Via Global Secular Humanist Movement / FB:
Very
little has been said about this…..On December 2, Basque athlete Iván
Fernández Anaya was competing in a cross-country race in Burlada,
Navarre. He was running second, some distance behind race leader Abel
Mutai - bronze medalist in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the London
Olympics. As they entered the finishing straight, he saw the Kenyan
runner - the certain winner of the race - mistakenly pull up about 10
meters before the finish, thinking he had already crossed the line.
Fernández Anaya quickly caught up with him, but instead of exploiting
Mutai's mistake to speed past and claim an unlikely victory, he stayed
behind and, using gestures, guided the Kenyan to the line and let him
cross first.
Ivan Fernandez Anaya, a Basque runner of 24 years
who is considered an athlete with a big future (champion of Spain of
5,000 meters in promise category two years ago) said after the test:
"But even if they had told me that winning would have earned me a place
in the Spanish team for the European championships, I wouldn't have
done it either. I also think that I have earned more of a name having
done what I did than if I had won. And that is very important, because
today, with the way things are in all circles, in soccer, in society, in
politics, where it seems anything goes, a gesture of honesty goes down
well."
He said at the beginning: unfortunately, very little has
been said of the gesture. And it's a shame. In my opinion, it would be
nice to explain to children, so they do not think that sport is only
what they see on TV: violent kicks in abundance, posh statements,
fingers in the eyes of the enemy ...
Very
little has been said about this…..On December 2, Basque athlete Iván
Fernández Anaya was competing in a cross-country race in Burlada,
Navarre. He was running second, some distance behind race leader Abel
Mutai - bronze medalist in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the London
Olympics. As they entered the finishing straight, he saw the Kenyan
runner - the certain winner of the race - mistakenly pull up about 10
meters before the finish, thinking he had already crossed the line.
Fernández Anaya quickly caught up with him, but instead of exploiting Mutai's mistake to speed past and claim an unlikely victory, he stayed behind and, using gestures, guided the Kenyan to the line and let him cross first.
Ivan Fernandez Anaya, a Basque runner of 24 years who is considered an athlete with a big future (champion of Spain of 5,000 meters in promise category two years ago) said after the test:
"But even if they had told me that winning would have earned me a place in the Spanish team for the European championships, I wouldn't have done it either. I also think that I have earned more of a name having done what I did than if I had won. And that is very important, because today, with the way things are in all circles, in soccer, in society, in politics, where it seems anything goes, a gesture of honesty goes down well."
He said at the beginning: unfortunately, very little has been said of the gesture. And it's a shame. In my opinion, it would be nice to explain to children, so they do not think that sport is only what they see on TV: violent kicks in abundance, posh statements, fingers in the eyes of the enemy ...
Fernández Anaya quickly caught up with him, but instead of exploiting Mutai's mistake to speed past and claim an unlikely victory, he stayed behind and, using gestures, guided the Kenyan to the line and let him cross first.
Ivan Fernandez Anaya, a Basque runner of 24 years who is considered an athlete with a big future (champion of Spain of 5,000 meters in promise category two years ago) said after the test:
"But even if they had told me that winning would have earned me a place in the Spanish team for the European championships, I wouldn't have done it either. I also think that I have earned more of a name having done what I did than if I had won. And that is very important, because today, with the way things are in all circles, in soccer, in society, in politics, where it seems anything goes, a gesture of honesty goes down well."
He said at the beginning: unfortunately, very little has been said of the gesture. And it's a shame. In my opinion, it would be nice to explain to children, so they do not think that sport is only what they see on TV: violent kicks in abundance, posh statements, fingers in the eyes of the enemy ...
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