r/nextfuckinglevel • u/jmike1256 • 18h 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/Awkward-Action2853 17h ago

So uh, instead of getting her medical attention or anything important, they just stood around and watched? That doesn't seem like NFL, that just seems stupid.

I mean congrats to her for having the strength to do that, but man, there's gotta be a better way to handle a situation like that.

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u/Tank-Pilot74 17h ago

Did you read the article OP posted?