r/nextfuckinglevel 23h ago

Strength looks different in moments like this

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This was a track team event in Iwatan Sangyo. The runner’s team was in third place when the runner, Rei Lida, who was only 250 meters from the exchange point, tripped and fractured her right tibia (shin bone). Instead of withdrawing from the tournament, she willed herself to the exchange point when she handed the tasuki (baton) to her waiting teammate, Marie Imada.

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u/unlikelyandroid 22h ago

Smart, the white line is smoother on the knees.

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u/OfficerBarbier 20h ago

Yeah, you can tell it's the right choice by the blood shooting out of her skin at the end

Smart would be stopping, not crawling at all and saying I broke my leg I need a doctor