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Remember this Kenyan runner Abel Mutai who was just a few meters from the finish line, but he got confused with the marking and stopped, thinking he had finished the race. A Spanish runner, Iván Fernández, was right behind him and, realizing what was happening, began shouting to the Kenyan to keep running. Mutai didn't know Spanish and didn't understand. Realizing what was going on, Fernandez pushed Mutai to victory.
A journalist asked Ivan: "Why did you do that?" "Ivan replied: "My dream is that someday we can have a kind of community life where we push and help each other to win.". The journalist insisted: "But why did you let the Kenyan win?". "Ivan replied: "I didn't let him win, he was going to win." The race was his." The journalist insisted and asked again: "But you could have won!" "Ivan looked at him and replied, "But what would be the merit of my victory?" What would be the honor on that medal?
This year in Latvian top tier football league (Virslīga) team who should have finished 3rd (Valmiera FC), got nine points deducted due to regulation breaches (not paying salaries and taxes in time) and, as a result, they finished 4th, five points below FK Auda. Auda after season gave away their bronze medals to Valmiera, as they wanted to win on the field, not this way.
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @ek 4 Dec
This reminds me of a chess game I had recently:
The opponent blundered his queen twice and asked for takebacks and I accepted both because it's no fun to win this way. Then I blundered my knight, also asked for a takeback but he didn't accept. I just replied "lol" and then I crushed him after he made another mistake where he had the audacity to ask for a takeback again.
Some people have no honor.
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Love this! I’m a marathoner/ distance runner. No better proof if work!
Sport can teach us so much. International runners sharing nutrition, drafting, lifting each other forward!
This is an awesome example, thanks!
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wow, beautiful.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @OT 4 Dec
Hats off to this man. Most athletes are hell bent on winning.
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