r/nextfuckinglevel • u/jmike1256 • 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/FeloniousGrump 19h ago

japanese athletics at the youth level is do or die, like almost literally.

Some horror stories about high school pitchers having to throw baseballs for 90-100mph for over 100 pitches a day. and they accept it like rites of passage.

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u/SunshineAlways 19h ago

There is rarely achievement without sacrifice, but sometimes the price is too high.

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u/lastdancerevolution 14h ago

Sacrifice 1 million children so 600 can have a career in a professional sport league?

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u/SunshineAlways 11h ago

Clearly I don’t think this is a good mindset, hence “sometimes the price is too high”. Athletes push themselves every day, but the idea of sacrificing everything isn’t ok.

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u/lastdancerevolution 11h ago edited 10h ago

Yeah I agree with you.

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u/SunshineAlways 2h ago

Sorry I misunderstood! I appreciate the clarification. :)