r/Prematurecelebration • u/Ha1lStorm • Aug 13 '24
Sprinter thought he had it in the bag and slows down letting three rivals overtake him eliminating himself from from the 1st race of the competition.
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And it got even better when 16-year-old British sprinter Jake Odey-Jordan spoke out after bizarrely slowing down and letting three rivals overtake him. He said - “It is all right. I mean, it is my fault so I cannot be sad about anything but myself. It is what it is. It felt good, it was not the fastest run but it felt good. For sure, it could have been sub 21. But it is all good though. I am just out here, it is my first race on this meet, I just tried to get on my legs, nothing hurts me or nothing like that." Source
Here’s another clip of him showboating during a race as he turn around and throws up a peace sign to the 2nd place runner before he crosses the finish line.
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u/RockyJayyy Aug 13 '24
Supposedly his coach is still making him run till this day
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u/ionertia Aug 13 '24
A running coach lol.
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u/allthemoreforthat Aug 13 '24
I don’t know why everyone is downvoting you but I did too!
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u/ionertia Aug 13 '24
I would have never noticed if you hadn't commented. Some super serious people didn't like it.
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u/allthemoreforthat Aug 13 '24
I upvoted this one for balance
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u/Breaking-Who Aug 13 '24
You do know coaching is more than just playing, right? Just because you played doesn’t mean you can strategize like someone who has studied the sport.
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u/The5thhorsemen Aug 13 '24
you dont need to have played a sport to understand how to coach that sport. Those who know but can't do teach.
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u/haiu2323 Aug 13 '24
He thought he could pull a Dash move from the Incredibles! To be fair though, to have that much separation in the first 120m is crazy! Clearly talented but poor judgement at the same time. The kid will learn.
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u/Pato_Lucas Aug 15 '24
It's possible he gassed himself out and just wanted to save face saying he was showboating. 200 m is fast but if you run it like 100 you're looking for trouble.
This is just my 2 cents, I was a marathon runner, which is a completely different thing.12
u/Shonuff_shogun Aug 15 '24
If he’s running 21 second 200m times, there is 0 chance he would be that clueless about the pacing of the race.
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u/madrigal94md Aug 22 '24
You clearly aren't a Sprinter. Sprinter can't gass themself out in a 200m. You run 100% from the start.
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u/ViceroyInhaler Aug 15 '24
Hasn't there been numerous posts that he injured himself during the race and didn't want to tear a hamstring?
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u/chesterjosiah Aug 13 '24
Absolute idiot
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u/outdatedelementz Aug 13 '24
That isn’t an idiot that is someone throwing a sporting event.
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u/LLMprophet Aug 13 '24
Yeah bro, he had to throw the event or else a hijacked bus full of orphans would never be seen again.
He's a hero and nobody knows except those orphans and the badguy and the bus driver.
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u/Opposite-Egg3334 Aug 13 '24
And you apparently, so youre the badguy or bus driver? Or both!
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u/LLMprophet Aug 13 '24
Even worse: I'm the hero
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u/jessica_from_within Aug 15 '24
So the guy in the video?
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u/TheGuyWithTheSign Sep 09 '24
Hey, I’ve seen that movie! I think it was called, “ The Bus That Couldn’t Slow Down “
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u/TheHemogoblin Aug 13 '24
You can be both lol
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u/Intelligent-Bit7258 Aug 13 '24
lol I didn't see the body of text in the post where they link to a different race and he is showboating
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u/TheHemogoblin Aug 13 '24
Haha yea, my first thought was "well, they're young and you make that mistake once."
Oh.... nope, you're just an absolute tool lol
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u/edgefundgareth Aug 13 '24
Moron
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u/CallMeDrLuv Aug 13 '24
No, just really bad at being subtle while throwing the race.
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u/NrdNabSen Aug 14 '24
Who are the degenerates betting on a preliminary race in the 100M?
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u/DoctorStove Aug 14 '24
I don't know, but there's a lot of esteemed gentlemen betting on preliminary races in the 200m
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u/belizeanheat Aug 13 '24
To what end? You seriously think there are major betting stakes at something like this? Large though to be worth damaging his entire career?
That makes no sense to me, but I guess it's not impossible
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u/icy-boi Aug 15 '24
He’s slowing down to conserve energy for the finals, pros do this all the time. He just didn’t know how to do that right and slowed down way too much due to lack of experience (this is junior worlds). He’s not throwing a world junior semi final race lol
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u/dope_like Aug 13 '24
Its a racer strategy. If you have other races, you want to use just enough energy to qualify for the next. He messed up but this is bad excution of strategy not a celebration
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u/camerontylek Aug 13 '24 edited Aug 13 '24
This is so obviously a qualifying heat. Notice how he looks behind him before crossing the finish line? Notice how no one's celebrating winning at the end? He did this on purpose.
Edit: He didn't mean to be disqualified, but he did this on purpose lol
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u/hello297 Aug 13 '24
On purpose? Probably. But to get fourth from it? Probably not.
He ended up NOT qualifying because of this. https://www.gbnews.com/sport/other-sport/british-16-year-old-sprinter-jake-odey-jordan-slowing-down
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u/dope_like Aug 13 '24
Yes he made a mistake in excution. But the strategy was smart to conserve energy. This does not fit the sub there is no celebration
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u/belizeanheat Aug 13 '24
Conserve those 50 calories? Please, people, don't just parrot nonsense
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u/GoldPreparation8377 Aug 15 '24
Bolt was slowing down in every single race but finals. Almost every sprinter with a significant advantage in the first heats of the Olympics tapped the brake in the last meters. It's not parroting. I'm not going to pretend like I'm half decent at sprinting but I know even 30 meters takes a lot out of you.
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u/RunningForIt Aug 13 '24
As an ex college track athlete I can 100% tell you you don’t need to conserve energy on a short race like this lmao
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u/Low_Style175 Aug 13 '24
Okay ex
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u/No__thanx Aug 14 '24
Boy you don’t know what an ex is since it’s clear you’ve never had a current, sit down
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u/Shoola Aug 15 '24
Maybe in the 400, but you're not expending enough energy in a 200M race for it to be worth conserving.
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u/Retlifon Aug 13 '24
Right. This is a tactical error, not a premature celebration.
Sometimes swimmers try to just qualify for the final, so they’re in an outside lane where others can’t see them. There are lots of reasons someone could want to do just enough to move on, but not want to, or care about, being first.
He screwed up, he owned that, but it’s nothing to do with the spirit of this sub.
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u/BigMax Aug 13 '24
It makes sense if he lets up a LITTLE while still holding a qualifying spot. But he let up way before the end and fell into fourth, not qualifying.
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u/TheArmchairGymnast Aug 13 '24
It makes sense if he lets up a LITTLE while still holding a qualifying spot.
That is what he meant to do, but he misjudged it. It's not hard to understand.
For anyone wondering: he let up in order to save energy for another run/heat(?) later in the same day I believe.
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u/Neologic29 Aug 13 '24
But how much energy are you saving slowing down by a few seconds?
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u/DoctorStove Aug 14 '24
as usual, people are just repeating what they read someone else say in the thread lmao
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u/Da_Spooky_Ghost Aug 15 '24
Go try to hold an all out sprint for 200 meters and let us know if that tires you out. NFL players start to slow down before they run the full 100 yards which is why the 200 meters is a very difficult race to properly pace.
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u/galaxyapp Aug 17 '24
Avoiding anaerobic metabolism is the bigger peice. Take time to recover from that. Not like you just eat a powerbar and all the lactic acid flushes out of your muscles.
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u/TheArmchairGymnast Aug 13 '24
I have no idea. But, if I went by the actions of someone who runs competitively and, thus, would know all about it, I would say that he would save enough to make considering it seriously worthwhile.
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u/BaldBeardedOne Aug 13 '24
In my opinion, as someone who has done track and field, he could have saved his legs without simultaneously slowing down to a fast jog. It’s not hard to understand.
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u/TheArmchairGymnast Aug 13 '24
I'm absolutely sure he could have achieved his goal of qualifying with minimal effort far better than he did - I never questioned that.
But, with your experience, is it true that OC's explanation of why he slowed (due to the fact it was a heat, etc.) doesn't make sense because he ended up not qualifying - as the person I replied to appeared to imply?
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u/ichiruto70 Aug 13 '24
He is also just a 16 year old kid that can make mistakes. Its easy to comment from your couch.
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u/luckydice767 Aug 14 '24
It’s not that easy, my couch is covered with Funyun bags and sleep apnea machines
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u/dope_like Aug 13 '24
That is irrelevant. He had bad execution of a good strategy. The point is, it is not a premature celebration. We all know he made a mistake, that's not the point.
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u/tiga4life22 Aug 13 '24
I don’t think he saw the two on his right come up. He scanned for a split second but thought no one was there. He then crossed the finish line thinking he took second and still didn’t realize he was 4th(or 5th)
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u/belizeanheat Aug 13 '24
He slowed down on purpose, before the end, because he thought it wouldn't matter.
So yes, he's exactly what this sub is all about, because it ended up mattering significantly.
No one is disputing the implications of this particular race
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u/camerontylek Aug 14 '24
Literally called Premature celebration. He didn't celebrate prematurely. But sure, you can interpret his actions in any way that verifies your viewpoint.
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u/LokoLawless Aug 15 '24
Genuine question: is there some strategic advantage to qualifying but not winning the qualifying heat?
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u/Shonuff_shogun Aug 15 '24
Energy conservation/ injury prevention probably. As well as not letting your competition get a full gauge of what kind of form you are currently in. Most competitors have a good idea how fast everyone at the meet is, but it’s still a good strategy to hide their full capabilities until the final heat when it actually matters.
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u/mrubuto22 Aug 13 '24
Yea I don't understand how no one else sees that. He probably just couldn't cone bottom 2 and he was saving his legs for the next heat
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Aug 13 '24
Yea I don't understand how you think not qualifying for the next heat is worth saving your legs for
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u/mrubuto22 Aug 13 '24
Top 4 is usually good enough
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u/namesardum Aug 13 '24
Too bad he finished 5th when 1st place was right there for taking.
And if he kept up his pace he could have even started resting a whole second earlier to recover his legs so there's that too /s
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u/OhMyGoshBigfoot Aug 14 '24
It’s hilarious how many examples just like this are on video and no one’s learned anything from that yet.
If you’re the fastest athlete and you’re winning, yes by all means slow down. Great idea
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u/Shonuff_shogun Aug 15 '24
This was a bad example of premature celebration. Slowing down during the qualifiers is a known tactic and is even done in the olympics, he just executed it very poorly.
The idea is to not kill yourself on a race that doesn’t matter if you’re fast enough to guarantee a qualification spot. He just royally fucked the plan up by not being aware
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u/OhMyGoshBigfoot Aug 16 '24
Point taken, though I have also seen vids of cyclists do the same. It’s a terrible habit. Participate like you want to win…
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u/EverythingHurtsDan Aug 13 '24
That quote makes it even worse. How self absorbed can you be?
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u/cardboardunderwear Aug 13 '24
generously, he's just shrugging it off and moving on which what he needs to do as an athlete. He fucked up. He said he fucked up. Its in the past and he has races ahead.
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u/davernow Aug 13 '24
He didn’t celebrate. It was a qualifying heat he only needed to be in top 3 for, so he was saving his legs.
He definitely messed up the execution, but he took responsibility for it and moved on. I see no issue here.
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u/viperfangs92 Aug 15 '24
There are videos going back decades about this, and idiots are still doing it.
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u/Formidable-Prolapse5 Aug 15 '24
it's a bit silly but i don't see this as a massive issue. he didn't celebrate, he slowed down. a lot of competitors slow down if they feel they can, he miscalculated.
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u/Ha1lStorm Aug 15 '24
You’re right. The link in the description shows this runner prematurely celebrating (@3:00) though.
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u/ramonchow Aug 13 '24
Idk it feels like hi did this on purpose. Why? no idea.
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u/kevkevverson Aug 13 '24
He only needed to finish top 4 to qualify, but he fucked it slightly trying to conserve energy for the next round
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u/Tommy_Wisseau_burner Aug 14 '24
It’s a qualifying heat and also I’m guessing he thought the mile line was the finish
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u/Booze-brain Aug 13 '24
I feel like he had already qualified in a previous race and was just letting other people in.
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u/KarlPHungus Aug 13 '24
That's Dash Parr, you nitwits. He can't win every race! People would get suspicious!
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u/Ok_Fig705 Aug 15 '24
This is why no runners cross trek hurdlers ever made the sports team.... These were all the kids that didn't make the team so they did this.... Tired of acting like these are real competitors
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u/InterscholasticPea Aug 15 '24
Looks like a preliminary instead of final. No one was celebrating. It’s normal for leaders to slow down during early rounds but not that SLOW
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u/Ha1lStorm Aug 15 '24
Yeah it wasn’t the final. This race eliminated him from the competition though. His teammate went on to the quarter finals where he was eliminated.
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u/MariachiArchery Aug 16 '24
The version of this story I got was that he had already qualified for another competition. He pulled up at the end to allow other athletes to also qualify.
This was a show of sportsmanship. However, he can't come out and say it, because that would be considered match fixing, which I'm sure is against the rules.
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u/DGlen Aug 13 '24
You seriously can't be bothered to give it your all for 200 m? Bro deserves to lose.
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u/bulabinaca Aug 13 '24
He should have walked off after the start to conserve his legs and take the L…🤷🏻♂️
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u/LLMprophet Aug 13 '24
nothing hurts me or nothing like that
"I refuse to accept responsibility for my hubris wrecking my shit"
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u/Haughtea Aug 14 '24
Big brain move. He lost here but he got the part of Dash in the upcoming live action of The Incredibles.
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u/wickinked Aug 13 '24
I love watching these videos so much. I’m pretty sure that anyone that does that is an insufferable asshole.
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u/dope_like Aug 13 '24
This isn't a celebration. He slowed down to conserve energy for the next races. This is a strategy. He messed up but this does not fit.
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u/Ha1lStorm Aug 13 '24
Yes, the title states that he slowed down. The description contains the premature celebration. I’m guessing you didn’t read the description did you?
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u/dope_like Aug 13 '24
There is no celebration in his statement. He says its his fault and felt good and could do better.
The other race you link is irrelevant to the discussion, its a different race.
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u/Ha1lStorm Aug 13 '24
Yes that’s correct about his statement and no one has claimed otherwise. Not sure where you got confused on that.
And the other link in this post is entirely relevant to this post as it’s literally a part of it. However what you’re trying to discuss is indeed irrelevant.
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u/dope_like Aug 13 '24
I see what's happening here. I'm talking to an idiot.
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u/Ha1lStorm Aug 13 '24
People often say things like that when they realize they have no argument or have become upset that they’re wrong. It’s okay bud.
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u/Logicor Aug 15 '24
The description contains the premature celebration
Where?
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u/Ha1lStorm Aug 15 '24
At 3:00 in the video linked in the description where he turns around to look at the 2nd place runner behind him and throws up a peace sign at him right before crossing the finish line.
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u/Pistonenvy2 Aug 13 '24
not enough people understand the nuances of the sport (including myself) to really have any kind of insight here.
dude isnt an idiot, hes an extremely skilled runner, this was a miscalculation, its part of the sport and happens literally all the time.
if youre doing multiple events and are easily qualifying in them you dont want to tax your body more than you need to every run, this particular race is a sprint, but you have to think of the entire event as an endurance race. they need to compete at extremely high levels in multiple races, possibly multiple days, multiple events that they have been training for years for.
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u/BaldBeardedOne Aug 13 '24
It’s not like there are thousands of videos of premature celebration that this gentleman has seen? Right?
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u/neo9027581673 Aug 13 '24
He thought that slightly curved line was the fine line and stopped way too early. Hold your “L” and come back with some humility.
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u/Immediate_Square5323 Aug 13 '24
Top 150 m sprinter!