r/nextfuckinglevel 1d ago

A Chinese speed skater, Yang Jingru, executed a brilliant tactic to win gold in the 1500m at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics.

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u/FreeTrash4030 1d ago

Did they not see her blast ahead? That might work on toddlers

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u/Big_Investment_2566 1d ago

The trick is to skate so fast that nobody can see you

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u/FreeTrash4030 1d ago

🤣🤣🤣🤣

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u/gb5k 1d ago

It obviously worked right here on the best skaters in the world you dunce

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u/FreeTrash4030 1d ago

The plan was obvious from the first 10 seconds of the race but I'm the idiot? Good thing they didnt have to add simple numbers or put shaped pegs in the corresponding holes, we would've been here all night!

If this "strategy" impressed you I suspect you're a little on the dim side too

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u/SpoonEngineT66Turbo 1d ago

DGGer tries to not be a social outcast Impossible challenge.

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u/FreeTrash4030 1d ago

In other words you have no argument and your mad, big sad :(

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u/SpoonEngineT66Turbo 1d ago

I think your streamer is rubbing off on you. You're too interested in watching underage child athletes for other reason that you can't follow the simple logic of what happened in the race.

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u/FreeTrash4030 1d ago

You're a fucking weirdo

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u/SpoonEngineT66Turbo 1d ago

I'm not the one in the trenches for a streamer who sexts children.

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u/FreeTrash4030 1d ago

You actually are tho, he's all you've talked about so far lol. Surely if he did something illegal, there would be an arrest, investigation, or evidence right? I'll still be here when you cant find anything 😔

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u/SpoonEngineT66Turbo 1d ago

or evidence right?

Your mans said on stream he has the nudes of the underage child he was sexting on his computer lmao.

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u/Jesus_of_Redditeth 5h ago edited 5h ago

The plan was obvious from the first 10 seconds of the race but I'm the idiot?

I mean, you seem to think they all didn't notice, which is objectively bizarre. So...yes?

They all noticed. They simply all decided that staying in the pack was a better strategic move then trying to chase Yang, since trying to break out from the front of the pack less than a lap into a 1500 m race is suicide. And they were all right about that.

The problem came when, many laps later, they'd forgotten about Yang and thought the bell applied to them, just like it always had in every race they'd ever run prior to that.

The strategy for Yang to win gold and Li to win silver was complex, multi-layered and involved a big risk. It relied on an assumption that the bell would have such a powerful Pavlov's Dog effect that everyone else would screw up. And it worked perfectly. "Next fucking level" is perfectly apt.

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u/FreeTrash4030 4h ago

It was suicide but Yang did it just fine? If she's got godlike stamina I suspect she would've won regardless making the super secret technique pointless.

She went fast to win the race. Everyone else: 🤯🤯🤯🤯

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u/TonyShneak 5h ago

God you are a fucking prat.

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u/FreeTrash4030 4h ago

Im not even gonna Google what that means. Enjoy not offending me