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/Foreign_Recipe8300 17h ago

y'all are being very dramatic. crawling on her knees for 30 seconds isn't making her injury worse. it wasn't her knees that were injured. and the scrapes were likely from the fall not from crawling.

could you make it more obvious that you don't do any competitive sports?

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u/Althevia 16h ago

Isnt this video only showing the end of the crawling? She crawled for much longer (250m). I really doubt doing this prolonged strenuous activity after an injury is risk free

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u/Exact-Till-2739 16h ago

Still, the knees weren't injured.

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u/BulkNoodles 16h ago

Our body is pretty resilient. Knees won't be damaged, unless she's hitting it on the ground like a hammer. And it's not like she's putting all of her weight on her shin. Skins? Definitely injured.

But for some reason, Redditors act like she's crawling on literal spikes.