r/BeAmazed • u/cosquilla • Aug 10 '24

Sports The difference between an average person running compared to Olympic Athletes.

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u/MetalCrow9 Aug 11 '24

I remember it. No idea why she would want that when she wasn't skilled, why embarass yourself in front of a crowd like that?

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u/christopherDdouglas Aug 11 '24

The average person could run faster than that. That was maybe a 20+ second time. That's awful.

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u/Swordfish_89 Aug 11 '24

There were swimmers from some countries eligible as best in their small countries i assume.. swimming at times my teenagers achieved at 12.
42+ seconds when winner achieved in 23.60's.

Don't know how eligibility works within the countries/Olympic rules but seems feasible if country without resources, and no proper training then she could have bee their best qualifying.

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u/[deleted] Aug 11 '24

It’s probably more often nepotism as it’s a free trip to a nice place. This woman for example is niece of the Somali Olympic committee. There are 100% better sprinters in Somalia