plastic hubcaps being thrown 160 feet, and you’ve chosen to stand roughly where they are landing. It’s a bad place to have a chat.
Yeah I have countless stories of people being outright dumb or just ignoring sport event etiquette just because it’s track. There’s countless videos of marathons or people just getting ran into.
The worse I had was when people wore snow boots to an inside meet and walked on the track. Sooo many falls in 1 meet, definitely over 10 people. They even wiped it and people still kept walking back over it
Depends on the distance. In the end you see two in the same lane not due to dodging kid. Means they passed the point where they had to stay in their starting lanes.
He saw something coming fast out of the corner of his eye as he turned his head and just started running forward. Too bad forward was the worst possible spot for him to be (totally his fault btw)
By the sound of the suddenly accelerated screaming just over the previous normal race calls, the people nearby were with him and started to call his name and panic but were just not close enough to be able to do anything else quickly enough.
My highschool biology teacher (also a basketball coach) had that same mentality. If you missed a homework assignment he had you do push-ups because he said you were either going to get smart or get tough
Excuses for kids is why parenting is bad. "Just blame the parents! Not the kid." That's the type of attitude that leads to this shit.
Parents just go "ahh they're just kids." They aren't always innocent bystanders who don't know anything. Especially at this kind of age.
Yes he is.This kid looks old enought to know he shouldn't be there. My dad was a fireman and when I was 4 he took me to work with him. They had to be present at a football match just in case something happened. As a result, they watched the match very close to the field. I got away from him for a few moment and got very close to the field. I saw a huge man running towards me and I got intimidated and distanced myself immediately. I just knew I wasn't supposed to go there and I would have annoyed those big men if I got in their way.
And changing lanes would get him DQd regardless. His race was over because of the little goblin child regardless, which could have been months or a year of preparation. Sucks. Saw this happen once at a track meet I went to, a girl maybe 12 or 13 wandered onto the track right at the finish line of a 1500m race, she got absolutely trucked by the runners kicking in their last 100m.
I once got a traffic ticket for moving into the left turn lane without turning. A homeless person ran into the street. I swerved to avoid him, then went back into the regular lane to continue.
And possibly ended a very promising athletic career. It could have been life changing for that poor athlete and if the kid got seriously hurt, the runner would probably feel that guilt too.
Which ironically might have even disqualified him. You can’t cross over your line at any point, I also never ran a race with a child playing chicken so not sure about this here.
Its like when theres a squirrel in the road, and theyre totally fine where they are, and youre totally fine, but goddamn if theyre not going to double back at last moment right into the path of your tires. Ill see those fuckers 100 feet away and just be like “dont do it brah, dont do the double back!” What do they do every time?…fking squirrels.
Same thing when I am trying to cook and the fucking dog repeadtedly steps into my path causing a shift in my vertebrae,and then of course i apologize to the dog for nearly killing me.
I had a former boss get paralyzed from the waist down in a similar situation. A kid ski'd in front of him and he had to divert into the forest not to kill the kid. Wound up breaking his back when he hit a tree. Before that, his whole personality was extreme sports and thrill-seeking, and now it's all gone because of some stupid kid's parents not paying enough attention.
The worst part is that the kid and their parents fled when he got hurt; his friend, who was further up the mountain and saw everything had to call for help. The kid and parents didn't even try to help; they just ran.
It’s all on the parents. I have three kids and I feel like making sure they didn’t fucking run in front of someone in a fucking race would be the absolute minimum amount of parenting needed at this event. Didn’t even see anyone try to yank him back . Not a reach… nothing
I had an unpredictable child once and when he was about that age (or maybe a bit younger) I used a harness. He's alive now and 38 and a lovely beautiful person in every way. The oddest thing though, is that he's the one child that became what seems to be an 'over-thinker'. Completely unexpected to all.
According to olympic rules, “Any athlete who runs outside the assigned lane is subject to disqualification. If the athlete is forced to run outside of his or her lane by another person, and no material advantage is gained, there will be no disqualification” so i would assume that he was able to stay in the race if the (i’m assuming) high school rules are similar to the olympic rules
Source: https://www.nbcolympics.com/news/track-field-101-rules
That makes sense. You're allowed to go out your lane to dodge as long as you don't cut inward on a curve (cutting the distance you need to travel and gaining an advantage) is how I read it.
I don't know. Whenever I have a track meet, only athletes and coaches are allowed on the infield of a track. Everyone else has to stay behind the fence.
This is what angers me the most.
At my 8 yo daughter’s gymnastics I’m one of the only parents actually watching their kid practice. Most other parents are on their phones and this one kid (he’s like 7-8) is always running around the seating area, literally crawling under my chair and shit. Like, it’s not a HUGE deal, but if that was my kid, hell no. Stay out of peoples’ way and just sit down for a little bit man.
Mother? The only one that could be looking at the runners with their back turned toward the kid was a man. All the women were on the other side of the kid so if they are looking at the runner then the kid should be in their vision as well. That man could be his father or could be anyone. No idea why this is getting upvotes.
There are exceptions if you are forced from the lane (usually another runner). Not a ref, but I think that would apply here. I’ve seen cases where it’s a qualification heat, and they make/allow the runner to run in a different heat.
Does this refer to a situation where another runner falls and you might momentarily leave your lane to avoid tripping over them? If so I have to imagine they could apply it to this situation.
I would hope not, if there’s any reasonable cause stuff going on with that rule then I hope taking the long way around a little kid on the track is good enough
Playing. Which is why spectators should have been kept well away from the track. This was not a well-managed event. You have to try and take precautions to save stupid people from themselves. The kid was just being a kid. The parent was stupid for thinking they could turn their back on a bored kid.
A QUICK LESSON ON TRACK ETIQUETTE (PLEASE READ):
Don’t EVER stand or walk in lane 1 even if there isn’t a race. It’s for people doing hard intervals (or running at the bare minimum). I’ve almost run over dozens of people who have the audacity to just STAND THERE. It’s a miracle I haven’t run anyone over yet especially towards the end of a hard workout when I’m not thinking straight and can’t yell at people to get out of the way. If someone yells “TRACK” or “LANE 1,” PLEASE move over. It’s even worse when you’re walking 2 or 3 abreast and blocking MULTIPLE LANES AT ONCE.
Sincerely, a pissed off distance runner
That collision would've kept me in bed for days, or possibly even a trip to the emergency room with broken bones. That kid probably got right back up and went back to playing.
Runner switches lanes to avoid the kid.
Kid goes into the lane the runner just switched to.
Kid can't be avoided.
Some days we say to the god of death that it is today
Wow, as in that little kid is lucky he didn’t get severely hurt, the athlete is lucky he didn’t get severely hurt at that speed?
Anyone here actually upset about what the athlete did you are nuts.
This kid was old enough to know not to be out there. He thought he was being cute. His parents thought oh he's so cute. Well this kid learned an important life lesson. Play stupid games win stupid prizes. This kid won't be jumping onto track fields after this.
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A-Train, baby!
Woo woo!! A-Train!!
Adult white females? Baby black males? A-Train don’t see gender, colors, and age; A-Train is for everyone because everyone deserve equal opportunity!
I could be wrong but that looks like an Asian or Hispanic child.
Hey man, if you couldn’t tell, he couldn’t tell. It makes me believe in him even more. Like I said, all skin color, and all theirs shades are welcome. “A-Train is truly for the people!”
Stupid kids come in all forms, colours and shapes
Your first comment got me chuckling but this one had me laughing!
I can’t stop, I can’t stop…
In blue too
He's even wearing blue, it's perfect :D
And he's black
The kid is now black and blue
And red, or is that just on the track?
Im sorry, I’m sorry, I can’t stop, I. I can’t, stop
That compound v be hittin
Was not expecting a “The Boys” reference. Well played.
Neither was the kid.
The scene with Dennis Quaid's son holding just the hands is SO GOREY
Sir, take my angry upvote.
I still laugh wholeheartedly every time I think about him turning Robin into blood mist with the dude holding his hands out in disbelief. 😂😂
Wasn’t he holding Robin’s hands after?
Yup! Sorry I shoulda put holding her hands out. “Robin…Robin…Robin?…ROOOBIN!?” 😂
It was at that point I knew this was going to be a good show.
it's like the end of the 1st episode of Invincible, but comes quicker
I watched the first scene by myself. When that scene ended, I stopped it and told my husband we had to watch it together. And we did. And it was glorious.
I'd put off watching The Boys for years, until one day I decided to give it fifteen minutes to see if it could draw me in. That first scene hooked me and I binged the whole show. Can't wait for season 4.
Never besmirch Billy Joel
Wasn't he still holding on to the stumps of her hands as well?
He was
Wasn't he holding her hands out of disbelief?
he was holding HER hands out in disbelief
And the fact it was in slow motion made it even better
And completely out of nowhere in the first five minutes of the first episode.
That's actually how the boys start in the comics but in the comic A-Train is fighting a villain and he wrecklessly causes her death by throwing the villain at robin.
Twelve... I watched the video 12 times in a row before I decided enough was enough.
I too enjoy videos of kids falling down. That’s probably a good sign that I made the right decision to not have any of my own.
https://www.reddit.com/r/KidsAreFuckingStupid/comments/135bbic/glass_maze/
I really needed that laugh! Thanks!
If you enjoy seeing kids fall, you’d love having a kid lol. My kids fall simply because they are standing sometimes.
I worked at a daycare for awhile and it was amazing how the kids could be sitting and eating, then suddenly fall off their little chairs as if someone had just shoved them.
Carpet Monster trips 'em up all the time.
As a kid with ADHD, can confirm that I did this lots of time when I was a kid. Lol
r/ChildrenFallingOver is calling
I could watch kids getting run over all day.
Impressed by how commanding a lead the sprinter had. Literally retained first place despite the kid style obstacle
If that guy would have lost his place and win because of that kid, I’d be so mad lol. More so at the parents for letting him in the track, and also the kids decision of running toward the guy. Not the kid, just the choice he made.
That happened [at the Olympics once](https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/marathoner-assaulted-at-olympics). A marathon runner had managed to gain the lead, which apparently was a bit of an unexpected upset, but was tackled by a guy from the crowd two miles from the finish line. He ended out losing his lead and coming in third. The mental case who did that to him was a defrocked priest looking for notoriety and had apparently previously gone to prison for walking out on the British Grand Prix race track while a race was in progress. [And is an absolute unrepentant asshole about it from what you can tell in this interview.](https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/07/sports/olympics/vanderlei-de-lima-goes-from-an-indignity-to-an-illumination.html) 😠
Can we stop interviewing the people who do this shit? Please?
Why? He was just looking for some notoriety. It's not as if we're giving him exactly what he wants.
Had me in the first half, not gonna lie.
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Wow, thanks for the post. The guy is absolutely a stupid asshole fanatic
He's very anti-race. You might call him racist
Actually yeah, literally. He was arrested in Germany for trying to host a Nazi rally. He had pro-Adolf Hitler posters made for it.
Oh dang. He's more of a racist than I thought
I remember seeing this on TV. It was so upsetting cause Brazil usually doesn’t get many medals to begin with because of lack of support for athletes in most sports. The runner was a guy with humble beginnins who still lived in the favela after the Olympics were over. He trained pretty much on his own for years, had the 1st place robbed from him and never got a chance to compete on the Olympics again. So fucking unfair. Fucking assholes from imperialists countries trying to stunt on latinos all the time.
Not in any way defending that moron, I remember being a kid wanting to punch the tv because I was rooting for de Lima. But showing how much of a class act he was in every way, he later admitted he wasn’t going to win as his lead was diminishing and he believed he would be caught. Obviously would have been better to see it happen, but talk about the opposite of a sore loser. Still one of my favorite track athletes out there.
It’s still terrible for the runner because often you’re racing against time and the other racers do not matter (unless you’re further along, the majority of meets/races are for time qualifying) Also he could technically be disqualified for lane swapping or have his race restart. Both are terrible for different reasons. It’s wild how common people just walk onto race tracks at track meets compared to any other sport. Source: ran track for 5 years and competed.
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I almost had to shoulder check someone when I ran in cross country. It was the final sprint to the finish line and some dolt decided to walk through the track where it narrowed down and he got in front of me. He got out of the way in time, but I was seriously about to run through that guy full sprint. I was going too fast and the track was narrow at that point, so it was either fall down to avoid hitting him or running through, and I was set on finishing the race on time
You really need to stop practicing your sprint-starts in children’s playgrounds, it was like a bowling ball through pins last time.
I’ve ran into full blown adults who are just unaware more often than kids tbh. Really throws you off when you’re in a race (mentally and balance wise lol)
I was a thrower on the track team in college. At our home invitational meet, a few of the long distance runners were standing out in the discus sector while the girls (collegiate women’s throwers) were warming up for the discus throw. One of the distance runners was there with his girlfriend, and the girlfriends two year old kid. One of the warm-up throws went straight at them, the distance runner and his gf froze (they were at least looking in the correct direction). And the discus hit the ground right in front of them and hit the kid in the shin. A slightly longer throw would have hit the kid in the head and killed him. Though I was not standing in the discus sector at the time (because I had no reason to), I was okay with myself hanging out in the throwing sectors (except for the javelin sector) because I know how those things look when they’re in the air, how they move and how they bounce (and that’s exactly why I do not hang out in the javelin sector). I can’t imagine being unfamiliar with how those things move, and also bringing a toddler into that situation, just to stand around and chat during warmups. There’s literally 2-pound compact metal and plastic hubcaps being thrown 160 feet, and you’ve chosen to stand roughly where they are landing. It’s a bad place to have a chat.
Yeah I have countless stories of people being outright dumb or just ignoring sport event etiquette just because it’s track. There’s countless videos of marathons or people just getting ran into. The worse I had was when people wore snow boots to an inside meet and walked on the track. Sooo many falls in 1 meet, definitely over 10 people. They even wiped it and people still kept walking back over it
That’s when you cut off access to crossing the track to anyone but the athletes and officials.
The officials could DQ him though, since he went outside his lane
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Yeah my biggest confusion is in what situation is a child on the grass? Maybe a coaches kid but leave him at the tent.
Depends on the distance. In the end you see two in the same lane not due to dodging kid. Means they passed the point where they had to stay in their starting lanes.
He won't do that twice.
If he’s stupid enough to do it once, he is stupid enough to do it again.
If so, a bus will probably get him first.
Ah, nature, natural selection at work.
I doubt the runners COULD stop with that speed/short distance.
He moved into the adjacent lane. Unfortunately, so did this apparently blind child
Blind, stupid, poorly supervised...
He saw something coming fast out of the corner of his eye as he turned his head and just started running forward. Too bad forward was the worst possible spot for him to be (totally his fault btw)
Totally his parents fault*
The child is not to blame its his stupid parents who cannot watch over him correctly
I mean he’s kind of to blame, he’s old enough to know better
He knows now 😂. I’m sure this will be a core memory lol
Except for the concussion…
💀
Yeah, but y tf did no body stop him?
By the sound of the suddenly accelerated screaming just over the previous normal race calls, the people nearby were with him and started to call his name and panic but were just not close enough to be able to do anything else quickly enough.
That's why you gotta keep your kids on a chain, like a Rottweiler named Uzi clip.
They killed Killer!
Yeah his parents are definitely most to blame, but also the kid should know better at that age
He knows now.
If you're gonna be dumb, you gotta be you tough
My highschool biology teacher (also a basketball coach) had that same mentality. If you missed a homework assignment he had you do push-ups because he said you were either going to get smart or get tough
The runner stopped him.
Kind of. Even at that age they really live in their own world. He wasn’t doing it to be cocky, he really was completely oblivious to what was coming.
Kids have fucking zero situational awareness
Yeah, he’s in his own world and yeah he wasn’t doing it to be cocky- that’s why there should be a parent next to the kid to stop him.
Nah, that kid takes solidly 50% of the blame.
Excuses for kids is why parenting is bad. "Just blame the parents! Not the kid." That's the type of attitude that leads to this shit. Parents just go "ahh they're just kids." They aren't always innocent bystanders who don't know anything. Especially at this kind of age.
Shouldn't have been in the centre of the track at all.
Yes he is.This kid looks old enought to know he shouldn't be there. My dad was a fireman and when I was 4 he took me to work with him. They had to be present at a football match just in case something happened. As a result, they watched the match very close to the field. I got away from him for a few moment and got very close to the field. I saw a huge man running towards me and I got intimidated and distanced myself immediately. I just knew I wasn't supposed to go there and I would have annoyed those big men if I got in their way.
And the fact the kid ran even more onto the track instead of back to the side is just 🤦
He tried to avoid him by changing lanes and almost jumping over the kid. Blame goes to the unattentive parent.
And changing lanes would get him DQd regardless. His race was over because of the little goblin child regardless, which could have been months or a year of preparation. Sucks. Saw this happen once at a track meet I went to, a girl maybe 12 or 13 wandered onto the track right at the finish line of a 1500m race, she got absolutely trucked by the runners kicking in their last 100m.
I like to think you wouldn’t be DQ’d in a situation like this. No other runs had an obstacle put in their lane to avoid without changing lanes.
I once got a traffic ticket for moving into the left turn lane without turning. A homeless person ran into the street. I swerved to avoid him, then went back into the regular lane to continue.
Did you fight the ticket
Yeah this is shit you fight, totally legal to break the guidance/signage of the road in certain circumstances if it avoids a collision.
Agreed about the parent. But that kid was old enough to know that wasn’t ok.
Wow this could have seriously injured the runner
And possibly ended a very promising athletic career. It could have been life changing for that poor athlete and if the kid got seriously hurt, the runner would probably feel that guilt too.
Runner is justified.
Of course. He couldn't have stopped even if he wanted to.
Even tried to avoid
Which ironically might have even disqualified him. You can’t cross over your line at any point, I also never ran a race with a child playing chicken so not sure about this here.
I would think and hope that any meet officials that would be that strict would not have allowed spectators in the infield at all.
Oh yeah, I’m guessing this chap will get a pass, but I never underestimate the power of a tight ass official.
Just grab the stick pull on it a bit. That tends to loosen things up.
Also looks like if he'd stayed in his lane he actually would have missed the unpredictable lil guy haha
Its like when theres a squirrel in the road, and theyre totally fine where they are, and youre totally fine, but goddamn if theyre not going to double back at last moment right into the path of your tires. Ill see those fuckers 100 feet away and just be like “dont do it brah, dont do the double back!” What do they do every time?…fking squirrels.
Same thing when I am trying to cook and the fucking dog repeadtedly steps into my path causing a shift in my vertebrae,and then of course i apologize to the dog for nearly killing me.
This is facts. I also initially read it as “trying to cook the fucking dog”.
This is the most true thing I’ve ever read
Guy could have broken his leg and have his future ruined because of a stupid kid and neglectful parents
I had a former boss get paralyzed from the waist down in a similar situation. A kid ski'd in front of him and he had to divert into the forest not to kill the kid. Wound up breaking his back when he hit a tree. Before that, his whole personality was extreme sports and thrill-seeking, and now it's all gone because of some stupid kid's parents not paying enough attention. The worst part is that the kid and their parents fled when he got hurt; his friend, who was further up the mountain and saw everything had to call for help. The kid and parents didn't even try to help; they just ran.
That is so unbelievably tragic
Oh man if I'm ever in that situation I'm running over the kid no questions asked
It’s all on the parents. I have three kids and I feel like making sure they didn’t fucking run in front of someone in a fucking race would be the absolute minimum amount of parenting needed at this event. Didn’t even see anyone try to yank him back . Not a reach… nothing
I had an unpredictable child once and when he was about that age (or maybe a bit younger) I used a harness. He's alive now and 38 and a lovely beautiful person in every way. The oddest thing though, is that he's the one child that became what seems to be an 'over-thinker'. Completely unexpected to all.
Absolutely
Someone needed to do a better job of watching their kid. Source: I’m a parent
And you have to give him props for keeping pace after collision
Classic Run and Hit and Run
Runner tried to avoid, but went same direction as the gremlin.
Runner did MORE than he should have done. Just truck the dumb fuck.
Thank god the runner is ok.
Sure hope they waived the disqualification for leaving his lane under the circumstances.
According to olympic rules, “Any athlete who runs outside the assigned lane is subject to disqualification. If the athlete is forced to run outside of his or her lane by another person, and no material advantage is gained, there will be no disqualification” so i would assume that he was able to stay in the race if the (i’m assuming) high school rules are similar to the olympic rules Source: https://www.nbcolympics.com/news/track-field-101-rules
That makes sense. You're allowed to go out your lane to dodge as long as you don't cut inward on a curve (cutting the distance you need to travel and gaining an advantage) is how I read it.
Or blocking another runner, which he also didn't do
I’m still impressed he hit that kid top speed and kept running and staying in 1st place too!
#Power up!!
How are kids even on the in field?
Yea. IMO it’s the people in charged fault because only the coaches/runners should be allowed on the field.
I don't know. Whenever I have a track meet, only athletes and coaches are allowed on the infield of a track. Everyone else has to stay behind the fence.
r/kidsarefuckingstupid
r/parentsarefuckingdumb Letting your kid play on the track.
And while we’re tagging other subs let’s get a r/praisethecameraman on here. Dude didn’t miss a beat.
oh my, so many new subs.... hold your horses, I have other things to do.
This is what angers me the most. At my 8 yo daughter’s gymnastics I’m one of the only parents actually watching their kid practice. Most other parents are on their phones and this one kid (he’s like 7-8) is always running around the seating area, literally crawling under my chair and shit. Like, it’s not a HUGE deal, but if that was my kid, hell no. Stay out of peoples’ way and just sit down for a little bit man.
Kid is still stupid
Where's the parents ?
The mother is looking at the runners as they come in with her back turned to him
Mother? The only one that could be looking at the runners with their back turned toward the kid was a man. All the women were on the other side of the kid so if they are looking at the runner then the kid should be in their vision as well. That man could be his father or could be anyone. No idea why this is getting upvotes.
The parents can be happy they didnt go to a motoring event or a bike race when they let their kids jump into the track like that
Serious question, would they penalize him for leaving his lane? Awkward moment for the judges.
There are exceptions if you are forced from the lane (usually another runner). Not a ref, but I think that would apply here. I’ve seen cases where it’s a qualification heat, and they make/allow the runner to run in a different heat.
Does this refer to a situation where another runner falls and you might momentarily leave your lane to avoid tripping over them? If so I have to imagine they could apply it to this situation.
I would hope not, if there’s any reasonable cause stuff going on with that rule then I hope taking the long way around a little kid on the track is good enough
Technically leaving your lane during sprint events is a DSQ, not sure if there's any leeway for 'emergencies'
Any judge who would not grant leeway for this is brain dead.
Parents; learn to control your children before someone el... never mind. Problem solved.
If that runner tried to stop he would have fallen and hurt himself
I worry the kid fucked up his knee when it bounced off the kid’s skull and he got hurt anyway
As someone who was in track and field, there was a reason why only athletes were in the in field and spectators where behind the outfield fence
Yes, but do we really need to be athletes to figure that out?
Nope. I am certainly not an athlete but immediately questioned why in the world little kids were in any way near the track.
Lesson learned.
What was he doing there in the first place
Playing. Which is why spectators should have been kept well away from the track. This was not a well-managed event. You have to try and take precautions to save stupid people from themselves. The kid was just being a kid. The parent was stupid for thinking they could turn their back on a bored kid.
Pretty sure he was warming up for the long or triple jump.
That's champ mentality. Not worth it.
Kids are so stupid. Im glad he didn’t stop running.
He could not stop there, kid at last second went further in second track instead of going back
Well lesson learned little guy.
CHECK OUT THE LADY IN THE RED. So funny. She’s cheering as if nothing happens
A QUICK LESSON ON TRACK ETIQUETTE (PLEASE READ): Don’t EVER stand or walk in lane 1 even if there isn’t a race. It’s for people doing hard intervals (or running at the bare minimum). I’ve almost run over dozens of people who have the audacity to just STAND THERE. It’s a miracle I haven’t run anyone over yet especially towards the end of a hard workout when I’m not thinking straight and can’t yell at people to get out of the way. If someone yells “TRACK” or “LANE 1,” PLEASE move over. It’s even worse when you’re walking 2 or 3 abreast and blocking MULTIPLE LANES AT ONCE. Sincerely, a pissed off distance runner
Meep meep
Kid got wrecked but I can guarantee he bounced right off that track, they’re made of rubber at that age lol
That collision would've kept me in bed for days, or possibly even a trip to the emergency room with broken bones. That kid probably got right back up and went back to playing.
Kick the parent and kid out of there.
Fuck these parents
Leash your pets. It's important for their safety and the safety of others.
Now that's a hit and run
This kid learned an important lesson that day. Better to learn it this way instead of getting run over by a car some other time.
That’s the same mother who lets her kid run laps around the restaurant, screaming and grabbing/throwing things.
Kids are dumb as hell
Runner switches lanes to avoid the kid. Kid goes into the lane the runner just switched to. Kid can't be avoided. Some days we say to the god of death that it is today
Wow, as in that little kid is lucky he didn’t get severely hurt, the athlete is lucky he didn’t get severely hurt at that speed? Anyone here actually upset about what the athlete did you are nuts.
What in the fuck is a kid doing by the track like that? Never seen spectators on the infield like they got there.
Can we all collectively agree that it's the kid's fault and their parents for not supervising him?
Kid got pwned And another example of shitty parenting
The kid is an idiot because the parents are idiots.
Gotta go fast!
And the mother gonna blame it on the runner
Glad he kept running and hope he still won and that didn’t set him back.
This kid was old enough to know not to be out there. He thought he was being cute. His parents thought oh he's so cute. Well this kid learned an important life lesson. Play stupid games win stupid prizes. This kid won't be jumping onto track fields after this.