Fun fact: Olympic officials later confirmed they gave coach Stan Wright the wrong schedule... after Wright had already received all the blame in the press. So when the video claims that Wright was "working from the wrong schedule," the Olympics channel is conveniently leaving out why that was the case.

I would've actually fought my coach if they told me the wrong time for my race AT THE OLYMPICS

imagine training your whole life just to get a false start

Finally
I devoted my life for this 9 second race
I’ve trained 7 days a week, spent millions of dollars on professional training, and became a representative of my country.


false starts

that last story is horrific and yet the wigs and the acting has me cackling..

It feels so bad to miss a start or do a false start

"forgotten for ever", "only managed silver"
these guys are still Olympic athletes, he "only managed silver" at the Olympics, that's not something you can belittle like that, c'mon

jesus christ all of these are sad , especially the last one

5:42 the good old days when yeezy 350s released in 1972

i honestly don’t think hingson’s last one was a false start

That coach was secretly on KGB's payroll.

I'm actually the greatest Olympian in the world.....but I've missed every event.

If he started early it was like miliseconds before every time I hear the sound before he moves. It looks like his reaction time is just way better than everyone else, although I'm not versed in the exact rules of it... maybe you have to wait until the sound ends?

As a swimmer, missing my race is something that I dread often. You never think about it actually happening because, it shouldn’t. It’s the last thing you’re worried about. You trust yourself and your coaches to keep you on track. I’ve missed a few races before and even at low level meets, the feeling is almost unbearable in the moment. During the last story I could feel what they were feeling when they saw their race, just like the feeling of looking up from your chair and seeing your heat swimming in the pool. It’s awful. For them it must of been more than I could ever imagine...

Imagine getting through a lot of pains and a lot of hardwork, just to be disqualified in less than a second

You can’t really blame these athletes. Imagine training for YEARS, and all that training and dedication until the day of your performances, only to be nervous because everything that you’ve ever worked for and trained for, has come to this.

Imagine spending  your whole life preparing, waking up at 4 AM for years, going to practice everyday,

And then your coach gives you the wrong f*cking schedule

Christie proved his reactions were quicker than the time used by the olympics for a false start. This was something he could repeat, so arguably not a false start, just a better start than they allowed.

I don’t even see half of these false starts. Like 1:38 and 3:59

It's so stupid how you get eliminated for false starts especially if it's multiple people.


I would absolutely destroy my coaches face if he caused me to miss a race.