The Brazilian Igor Amorelli stopped seconds before overcoming Jérémy Jurkiewicz, who was still celebrating with the crowd before crossing the finish line.
The Brazilian said he had not realized that Jeremy had not yet crossed the line: only noticed at the last second. Very funny video
I think there is lesson to be learned here…
Sure. It is an interesting video. An example of fair play. And a little funny: the scared Jeremy, who did not notice the arrival of Igor.
Based on the footage, it looks like the guy who finished 2nd held up and gave the guy the win. Not sure how I feel about that one.
Exactly. Igor stopped. Otherwise, he would have won the race.
The attitude of Igor Amorelli was sensational
Did the guy that won stick his arm out and sort of impede the other athlete’s progress through the chute so he could cross first?
I don’t know…just stirring the pot.
A little bit…he tryed to block.
Actually I thought the same thing. He could have been DQd for unsportsmanlike conduct.
He tried to block: yes. But I believe that if Igor does not stop, Jeremy could not stop him (and if he could, would DQF).
Igor told the press that he stopped not to surpass because he did not think proper to win that way.
I thought so too.
If you’re going to showboat you gotta watch your back!
He tried to block: yes. But I believe that if Igor does not stop, Jeremy could not stop him (and if he could, would DQF).
Igor told the press that he stopped not to surpass because he did not think proper to win that way.
Very classy of Igor…if it was me, I’d say, “sheeesh, you have not beaten me till you’ve actually beaten me and if you’re stupid enough to showboat when you don’t know where I am, then I’m taking you out”. Well, I am in no position to win races, but our track coach in high school always told us to save the celebration for after the finish line and he actually said, “if any of those hot shot guys from the other schools celebrate early, you guys show them that they gotta get it done first”.
Incredibly classy move by Igor. It looked to me like he slowed up when he realized that Jeremy had not crossed the finish line yet and it also looked like Jeremy impeded him because he realized he was about to lose because he was showboating. Interesting dichotomy…you have one guy doing the right thing (Igor slowing up) and another guy doing the wrong thing (Jeremy blocking Igor when he realized he was about to lose for acting like an idiot).
…you have one guy doing the right thing (Igor slowing up) … .
I get classy. But saying he did the right thing implies going ahead and beating the cluster that didn’t bother crossing the line before his little meet and greet would be wrong. I don’t agree.
Nice!! Lol:)
Igor Amorelli has a curious history in this competition. In 2009 (the race was on Penha), he led the race with good edge. The staff told him to turn left (a wrong information). He turned. Oscar Galindez coming back, continued in the correct path and won.
Igor heard the commemorations and suspected that something was wrong. Spectators began shouting for him to return. He came back and still came in second.
The athlete must know the track, but…an oficial staff told him to turn…
…you have one guy doing the right thing (Igor slowing up) … .
I get classy. But saying he did the right thing implies going ahead and beating the cluster that didn’t bother crossing the line before his little meet and greet would be wrong. I don’t agree.
I agree with you disagreeing. It’s a race, that lasts until the finish line. It’s a pity Igor didn’t win, which would have made the discussion more interesting.
Stuff like this happens sometimes in cycling (and sometimes in motorracing when someone misjudges the finish line). I think Dave Scott once said that all this celebrating and high fiving is disrespectful to the course, which should be covered in the least amount of time.
reminds me a video of Lance…
As for me, the race stops when you cross the line, not before
I laughed.
Having been in a position to overtake an athlete within 10yd due to that athlete’s own mistake, I held up and let him proceed. I know it is the participant’s responsibility to know the course, but I didn’t feel right.
This is different though. If I were the 2nd place guy, I think I could sleep quite well having overtaken somebody who slowed to a walk to high-five and celebrate. You only get the luxury of doing that if you have a large enough win margin that you can still cross the finish line without forcing someone else to wait on you.
I’m not sure I’m buying the “not seeing he had not yet crossed line” part. I mean, why would one sprint furiously if not to overtake the guy before he crossed the line? My take is that he saw Jeremy walk, didn’t think twice and went for it thinking he had a chance to make first place. Then when he saw Jeremy react and throw his hand across his path, realized it may not be very classy and held back to let him finish first.
Anyway it’s good that things ended up the way they were meant to be. But it’s a race until the finish line, and had Igor decided to take the win, I would not have found it shocking.
Not putting blame on him, but had the announcer not ran with him (imagine if he was in a gorilla suit!) I doubt any of this would have happened. To the extent there was a “disrespect of the course,” the announcer was also guilty.