The comments from last week focused on Lief's expression while crossing the triathlon finish line. As a multi-hour observer of the contestants crossing the finish line, I can attest to the label of "confident" in Lief's case. These photos prove my case, beginning in the upper left, as he was starting out on the three mile run. The remaining photos increase in size as he approached the finish line.
Nearly all of the other contestants, other than Tom and Tony, came across looking totally exhausted. Also to be noted is that these three athletes were sprinting across the finish line at triple the speed of the other contestants.
2 comments:
Maybe he's gasping for air -- or screaming out in pain.
Or maybe he really is confident!!
Or maybe it's the inherited German/Norwegian stubbornness coming out, as, "I'm going to finish this darn race if it's the last thing I do!!!"
I missed these posts since they happened so close together...I only see the latest one in my reader.
The increasing size thing was an interesting way to show "finishing".
There is some overconfidence shown there...balanced by the gasp of doom or the last two. ;)
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