How does she have the energy to jump 1.5 feet of the ground at the finish line?
She is so high up the picture looks photoshopped.
LR homepage picture of Mary Moraa at finish line—— hard to believe
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Maybe with straight legs she would've been close to 1.5, but still, that's not an unbelievable leap, even at the end of an 800. Her bent legs make it look higher than it is.
Great photo for capturing the joy and exultation of her victory, though.
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It was almost too much for her tired legs as she came close to falling on the landing.
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This one looks fake too but I think it's real. Noah Lyles at the start line. Hope this link works.
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team Unruly Bush wrote:
It was almost too much for her tired legs as she came close to falling on the landing.
If she had had tired legs, she wouldn't have leapt over the finish line.
Moraa does not experience tired legs or the effect of lactic acid at the same rate as other humans...Well except in winter, where she was finishing 4 or 5 seconds behind Hodgkinson on the indoor circuit and struggling to break 2 minutes.
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BoogieNights wrote:
How does she have the energy to jump 1.5 feet of the ground at the finish line?
She is so high up the picture looks photoshopped.
She is powered by the tears and rage of Keely fanboys.
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If you want a side video of the finish it looks more like she just lifts her legs than actually elevates her torso in a jump more than a couple inches.
Still a great kick and surprising energy at the end.
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The photographer is on ground aiming the camera up a bit. This has the effect of making closer objects look higher. Look at the photo next to/below it, probably from the same photographer, of Jakob winning the 5000. He's higher than everyone else without jumping at all - and the camera isn't even as low as the Morra picture (looking at the perspective of the line of boards on the right side).
Knowing how camera angles affect a shot is a big part of taking interesting/dramatic photos.
Here's a photo taken from a high camera. Morra's head is lower in the photo than all but Mu and Hodgkinson despite the jump. It's all camera angles.
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zzzz wrote:
The photographer is on ground aiming the camera up a bit. This has the effect of making closer objects look higher. Look at the photo next to/below it, probably from the same photographer, of Jakob winning the 5000. He's higher than everyone else without jumping at all - and the camera isn't even as low as the Morra picture (looking at the perspective of the line of boards on the right side).
Knowing how camera angles affect a shot is a big part of taking interesting/dramatic photos.
Here's a photo taken from a high camera. Morra's head is lower in the photo than all but Mu and Hodgkinson despite the jump. It's all camera angles.
Even in this picture she looks quite high off the ground after a 1:56.
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Tell me you\'ve never won a race wrote:
Tell me you've never won a big race, without telling me you've never won a big race
So tell me about who else you've seen execute a high jump at the end of a tight md race without saying you never have seen them do this.
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agip wrote:
This one looks fake too but I think it's real. Noah Lyles at the start line. Hope this link works.
Noah Lyles used to be a high jumper and has jumped 2m+.
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Mary seems like a sweetheart, but there is a bit too much Asbel Kiprop in her racing for my taste ( especially the Commonwealth Games escapade). :/
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Because she is juiced out of her mind.l?
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agip wrote:
This one looks fake too but I think it's real. Noah Lyles at the start line. Hope this link works.
I did notice how high he jumped at the start and was like woah, he must be feeling good.
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XY. wrote:
Mary seems like a sweetheart, but there is a bit too much Asbel Kiprop in her racing for my taste ( especially the Commonwealth Games escapade). :/
They come from the same very dirty pool.
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Armstronglivs wrote:
XY. wrote:
Mary seems like a sweetheart, but there is a bit too much Asbel Kiprop in her racing for my taste ( especially the Commonwealth Games escapade). :/
They come from the same very dirty pool.
Thank you, Mary, for making this turd seethe 😂
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Maryy wrote:
Armstronglivs wrote:
They come from the same very dirty pool.
Thank you, Mary, for making this turd seethe 😂
The seething is obviously all yours. But she's still likely juiced. She's Kenyan.
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BoogieNights wrote:
How does she have the energy to jump 1.5 feet of the ground at the finish line?
She is so high up the picture looks photoshopped.
I can tell you, that the Brojos have no proper photoshop skills to pull that off.
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Armstronglivs wrote:
Maryy wrote:
Thank you, Mary, for making this turd seethe 😂
The seething is obviously all yours. But she's still likely juiced. She's Kenyan.
Hahaha I am not the sad 70 year old who spends his life shouting at clouds and getting angry online.
Mary was my favorite, and she won. And you have been seething for days. Obviously! 😂
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