Five Thousand Metres of Greatness 🔥 | Men's 5000m - T53/T54 Final | Tokyo 2020 Paralympics

[@the.oi.sprinter]

Thank you for reuploading!

[@Starboardstoicruise-ls4fy]

I like the fact that this race is typically to para Olympics and looks super cool too

[@barelyreal1]

This is so amazing! I've never seen the Paralympic Games live. It is such a shame that they don't televise it that much!

[@MuirDragonneTV]

this was such an awesome race to watch! Super close all the way until that final lap.

[@giulianapoumian347]

Nice competition 💖💚

[@Manowar458]

Cool

[@clefordtrocino7779]

Congrats sir marcel

[@ranchnoksrichakkote2971]

Jay Khongrak has done such a good job.

[@mikamoldovan9654]

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[@addie_is_me]

Hug is a T54 and Lakatos is a T53. Doesn't a T53/T54 race put Lakatos and the other T53s at a disadvantage from the start? idk Either way, it was a great race!

[@AceVproductionsPC]

It does indeed put the 53s at a disadvantage as they have no core muscles, this mostly means they find it harder to accelerate/hold the bends on the track, however the differences aren't huge so they are able to race against each other in the longer events, it would be nicer if every class got their own event but there isn't enough time for that in the Paralympic schedule so a combined event is better than no event for the 53s

[@ggomizuma7685]

53s have 100m 400m and 800m

[@addie_is_me]

@@ggomizuma7685 Right, but not against t54. See what I mean.

[@ggomizuma7685]

@@addie_is_me true! the only races that are combined for T53/54 is 1500m and 5K and Marathons

[@addie_is_me]

@@ggomizuma7685 That’s interesting. Maybe in those distances they are close enough in ability to both be in the races together, T53/T54.

[@warrioroflight2781]

❤

[@mikamoldovan9654]

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[@mikamoldovan9654]

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