The Long, Hard Road to Victory
The sport of cycling is one of the most enjoyable, but it is also one of the most demanding and possibly dangerous, and it may easily end in some unpleasant spills on the road… spills like the one we’re looking at here. One person going down might be extremely dangerous because they could become a hazard to all of the motorcycles that are following behind them! The accident between professional bikers Na Ah of South Korea and Fernanda da Silva Sousa of Brazil, captured in this photograph, caused a domino effect of devastation for the rest of the race’s participants. While we have seen worse occurrences of this issue in the past, any incidence like this during a bike race is really disturbing to witness!
The Long, Hard Road To Victory
Trampled In The Steeple
In this action image, we witness Portuguese runner Clarisse Cruz getting nearly trampled during the steeplechase, an Olympic event that she is competing in. In this particular event, which is equivalent to a little obstacle course that stretches out to 3000m, it is considered to be one of the most hardest of the entire games. Clarisse is well aware that there are “downfalls” to such a difficult occurrence, and she knows them better than anyone. Even though Cruz’s specialty is the steeplechase, she only managed to finish 11th overall in that year’s competition with a final time of slightly more than nine minutes and 32 seconds. We can only think how much better she would have done if she hadn’t lost her balance!
Trampled In The Steeple
