#athletic achievement

[skannar]

Geoffrey Mutai Fastest time in the Boston Marathon and Beyond

Name: Geoffrey Mutai Achievement: Fastest time in the Boston Marathon Boston Marathon winning year: 2011 Boston Marathon time: 2:03:02 Geoffrey Mutai, a name that resonates with unparalleled prowess and a testament to human determination, has etched his mark on the annals of long-distance running history. Born on October 7, 1981, in the rural highlands of Bomet County, Kenya, Mutai emerged…

[mulchwave]

trans mascs see anime men that look like this and go insane

[gxtzeizm]

Lando Norris and Max Fewtrell congratulating Keegan Palmer for winning his Olympics gold medal in Skateboarding Park for the 2nd time in a row ✨️✨️

[five-star-stay]

Changbin beat Seungmin, Hyunjin and I.N in water tug of war, then Bang Chan beat Changbin, Lee know and Felix and then got beat by Han Freaking Jisung!?

Before this skz code episode if you'd had told me Han would somehow come on top of a tug of war between members I'd have laughed in your face because in Hyunjin's words: Han has no legs.

But once again Han has proved he is the Shonen main protagonist of skz, he's got the power of God and anime on his side and manages to win against all odds.

[topsee-turvee]

Just ran my first 5K ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE

[ozianfizz]

Flabbergasted by the number of dudes saying it's not fair that the Olympic women's volleyball teams are able to choose not to wear skimpier outfits but have zero issues with a convicted child rapist being on the Dutch Olympic team. Not surprised mind you, just flabbergasted and disgusted.

[sircolinmorgan]

i fucking love the olympics

[jethroq]

speaking of athletic world records, javelin is just insane. the world record for javelin doesn’t improve, not because we have reached the limit of pointy stick throw far, but because for some stupid sense of tradition javelin is still thrown on the middle of the track, and the hard limit for the record is the end of the lawn and when atheletes start approaching that line the IOC has to tweak the design of the javelin to make it fly worse, so people don’t hit the high jumpers on the other side.

and you may also wonder, in this sport where you throw an aluminum spear as hard as the human body physically can, are there ever accidents? and there sure are. people let go a split second too early or late and it goes off in the wrong angle, and pierces the liver of someone waiting to do their long jump, or a referee observing another event on the sideline.

[digigen-technology001]

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[chuuyrr]

i saw my ex-crush again and gosh i hate him. he was one of the assigned person in the booths and i can't help but feel in love with him again when he handed me candies for my prize..

[dinosaurwithablog]

A shout out to the Italian Women's Gymnastics Team!!! They took the silver in the all around team event!! This is the first time since 1928 that this team has won a medal in this event. They were a joy to watch and I'm very happy for them all. Great job, ladies!! Congratulations 🎊

[vamptastic]

i think my constant seething rage is honestly very reasonable. i literally live in florida.

[technicolorxsn]

I need to rewatch mp100 and watch s3 tbh

[tutuandscoot]

You know what.. I’m so happy TS didn’t win in 2014.. I’m so happy they never have to have their names associated as “champions” of those “Olympics”- an Olympics that for all intense and purposes was one of the most glaring examples of sports-washing in history. Nothing from that event can be taken legitimately- from the doping to the host country propaganda/authoritarian vitriol as well as corruption and especially in the figure skating the transparent pre-determined/manufactured results, it is a blessing that TS’s names are not associated with those games alongside others who have to live with their gold medals tarnished. Whether their silver played even a small part in their motivation to come back, that they are not listed as ‘champions’ of a complete smear of what should be one of the most celebratory events in the world is one gold medal I’m glad they don’t have on their resume- they got to share the incredible experience they created entirely themselves without the stain of an illegitimate badge of ‘honour’.

[whitegownsandflowercrowns]

my previous post has got me thinking so here’s my next take: now that we’re finally having the child star conversation can we PLEASE have that conversation about high-performing teen athletes.

I’m well aware that the world’s (and especially America’s) obsession with sports means that this probably won’t happen for another 10-15 years, but it needs to happen. I’m not saying that every kid who does Olympic-level or national level or even varsity sports has a terrible time (and like I said in my previous post, I don’t think that saying “no one under 18 can do this” will fix anything) but there are significant problems.

kids being overworked, school being neglected (sometimes even deliberately by coaches), coaches preying on kids, drug use, body and brain development being stunted, extreme amounts of pressure…can we please start this conversation the same way we have for others? can we please start to fix things?

[rodriguezs]

Salma Paralluelo could be anything she wanted to be