Belgian shot putter goes viral running hurdles to save team from disqualification
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- Опубликовано: 26 июн 2023
- Belgian shot putter Jolien Boumkwo stepped out of her comfort zone, and onto the track, in order to save her team from disqualification.
The 29-year-old ran the 100-metre hurdles at the European Athletics Team Championships on Saturday in Poland, after her teammates pulled-out due to injury.
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She won 2 points & saved her team from disqualification. She did her country proud!
Very proud....real champion shyt right here!
I'm guessing that disqualification means Zero points??
Yes I’m sure
@@mcentepedeSwitzerland was disqualified so we needed those 2 points.
I love it 🙋🏻♀️
What I love most in this entire story is her CONFIDENCE. Not confidence that she would win but that she was self assured enough to look a bit silly, it was ok to lose and it didn't matter what others might think.
*This* 👆
An example of exactly what true confidence is 👏
I 💯agree with you. Would be nice if schools could show this to their PE classes. 🇨🇦
a bit weird to use the word lose when she prevented disqualification
exactly!
you all fucked up there
My wife did something similar in high school on her swim team. They needed another diver to do at least one dive, and she was a swimmer. She just walked to the end of the board and dove straight in.
😂😂😂ayee
THIS AINT ABOUT YOU AND YOUR WIFE
@@ibe310 YOU ARE A VERY RUDE PERSON !
Nobody asked
😂
Speeding up on the final sprint shows she actually still put some effort in it. Wasn't just a "let's get this over with" activity for her.
She gave it her best. /proud to be belgian. to risk being the subject of ridicule to save the team from disqualification for a no-show she stepped in and stepped completely out of her comfort/expertise zone.
Even if she had that attitude of “let’s just get this over with” she did it. She helped. Thats the point. Nobody else volunteered.
Can we talk about her not knocking one hurdle down?! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Lol as an ocd person this would be me
At that speed she had to be really stupid to knock them down
haha you better put some respect on her name after that @@User-jr7vf
@@User-jr7vfThat's a lot faster than you think it is. The average person couldn't do that.
@@User-jr7vfThat just shows clear priorities. She knew she would be last anyhow, she just had to complete the run.
Loved the one competitor waiting for her to congratulate her finish. No one else did, but that one person demonstrated true sportsmanship.
They're her competitors, not her friends. You were never picked in gym class lol
@@Arthurian.you have never played a sport, have you?
@@legendofzelda2324 ok loser
Bingo.
Looks like the Ukrainian athlete. Indeed, true sportsmanship to wish the best for your competitors.
Getting 2 points for your team and saving your team from getting a disqualification is what every coach wants . Great job in doing something you're not used to and hope her all the best in the future
As a former hurdler in high school, mad respect for this woman . It’s not easy
She not only stepped up, she cleared all the hurdles! I know I couldn't do that. What a great person to represent the team!
Helps being 6'1"
@@andrewthomas364I think even if I was that tall I’d still fail miserably lol
She’s tall enough to clear them without missing a step
I would have tripped over them knowing me.
Sure you can, if you pass them slowly one leg at the time lol
Not only does she show respect for her team mates, she shows how to honor your country.
Wow, an African serving Belgians after having the Congo Genocide thrust upon them by the Belgian King, Leopold. 😮😢
@@junomoon6530 Well she is clearly mixed so what is your point?
And honour to sports in general
@@ba8501 the mix worked out quite well in her case!
@@junomoon6530it was not the current king and it was not upon herself.
Omg she's adorable. Doing what she needs to do for the team.
This is an excellent example of how healthy bodies can look so different from each other! This woman probably works out like a BEAST but she's twice the size of the hurdle jumpers.
Are you fat overweight?
YES! Exactly!
I agree, but just to be a nerd: top level competitors rarely have healthy bodies. Usually it's a huge sacrifice to be able to do few things at the highest level. So she has her problems, as well as those hurdle jumpers.
The logical fallacy you're promoting is that everyone is equally healthy. Yes, we are all different, but not every difference should be affirmed.
@@michaellautermilch9185i think healthy is a bad word athletic would be better her body is peak athleticism for her sport same with those hurdlers but neither is particularly healthy.
You can see even just looking at her next to the other hurdles she's literally not built for this event. She said I don't care my team needs me to do this, I don't care if I get blown away and laughed at I'm going to do what needs to be done for my team. That's what sports are about, this woman is an inspiration. She needs a shoe deal ASAP
I Agree 💯% !!!
I don't think anyone laughed....I stood up and cheered! TEAM before EGO! Love it!
Automatic shoe deal 😆 what about the spandex legging deal tho
Absolutely Bumko😂❤
There was absolutely zero pressure on her. Seemed pretty fun.
She fully understands the meaning of being part of a team. It's not about if you win or lose, it's how you play the game. I hope the 2 points she won for her team were golden ones.
💛🧡💛
@@jogginmcjoggerson2430 no one owes you that
@@jogginmcjoggerson2430
Who was humiliated???
And obviously you've never played sports or bern part of any team of any sort.
@@jogginmcjoggerson2430I hope someone gives you a hug today
@@jogginmcjoggerson2430 Nobody felt that way - it's just you.
It's like watching an NFL offensive or defensive lineman run with the football. It's not meant to happen, but when it does happen, it's something special to witness when every bit of their athletic skills are on display.
I mean at least she made it
Exactly this. A really unique moment
Lineman can be pretty fast sometimes, and 350+ lbs coming at you that fast is scary as hell.
Absolutely I love seeing a lineman scoop a fumble and rumble down the field
@@kevinjohnson4288 Definitely some of the most fun moments. Dan Connolly's kickoff return being perhaps my favorite, and I don't even like the Patriots.
Actually, her pacing and steps between the hurdles were perfect. For not being a hurdler, she did just fine.
That is not perfect by any means, they were slow, bad and silly but it worket out.
@@henrikmonkee You are right! (I wonder if I was looking at another video...) I liked her attitude, but you are correct sir!.
She stepped over the hurdles like a fairy gently landing on rose petals. Beautiful team mate. Hope teams from around the world learn from this young lady. ❤🇨🇦
😂
Spot on my fellow Canadian!!!❤👋🇨🇦
Don't be fooled, those are some powerful and explosive legs.
Not a fairy but a giant lightly stepping on flowers. Look at the size difference between her and the hurdlers
@@webeducation that's why it was funny and cute, because it's not her normal event
This really shows how peak performance for one task isn't suited for another. She is an absolutely champ, just not in this specific field, and I love her for going for it anyway.
Exactl!
Did you notice that she had fun while clearing the hurdles but the pictures of her working on her own sports show her absolute determination and seriousness, she was all business then!!!
She's awesome!
But everyone understood it from the start. That's why it's news. She's doing a side of an area of Track and Field that is out of her comfort zone. She's doing what it takes for her team and her country. Both are Olympic athleticism at its core, choosing to work together to show their country proud and then their individual chances happen.
I agree! Two very different forms of athleticism, but athletes just the same.
Even watching Male and female gymnasts trying to do the other genders events shows the difficulty in performing outside your sport.
This woman represented her country Belgium and the principals of sportsmanship in the best possible way. Amazing 😁👍 🇧🇪
This is humility. It’s not passive or weak. It’s bold, cheerful, selfless. Thank you to her for the example!
Perfectly stated!!!
what bullsht!
@@billmoyer3254agree
@@billmoyer3254and how have you supported your nation in the world of sport?
@@billmoyer3254Lol another extremely fat guy mad at athletes
Being delicate while hurdling is heart warming, despite having the brute strength to flatten everyone and eveything in her path.
🤣👏
She quite tall 😅
😂❤
True ❤️😂
She could have gone faster knocking them all down but she would have been last anyways so why not? Cute girl too.
She radiates so much positivity and confidence
This was an awesome display of teamplayer, camaraderie, and going when life hands you hurdles.
"You only live once, just do it". Words to live by.
@soundlogic6353 Facts.
Imagine R Kelly or Dilan Roof dropping that quote .
@@Peakfreudi mean obviously we're talking about non-illegal stuff 😂
@@rurubelle2920 Magic Johnson running out of condoms in 1990: Yolo?
@@rurubelle2920 Ja Morant: Hey are we live; Yolo
@@rurubelle2920 Zion Williamson: Hey she's cute; Yolo
So inspiring that she even got a high five from one of her competitors. 🙂
curious to know who was the competitor that did that - she too should be complimented
@@p.d.waltman9451Yes that was my thoughts too, the others seemed to want to ignore her. Haven’t seen the full broadcast though so could be wrong.
@@p.d.waltman9451It looks like it was an Australian who high fived her. So proud.🐨🦘
Getting a high five is now considered inspiring? Jesus! I bet you would get inspired by my epic farts.
@@jeffmattel7867 Even though this is mean, it is funny as hell!!! I'm inspired by your comedy.
She did great. Stepped up and saved her team. She’s a Champion 🏆
What an incredible heart!! Look at her smile, she is truly an inspiration!
My eyes are full of tears.
She couldnt care if she was last
She couldnt care if she looked silly
She is a team player and her love for her team and country showed in this amazing gesture.
She didn't look silly. She looked like a champion.
This gave you tears?
@@kierarose9617 my dog stepped on a bee 😂😂😂
Me too! Idk why though
I had tears too but she didn't look silly.
This is a perfect example of altruism. Winning is innate for athletes, but she set all that aside and *"took one for the team," which kept them from being disqualified. *Standing ovation for Jolien Boumkwo!! Bravo!!!*
It's wild how different her physique is from the runners! Really shows that there is more than one kind of athletic body.
Honestly, i respect it. Its gotta be nerve racking to jump in like that. Doing it for your teammates and country. Love it.
I love her whole vibe. She did take one for the team. The world is the witness of this.
She didn’t take one for the team. She is great but there no reason to change the meaning of an expression
Omg like her whole Vibeeee that confidenceeee like what queeennnnnn...... like omg....
the fact that an "athlete" cant do this without looking clownish is troubling
@@roanaya2598 be serious
She took one and earned two. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
She rather have her name go down in the record books as one of the slowest in that sport than let her country & team mates down. Nothing but respect and love.
that's ridiculous, they don't keep records of the slowest competitors.
@@avi7278 ok
@@avi7278they keep records of ALL competitors. Soo you're just wrong
Great stuff. Still did it a lot quicker than I would have. A great ambassador for her country ❤️🙏🏽🇬🇧🇻🇨
clearing them hurdles aint EASY...she did that well!
She's awesome and she cleared all the hurdles.
Much respect.
Really ??? 🤦🏽♂️
@@ACommenterOnRUclips Yep.
@@ACommenterOnRUclips - Definitely!
Ms. Boumkwo is the definition of what a strong woman is. She stepped up to help her team and her country no matter how uncomfortable or challenging the task might be. I salute you sister!
I love her spirit! Her smile as she went for the hurdles..
Team spirit and setting an example to our young folks and World..
Seriously that’s crazy. She’s GOATed for this.
This is pure sportsmanship. She stepped up and took home the gold in ways that really matter.
Ah Ahhh☝️☝️ sports'person'ship.. 😶 ..🙄 🙄
🤨..Or you tryna get cancelled!?! 😑🥱
@@AngeAriesi cant tell if this is satire or not…
@@victoire-mar 🙄
@@AngeArieswhat if you just fell off a cliff
She had the fattest ar@e for sure
I love the other athletes at the finish line cheering for her too. Team work and sportsmanship at its finest.
Situations like these show the face of the real champions! What a woman!
I’m a long distance runner with very little flexibility in my legs, she did much better than I could have done. Awesome job!
Hurdles are a lot higher than experts make them seem. The last thing she wanted was to flip and land on her elbow or shoulder.
@@stevencooke6451 Oh yes ! 🙂
The top of my foot has been hurting me for like 5 days now. Any idea what could be causing it?
@@Chacha355laces too tight or too lose
I love how happy that other runner was for her at the end! Just great energy all around. Also shows how different top tier athletes are so different in terms of abilities and body types and strengths. So cool.
This is a champion! What true team work. She warms the cockles of my heart.
That’s a proper sports person and team mate.
She didn’t take one for the team, she took one for her country! Salute!
"Her country"
"Boumkwo"
Yeah ok
@@4rumani Tell me you know nothing about Belgium without telling me you know nothing about Belgium.
@@Pow3llMorganshe's African bro.
perfectly said!
She is not Belgian.
Superb performance. Realistically she could have injured herself doing this event, but she clearly thought it through and tamed the hurdles with some style and grace. Well done and great sportsmanship.
Exactly, she needed to be cautious to avoid injury and potentially ruining her own chance at the Olympics
😢 I was thinking the same. But maybe she was warmed up enough lol
What a joy you had. It makes me smile to see this story. Hopefully the young athletes that play team sport, will understand and be encouraged to play as a team and not as an individual. Way to go 👏🏾🙌🏾!
I remembered seeing this, and I thought to myself, there’s still real sportsmanship out there. what a great athlete and representative. A future leader.
Seems like she is a bit taller than the other competitors and basically stepped over every hurdle. Love this.
A bit something else too
@@Kwildcat13 guess you and her have something in common. shame on you
@@Kwildcat13not a bit more muscular, WAY more muscular
Probably part of why they asked her. If she had knocked over a hurdle, she would be disqualified.
She’s not muscular at all, she’s just a little chubbier. Don’t be stupid.
I love that she enjoyed herself while running huddles. She is so brave and has done her job gracefully for her field and track team. I respect her a lot.
So stunning so brave lol
So brave almost as she has fought a war for her country 😂
“So brave”😐
"Brave"? She had to jog for about 10 seconds and gingerly jump over a few hurdles. Not disrespecting her in anyway and commend her doing something she is not trained to do for both her team and country.
She's so brave for playing the Clown
She definitely understood the assignment and what team player means..love this
Her excitement and team joy are so nice to see
LOVE THIS WOMAN
Love her spirit
Love how she just kind of stepped over the hurdles
Blown away
Beautiful inside and out
Well, she is RATHER tall!
@@DieFlabbergast She is glorious and beautiful as well as tall
What else could she do , dive over them ?
Even though am tall I would have knocked each and everyone down😢😢😢
Seeing her clear the hurdles made me smile. Love it.
Her confidence and humility. I love her!
That’s going above and beyond and doing it gracefully. And such a beautiful woman outside her comfort zone. 😊
NUFF RESPECT to you Jolien!!! You not only took one for your team with bravery, you took it for Belgium with all heart!!! You are an inspiration!
Wow, an African serving Belgians after having the Congo Genocide thrust upon them by the Belgian King, Leopold. 😮😢
@@junomoon6530while my jamaican sister above saying nuff respect to her........ I don't know rasta, i don't know.
@@junomoon6530 bot
Any team will be extremely happy to have an athlete like her. Even though it was way out of her field, she did her best. That speaks a lot about her
That’s the sweetest thing I’ve seen in a long time.
she's so nice and what a great personality and sportsmanship
Love how this giant of a lady looks twice the size of the other runners, then daintily hops over the hurdles with such care to not knock one over. Bless her, she's great ❤
Well…because you’re not supposed to knock over the hurdles…that’s kind of the point 🙄
@@Welshy Captain obvious.
she could of knocked them all over and still got 2 points...but decided to do it correctly.
@@Welshy It's legal to knock over the hurdles. They don't do it because it's slow, but in her case it would have been the better option instead of risking injury by stretching too much.
She is not giant 😂😂 You don’t know anything about top level female sports, do you? She is a normal size woman by modern standards. Sprinters are the tiny ones because that’s the only way for women to compete in sprint and other speed-intense sports - look like a 12-year old boy 😅
What a spirit she has it takes guts to do that. Salute to you girl
guts? she didn't even run hard between the hurdles. she did the bare minimum of participation. what other option would there be? why wouldn't an able bodied teammate step in?
@aljabirxiju9475 She's not a hurdler, so she couldn't beat those women, but she tried. She didn't drop a single hurdle, nor did she hurt herself. She got 2 points for her team no matter how trolls like you may hate, yet never accomplish anything.
@@aljabirxiju9475 iiiii
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There will ALWAYS be that 1 naysayer, negative person or plainly....just a plain d*ck anywhere. But yeah, guts she surely has.
I really love this lady and her respect for the team
What a delightful person she is and a wonderful ambassador for her nation & sport :)
I really love that even her competitors were really excited to see her make to the end without knocking anything down. With her positive attitude I know she’s going to go far. ❤
I think this really is something women's sports has that our men's sports do not. That level of compassion and sportsmanship exists in men's sports, but not nearly as much as it should.
We need more individuals like her in sports and society as a whole!!!!
This is that person in your company who moves up the ladder super fast because they just keep putting themselves out there and have a great attitude
All i can say is HELL YEAH!! u did better than i would. chin up alot of ppl are too scared to be embarassed you got alot of guts and all of our respect. Keep the positive attitude and the awesom work ❤
She displayed confidence, humility, loyalty and beauty all at the same time... a triumph.
Sport doesn't always build character, but it often reveals it. Bravo.
Although, as a Belgian I do feel proud and find her action amazing. I do hop it didn't bring to much attention away from the actual winner. Go Jolien!
Courageous. Brave. Empathetic. Wonderful human!!!
Imagine if everyone in the world could work together like this. We’d be 1000 years ahead of ourselves.
😂
Kudos to the hurdler who high-5'd her at the end.
Absolutely
She's a perfect example of what a team member really is! What a beautiful soul!
Beautiful story ❤️❤️❤️She seems like the kindest person.
She was very respectful of the hurdles. I found that very endearing 😊
Omg I love this. It’s so much more than team spirit and national pride too-she was perfectly comfortable to go completely outside her comfort zone, and in such a public way. So many could benefit from this way of thinking!
no.
Big facts
@@BestMods168 BM? Doesn't seem like it stands for BestMods but BiggestMoron
Went out and walked over some hurdles. Needs more interviews.
I love that this actually scored points for her team. Strategy makes crazy situations sometimes and without those life can get boring 😎👍🏼
Mad respect, putting your country before ego. Lady is a legend.
What a beautiful example of real teamwork. I love this story!
This beautiful lady should get some sort of sponsorship out of this. The potential to teach young athletes lessons are massive--teamwork, going the extra mile, positivity, it's okay to be uncomfortable, it's okay to try something new, etc.
Humble, kind, brave, fit, talented, proud. This young woman embodies sportsmanship and pride for your country. Well done! 🏃🏾♀️
“Fit” 😂
@@jbb8261yes fit
@@jbb8261what sport do you play keyboard warrior? She's fit for her sport she specializes in 🙄
@@TriniLush7 jiu jitsu and soccer. What sport do you do?
she’s still huge tho
@@jbb8261if that makes you feel better about yourself 🤷🏽♀️
I love it! A true team player! Every coach would want teammates with her spirit and selflessness.
Belgium! Small country, full of surprises
That is TEAM. In a world filled with Me Me Me to see this kind of heart and loyalty can bring you to tears. Bravo, Young Lady.
A true athlete! The trail leg is awesome, great flexibility, not a single hurdle down, great spirit, great teamwork!
I love the way she was tall enough to almost just step over those hurdles. Beyond that, she is inspiring
Hurdles on the track are the same as hurdles in life; something to overcome. Thank you dear lady for the nice reminder ❤
When no one else would, no worries about looking bad, or embarrassment at showing last, she said, oh what the hell! Get this done! That’s a bad ass! Props to her 🙌🏻
Very nicely done she didn’t even knock down a hurdle. I am scared to run and jump over those things too. I had a bad spill doing hurdles in high school.🏆
Wow, I love her attitude. Actually makes me a little teary eyed.
She just cemented herself in the history books by this wonderful act. She will be remembered far more widely for this than in her own sport.
Is this an insult to her?
@@michaellautermilch9185It sounded like a compliment to me. I personally would rather be known for great character and sportsmanship than even gaining a gold medal in an event. Surely you can think of some great athletes that lack character can't you? What do you think of them?
I’ve grown up around insults and this sounds like he’s insulting her obvious weight difference!
Because NFL lineman are not exactly thin & she honestly is not exactly thin either.
Especially not compared to her trim teammates!
Either way it’s definitely not meant as a compliment!
She sacrificed her image for her team.
@@michaellautermilch9185 Lol I don't think it was intended, but it definitely sounds funny right? She still wants to be pro in her own sport, she's going for the olympics for christ's sake 😂 This was very noble of her, but why can't she be known for both things simultaneously. Lol
Give her a medal, sportsmanship beyond measure. Stepping in for a sport your not even trained in to ensure no disqualification. Boom awesomeness!
Go girl. Amazing team work.
And you can never say she was out of shape. Literally a power house.
That lady just made a place in history for herself!
May she always know how wonderful she truly is.
She understood the assignment. It didn't matter how well she did just that she showed up for the team. She wasn't afraid of how she would look doing it she just did it. That's a champion!
Bless her heart. What a wonderful thing to do. Well done young lady! I hope you had some excellent success in your own field as well! ❤