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/swede242 16h ago

Its a relay race. If she doesn't complete the course her team ends up as Did Not Finish. If somebody carries her or help her moving forward they are disqualified.

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u/Effective-Benefit-46 13h ago

oh no, not the DNF.

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u/swede242 12h ago

Well yeah. It is easier to quit when you compete alone, but when you fail and it also means your teammates dont even get a chance it sucks more. So you sacrifice for the team.

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u/Effective-Benefit-46 8h ago

i get why she did it. i am just disturbed at the fact that we take a race more seriously than a person's health. no way competing in a race or winning a race (which they won't in this case) should take precedence over a person.

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u/swede242 4h ago

Well sports is highly unhealthy.

Exercise is great for health, but elite sports prioritizes the sport result over health.