The Story of the Closest Olympic Triathlon Finish Ever | Olympics on the Record
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After two hours of swimming, cycling and running, a photo finish is almost unheard of, but it happened in women's triathlon at London 2012 between Lisa Norden and Nicola Spirig.
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I’ve gone into the rabbit hole of these Olympic vids and I’m not complaining 🤣
huh me too what a coincidence
I thought you were going to say... And I'm not coming out!
Same I've been up since 12am it's almost 3am now still watching them
same lol
Sameee
Loosing by a millisecond feels worse than loosing by an hour
Obviously
Bro having a silver olympic medal is better than finishing in the 33rd place
@@prabhsimranjeetsingh4562 but when you were stripped of gold by a millisecond that's sharp
@@irrelevance3859 No one was “stripped” of anything.
losing
If she just wore bigger shoes...
Legend...!! 😀😀
@@tGGgGg-sp9yx a matter of boob size then xD
@@m1r3o hard thing to find in female triathletes
@@m1r3o the flatter the better actually
that would slow her down
So, noone is gonna comment on how the commentator in the race calls the SWEDISH runner, NORWEGIAN?....
I heard it. :D
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For the British people who thinks this is easy to mistake, then imagine if someone called a CLEARLY Scottish colored athlete with "SCO" on her clothes. "Welsh" :)
It literally sounds like bolt
Story goes that the Triathlon was invented when a cyclist, a swimmer and a sprinter were arguing in a bar in Hawaii which one of their sports was more demanding, the bartender commented that if they merged all three sports, then they would have the most demanding sport ever. A few days later the first Triathlon was underway, and none of the three "inventors" won, but some native Hawaiian did.
it was actually invented by a thief who went to the pool by foot and came back on a bike.
The first Triathlon was held in San Diego, CA in 1974 by the San Diego Track Club. It was setup as alternate training for swimmers and runners. Forty-six participants took part in that first Triathlon. Two of the participants were a Naval Officer and his wife. They would start the Hawaii Ironman Triathlon in 1978. By the 1980's Triathlon had became the fastest growing sport in the world. In 1988 the International Olympic Committee wanted to add the new sport to the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona, but that would have required Triathlon to be governed by the pentathlon federation. Many in the Triathlon community did not like that path and wanted the new sport to have its own governing body. In 1989 the ITU was founded as the international governing body of the sport. In 1996 the IOC voted to add Triathlon to the Sydney 2000 Olympics. So there you go, the history of Triathlon.
"Look for the Norwegian!"
I'm still looking....
:-)
Was looking for that comment! She's a swedish athlete😂
They should've given them both a gold
Taruli Luli yeah, I think so too, after all, they had the same time
this isn't kindergarten not everyone wins.
It's the Olympics... There has to be a champion...
There can be multiple silvers and golds but there should be only one gold
Yeah, and after that we'll have the Olympics for lefties -- gold for everybody, no athlete left behind.
Torso across the line is what stops the clock. The finish tape is the final measure of who wins. Used as a last resort when everything else shows a dead heat. The Swiss woman barely hit the tape before the Swede. Amazing that a race of such a long distance could end up with a finish so close.
Yeah nah the tape is just there to look pretty, it actually has no function in determining the winner
Why not give two gold medals like in swimming when athletes touch at the same time?
....... because one of them came in first...
They did I was just thinking of that
Dominik Piper: Because there will always be a difference in time no matter how close it is...
Dominik Piper, I agree.
You can only measure time differences down to a certain level of precision. It is possible though unlikely that two people finish with a time difference less than what is measurable.
i remember watching this and thinking that the Swiss looked like she was going to drop in the run. It was agony just watching this - let alone running it. This is PAIN!!
Naruto fan?
4:31
51.1 millions cm is equal to 515 km. So you're saying that they traveled 515 km in 2 hours averaging at around 250km/h...
I think you meant 5.15 million cm which is 51.5 km.
i died when you said they averaged 250km/h
yep, its exactly 5.15 mil cm haha
that's because they don't have Olympics of simple multiplication.
Didn't even notice, what a poorly made video
2 winners for me.
This isn’t kindergarten where everyone gets a medal for “good effort”.
Why stop at 2? Why not say they all won? Why discriminate at 2? Participation prize for everyone. Lol.
@@tennis5126 sure, arguing that 2 triathletes who finished within 1ms from each other should be given the same time is the same as saying everyone should be given the same time. Genius.
3:27 The commentator called Lisa norwegian! Bet that pissed of some swedes :P
So glad triathlons are in the Olympics. Does anyone know why we don't have cross country running or "mixed doubles" track relays (2 men and 2 women running a 4x100)?
because it would only add more unnecessary events to an already overpacked discipline. it would not be fair that countries can ramp up their medal count just by dominating in 1 sport. another example of a ridiculously overpacked discipline is swimming. there are too many unnecessary categories there. just look at freestyle swimming. it has 6 events in it. what is the point of having a distinct 50 m freestyle event and a 100 m freestyle event, while rythmic gymnastics as a whole only has two events. my suggestion is cut down the swimming events (especially freestyle) so it matches up with running (100 m, 200 m, and a long one like 1500 m). oh, and erase breaststroke as a whole because what is the point of racing with the slowest swimming style.
Mixed 4x4 will be in the 2020 games
EdwardCS001 This is so true. Swimming just has wayyy to many events.
That’s because people actually want to watch the swimming. Never in my live have I heard anyone say do you know what’s sounds like a good idea let’s watch rhythmic gymnastics haha
@@eduarddv00 oh and tell me have you ever swum all of the events? have you ever thought that breaststroke requires the most difficult technique and a lot of strength? before you say anything, better know what you're talking about
Anyone who practices this sport has my immediate respect. Strong, strong women!
I once lost a 5K by an inch. That was tough. But it was still fun running.
Is John Boyega voicing the narrator in this?? Cuz it sounds like him, but I may be wrong
He reminds me a bit of Andy Serkis no?
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MC Serrano sound a LITTLE like Usain ya know
plazasta Doesn't sound even remotely like Serkis. Sounds more like Boyega, but I doubt it's him.
It’s definitely no John boyega!
I’m a triathlete And the way you described triathlon is just sooo *accurate*
am i trippin or did i see a clear picture of spirig clearly winning
Silicosis the pubescent I did 😂
Hitting the banner yes, but it could be wavy or not at chest height. It's an indication of winning not the true measure.
The winner is determined using a highly precise electronic timing and photo finish system. The first competitor who has any part of her torso touch the vertical plane in line with the front edge of the finish line is the winner. These electronic systems are so precise, and extremely well established. There is no subjectivity involved so the determination of a winner is never controversial.
@@CharmsDad Why is it torso? Why isn't it any part of your body, including your head? I'm pretty sure that in sprinting it's the head because runners always fling their heads forward at the end.
@@CharmsDad Ok, thanks.
if it was just two meters longer, the swede wouldve won.
Indeed
but is wasn't
if me aunty had bollox she'd be me uncle
Spirig is one of the toughest athletes out there, attacked by jelly fish but still wins the ironman
That was Ryf
0:28 ok boomer
An olympic triathlon consists of 1.5km swimming 40km biking and 10km running, which sums up to 51.5km which is 5.15 million cm and NOT 51.5 million cm. Unless they ran 10 triathlons in 2 hrs, your numbers are inaccurate to say the least.
They 100% both should’ve got gold medals
down to pack mentality/tactics/drafting. would be completely different if it were a time trial
Exactly! The presenter in the video gets it completely wrong when he says the olympic triathlon is "designed" to smash the field. WRONG! Never heard of packs in cycling huh? Most of the time they always start the run together in one big bunch.
Sound Speed! The cycling doesn't tend to smash the field, but the swim and run sure do. If you have a weak swim, its over. Otherwise all 50 or so racers would be starting running at once
Yeah but most people get out of the swim kinda close ish together, and if you're too far ahead there is no point riding out hard by yourself on the bike leg! So they hang back and join the pack for the draft legal bike racing.
So it all comes down to the run!
Should return back to the original ways when drafting was banned
No drafting allowed. One can get disqualified for doing so. Many do.
Why are people saying they both should get the gold? There has to be one winner no matter how close it is
Tarek S. May i recommend watching the 100m freestyle women in rio 2016 summer olympic. There's 2 gold medal on that event.
bobsled two man 2018 Canada and Germany won gold
Except in most other timed sports
Ask Toretto
Said who?
by a whisker? couldn't they just give out 2 gold medals? :P
No. One person won. This isn’t kindergarten.
You could say “a triathlon is sooo long what a coincidence they finished in a near identical fashion.” But if you think abt it as a marathon, cuz they finish the cycling around the same time. Also they pushed each other to pass the other in the sprint finish... if they had been running without knowledge of the other’s position it might not have been so close.
It's actually 5.15 million centimeters...that's embarrasing.
They sometimes give two same medals in gymnastics... When people have the exact same time, they should just give the same medal...
The winner is determined by the finish line photo generated by the electronic timing system. The first one to reach the finish line gets the hold, no matter how large of small the margin of victory may be.
This channel made respect the Olympics
4:22 their legs wiiiiiide tho
I love this video so I'm happy you reuploaded it
Olympic Triathlon is just stupid. The 3 sports are totaly unbalanced. Mainly you have to be a good runner and swim decent enough to come out of the water with the other good runners...
And I would not agree that Spirig's best is the bike. She used to be a track & field and cross country runner before switching to triathlon (Swiss 5k champ 2009). So I would argue, her strongest discipline is the runing...
You changed the outcome by measuring it
you can clearly see the switz hit it first why did the judges take so long to decide
hitting the banner isn't what decides crossing the line. It's foot over the line.
no it's actually the chest, genius.
ngt the banner wasn’t as chest level that’s the problem.
@@EjvindGEMDark dumbass xD
@@chanbros6110 The banner doesn’t have anything to do with determining the winner.
omg i found you in the video 0:41
alec I’m dead😂😂
Moral of the story :
Wear bigger shoes and flowy t shirts so you cross the line first
Still not coming over it.
Yes I'm Swedish
That was Josia Thugwane of South Africa winning that “closest ever” Olympic 4.2 million cm race in 1996
Close finishes are actually not that rare in draft legal triathlons. Because drafting saves energy, the front pack get off the bike almost at the same time. The faster runners then usually form a smaller front pack on the run, with sprint finish to determine the winners.
It’s false to say a long distance sport can not have close finishes. Cycling races that are over 100 miles are usually determined by the final sprint with milliseconds separating the winners.
India had lost two athletic medals (could've been the first athletic medal ever) by milliseconds. One by PT Usha (1984 LA, 400m hurdles. Lost bronze by one 100th of a second) and another by Milkha Singh (1960 Rome. 400m men's, lost bronze by 0.1 second). We had to wait till 2020 Tokyo to compensate all that through Neeraj Chopra's Gold.
just get them to race again
Why? One athlete was in front of the other. It doesn’t matter that the margin was small.
Imagine being the person deemed to be second. I would have just awarded both gold and then the aussie bronze.
2:15 got me dead 😂😂😂
Either one could've won
i think the rule should state the maximum precision on the time, imo 0.001 is sufficient. if can't even a thousandth second tells the difference, then it's a draw. I mean you can go on till the N-th decimal if you want to make the person the winner, length of a hair? seriously? it's not as if there's never a joint-winner in sports. Otherwise change the technology, infrared sensor or laser or whatever, not the final call from judges after the so called behind the scene investigation.
The tech we have can detect winning by a length of a micrometer, we have sufficient technology.
This was amazing on so many levels.
That’s stupid, no race should come down to 0.001 of a second, should have been a tie
Petter Vos what....? Who do you want to get the Gold?
If someone is faster, he is faster and that makes him/her the rightful winner. And even if 1st place is given to both there will still be one of them who is the only rightful winner of both. It's pretty much impossible to finish on a tie.
Get rekt
0.001 seconds could be influenced by any factor like how fast you can tie your shoes
Dev Patel your point..?
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It looks like bolt is the one who is talking.
cool but what is with that weird animation about people on their phones?? relevance??
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Cycling races can be just as tight. They can race over 100 miles over 5 or 6 hours and the winner often wins by the width of a tire. Most big pro races have special technology that can detect close finishes like that.
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I love Nicola esp after watching the piece they did on her and her husband
It is a race. Who gives a ship? Winner can't remember. Loser can't remember. one minute later - was it Scandinavian? It is just sport - nothing that affects peoples lives.
3:26 Norwegian????
You mean swede...
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I felt like the girl who won clearly had won. I don't know about this whole "Hair's breadth" thing.
Oh I think they meant if this percentage was translated to a 100m sprint, the difference would have been about a hair’s breadth! For the actual difference in this triathlon, it was about 2cm.
it was just a comparison. winning by 2 cm is legit, in my opinion.
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The Norwegian?😂
i accidentally paused the video at 0:43 and i dont regret it
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0:40 its u HUH...
Those women make me proud of being alive.
Loosing by a millisecond feels worse than loosing by an hour
4:30 isn’t it 5.15 million cm? 51.5km=51,500m=5,150,000cm
I think two gold medals should have been awarded
This isn’t kindergarten where they give everyone the same award so no one gets their feelings hurt.
@@CharmsDad Is it not? You could have fooled me.
@@martin6123 You obviously are a fool.
Your time will be better spent elsewhere. As will mine.
the swiss made it first...
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looked pretty obvious to me...
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Especially the video angle at the end.
The cartoons throw me off 👎🏽
When I was in 2nd class I got fst prize in running😁😁
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3:40 Look closely
At what? The camera component of the electronic finish line system is precisely aligned with the finish line and gives a much more accurate image of the finish. The determination of the winner in these close races is not subjective and isn’t controversial.
Is it just me or at 4:58 you can clearly see the swiss' torso touching the finish line first and she clearly deserves gold.
Who is narrating this?! Voice sounds SO familiar!
51.5 million centimetres and the only one that matters is the last one
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3:39 play it in x0.25 you will see who the winner is
you can clearly see it in normal speed...
how small a diff is no diff?...as tech improves we will be able to detect even smaller differences but is it really the spirit of the game? where do we draw the line...amazing race...
nobody writes about the Olympics to their friends
The swedish woman is such a good person.
Is no one going to talk about the guy's name at 0:42 ?
As well as her speech, does anyone think Lisa Norden was crying because she lost gold by the slimmest of margins
At the starting of the video
Narrator: now a days kids are always on phone
Kids: wait a minute if wont be on phone how will we see your video??
Thanks for uploading all of these.
Human endurance and determination is just mesmerizing and wonderful
feels like the bike is for nothing as they can draft
I don't know which meet it was, but in a 500 yard freestyle(swimming). There was a tie and there had to be a swim-off which is where you and the other person has to swim again.
your descripción of triathlon is so accurate i want to cry
Bullshit. Should have been a tie
A protest was submitted that the referee reads the photo finish incorrectly and a protest was submitted to the Cas, which agreed but they could not change the result.
51.5cm == 511km! Something is wrong there.
Imagine if Nicola Spirig had actually leaned forward like Lisa Norden did.
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No the distance doesn’t matter, it’s a different race each time because they would stick with a group if one ran ahead they might win and might fall back
It shouldn't be detected by foot. Instead maybe body cause some people have long strides.
Well, thats not true. I mean they push eachother, its not random that it was that close...