It could be called, “ I know that body, I’ve seen that body.”

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@floathammerholdon | @partners_in_tri

and you're no... body? ;-) L Benson, out

https://journals.lww.com/...stures_during.1.aspx

In similar vein, I think there's good science to support that 'bent over, hands on knees' is a better recovery position than throwing yourself on the floor at the finish.
Except that the longer you can stay 'in the way' the longer the cameras stay on the PRO triathlete who's given 101% and whose fatique can be captured on camera, unlike all the others who finish and continue to comport themselves as athletes.
Good practice: Collin Chartier at Dallas comes to mind, compared to Ditlev and Long's dives. While I'm on it, Chartier and Ditlev also showing respect by zipping up.
Maybe throwing yourself on the ground is a 'man thing': it seems to me far less women willingly go supine.
Ryf, Matthews and Haug at St George: zipped up, shades off, stay upright/bent/supported.

In rowing, the falling on the ground after an erg test is one of my pet peeves. You see kids who clearly are nowhere near exhaustion throw themselves on the ground after a test because they've seen fast people who've actually pushed the intensity lose it. Very few of them actually do. I've seen one guy do it legitimately - he had lost all colour in his face and his lips had gone blue during a test.

Two examples in our BH last year.

One guy set an open WR - basically 500w on a rowing machine for just under 15 mins. Was absolutely in a bucket doing it, but took feet out of straps, then chest on legs for a bit. Lactate hit a few minutes later, so IIRC he was out the front puking in the river then.

Another, much lower ranked guy over the same distance. Pace everywhere, glory sprint for the last 10 strokes. Acting up and fairly threw himself off the machine onto the ground. Mid fall realised that his trajectory was going to land on the machine next to him. Adjusted his fall so he hit the ground neatly and safely. You aren't exhausted, mate. What you are is cut. Very quickly after that.