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PHOTOS: Female Athlete Dives Across Finish Line To Win Gold Medal At The RIO Olympics

Female Olympian, Shaunae Miller, representing the Bahamas has shocked the world with a dive feat which earned her a place in the competition’s Gold ranking table.

The sprinter who pulled what has been described as one of the wildest and most spectacular finishes in the Rio 2016 competition finished first in the women’s 400m race as she dived her way across the finish line.


The athlete who started off strong in the race was caught up with by the four gold medal winning Allyson Felix who was believed to have wrapped up the race until the sudden dive which changed the whole story.



Following her announcement as the winner, she said: “I’ve never done it before.


“I have some cuts and bruises, a few burns… it hurts”.

Miller added: “When I was on the ground I didn’t know I’d won,’ the gold medalist added. ‘I still don’t know how it happened.



“What was in my mind was I had to get a gold medal. The next thing I was on the ground. It’s an amazing feeling”.

22-year-old Miller finished the race to win a Gold medal in 49.44 seconds.

http://www.newshelm.com/2016/08/photos-female-athlete-dives-across.html

After months or even years of training, any legal means of winning the gold medal is allowed.

“What was in my mind was I had to get a gold medal."

Now, that is the true meaning of the word "determination"
You just inspired me with that word. Congratulations!

Chai, nice move.
E go enter the rules soon say no diving

Giving it all was what she needed to earn herself a gold... If only I can make that one bold decision then my story would also be told someday.

Nice one. Determination.

Is that fùcking allowed?

Fùcking congrats to you...

You dived to success

Dipshít. Allyson Felix lost the 200m us trials to a diver and now the 400m gold to a diver. This needs to be banned.

Only sore losers dive.

Lolzzzz improvising is very important

kossyablaze:
Lolzzzz improvising is very important

That's cheating. That girl is a sore loser.

desperate need, desperate measure

What kind of silly story is that. You had to wait to get to the finish line before you supposedly 'FELL'. Find a better lie.


I don't see any difference between this and diving in soccer, there should be consequences.

Vanquay16:
Dipshít. Allyson Felix lost the 200m us trials to a diver and now the 400m gold to a diver. This needs to be banned.

Only sore losers dive.

Diving actually slows you down more than it helps

According to Ralph Reiff, the executive director of St. Vincent Sports Performance in Indianapolis, Ind., the best way to finish a race is by running—not flying—through the line.

“Speed, from a mechanical standpoint, is how much force you can put into the ground from your torso to your glutes to your upper leg, all the way to your big toe,” says Reiff. “If you put your force into the ground and follow that up by flying through the air and don’t drop your other foot, you start to decelerate.”

Reiff, who managed athlete care at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, likens it to a baseball player diving headfirst into first base to avoid being thrown out. “Rarely does that become a successful play,” says Reiff. “You lose all of your forward motion.”

While Porter’s dive played nicely in the media, those who re-watch the race can see that he was already across the finish line and then vaulted forward. “He had completed his task and then lunged and hyper-extended his front leg,” notes Reiff. “The safe way to get out of that was to jump forward, take the load off of that leg and dive.”

http://www.runnersworld.com/newswire/does-diving-for-the-finish-line-work

Vanquay16:



That's cheating. That girl is a sore loser.

lol if I was d girl dah finished 2nd tho, I would feel cheated

Reminds me of those days in secondary school... Congrats girl.

Vanquay16:
Dipshít. Allyson Felix lost the 200m us trials to a diver and now the 400m gold to a diver. This needs to be banned.

Only sore losers dive.

the loser here is felix. Miller got her gold legit and doing all it takes legally to win is the stuff of true champions.

Milllz:
What kind of silly story is that. You had to wait to get to the finish line before you supposedly 'FELL'. Find a better lie.


I don't see any difference between this and diving in soccer, there should be consequences.

Bros, where did she say she fell?

by all means win it

Only Blacks can do this

Bad sharp chap

I for just match her head for ground.
she dey claim say she get sense .

Na you get sense

good motivation. it reminds me of apostle paul words that we must enter through God's kingdom through many tribulation

Nice. Any way na way

By fire, by force...she is now a gold medallist!

iyke926:
Only Blacks can do this

I'm guessing you're white.

Desperate times call for desperate measures

that's the best way to win

Vanquay16:



That's cheating. That girl is a sore loser.

How in the Seven Kingdoms is that cheating? The goal is to get from point A to point B in the shortest possible time. However you do it without breaking any rule is inconsequential. You can teleport if you like.

Nice one, she remind me what i did last month in NDA Kaduna, congrats

See matter!