How is this a victory?


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High School Student Carries Collapsed Marathoner To Victory

Sports 7 Hours Ago
The Associated Press


DALLAS (AP) — In just 24 hours, her face and name have become world famous for what's seen as a supreme act of sportsmanship.

Dallas-area high school student Ariana Luterman was finishing the anchor leg of a girls' relay in Sunday's Dallas Marathon when she saw the legs of the women's marathon leader, Dr. Chandler Self, start to buckle from exhaustion yards from the finish line.

Acting apparently instinctively, Luterman helped Self to her feet and half-carried her to the finish line, giving the New York City psychiatrist the women's championship. Self's family later told her she'd been credited with the win.

Self said Luterman came alongside her two miles from the finish and encouraged her to finish the race. Video of the finish has gone viral.

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That's a DQ in my book.

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Originally posted by roberth:
That's a DQ in my book.

Yep.
This the BMW Dallas Marathon (formerly Dallas White Rock Marathon). I'm surprised the runner-up didn't protest this bullshit.

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bullshit

Exactly!

RMD

I agree, they just lowered the bar of winning. She mis-calculated her ability to stay ahead of the others and her body gave out because of her pace.

That’s like not taking in fuel to save time and remain the leader only to run out of fuel and have another car push you from behind to win the race. I hope I never see that happen in NASCAR.

Not a very competitive race if someone can get helped 2 miles to the finish and "win".

Be about like a NASCAR race and the leader runs out of gas and someone pushing him across the line

That's a dq for both. Admirable sportsmanship sure, but a disqualification none the less.

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Originally posted by RHINOWSO:
Not a very competitive race if someone can get helped 2 miles to the finish and "win".

Not to worry. They will all be getting participation awards.

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Originally posted by charlie12:
Be about like a NASCAR race and the leader runs out of gas and someone pushing him across the line

Shake and Bake!

That's a DQ in my book also.

Try that during a military PT test or a military school, and watch how quickly both soldiers would be DQ'd and marked as a failure.

I just don't see how you can be declared the winner. Like others have said, your body gave out and could not make it to the end on your own especially two miles out.

And of course in today's society, like everything else it went viral.

If they are going to lets stunts like that be acceptable why even have a finish line and 1st, 2nd, 3rd etc.. placements.


The problem is how can any self respecting person accept the award knowing they didn't finish on their own.

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Originally posted by RHINOWSO:
Not a very competitive race if someone can get helped 2 miles to the finish and "win".

Very misleading wording. The "winner" and the helper first crossed paths at the 2 mile mark where the helper said some encouraging words. She didn't collapse until near the finish line. The helper only carried her for about 15 yds. Still, as you say very strange.

If the story was all about Ms. Luterman and her act of sacrificing some of her teams' own time to help another, that'd be great. But the fact that its about Self who needed help to "win" kind of spoils it for me.

This one puzzled me as well, as to why the "winner" wasn't DQ'ed. Then I read that there was no prize purse, so the feel good story matters more than fair play. I don't think the Dallas Marathon is used as a qualifying race for professional and elite runners either, which may be all the more reason not to take it too seriously.

You want to see are real gutsy marathon finish? I remember seeing this in 1997, and it stuck w/ me how determined these two Iron [Wo]Man triathletes were over competing for fourth place.

If that is legal, can I have someone carry me the whole race and I just run the last 15 yards and claim victory? If not, why? What is the cutoff point for receiving assistance? Bad precedent.

Shake and Bake? DQ? All of a sudden, I'm hungry.

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Originally posted by Ozarkwoods:
I agree, they just lowered the bar of winning. She mis-calculated her ability to stay ahead of the others and her body gave out because of her pace.

That’s like not taking in fuel to save time and remain the leader only to run out of fuel and have another car push you from behind to win the race. I hope I never see that happen in NASCAR.

Not exactly the same, but . . . .

2011 U.S. Cellular 250 (Iowa, XFINITY Series)

Up in front, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. looked like he was going to take the checkered flag during the 2011 XFINITY U.S. Cellular 250 at Iowa Speedway. But unexpected trouble found the No. 6 car, as Stenhouse blew a motor just before crossing the line. Second-place Carl Edwards ran into the back of the No. 6, pushing Stenhouse across the start/finish line first. The shove handed Stenhouse the unexpected win, leaving Edwards with a runner-up finish.

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Originally posted by Ozarkwoods:
I agree, they just lowered the bar of winning. She mis-calculated her ability to stay ahead of the others and her body gave out because of her pace.

That’s like not taking in fuel to save time and remain the leader only to run out of fuel and have another car push you from behind to win the race. I hope I never see that happen in NASCAR.

Don't think to loudly on this. I'm waiting for bre-on francy pants to come up with something like relay racing for NASCAR or some other stoopid shit!

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Originally posted by mikeyspizza:

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Originally posted by Ozarkwoods:
I agree, they just lowered the bar of winning. She mis-calculated her ability to stay ahead of the others and her body gave out because of her pace.

That’s like not taking in fuel to save time and remain the leader only to run out of fuel and have another car push you from behind to win the race. I hope I never see that happen in NASCAR.

Not exactly the same, but . . . .

2011 U.S. Cellular 250 (Iowa, XFINITY Series)

Up in front, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. looked like he was going to take the checkered flag during the 2011 XFINITY U.S. Cellular 250 at Iowa Speedway. But unexpected trouble found the No. 6 car, as Stenhouse blew a motor just before crossing the line. Second-place Carl Edwards ran into the back of the No. 6, pushing Stenhouse across the start/finish line first. The shove handed Stenhouse the unexpected win, leaving Edwards with a runner-up finish.

No not the same second place ran into the rear, not on purpose to push him across but as a result of the first place car speed slowing.

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Originally posted by charlie12:
Be about like a NASCAR race and the leader runs out of gas and someone pushing him across the line

Well...


I remember watching this live.

That's a totally bogus "win".

On a side note: When did it become popular for the general public to voluntarily attempt duplicating an event in which the original participant DIED? Until sometime in the 80s, I honestly don't remember anyone outside of gym class or military basic training running unless something was chasing them.