The reality of biology

The World Athletic Championships in Doha, 29 September 2019. The 4x400 mixed relay final (2 men and 2 women per team) sees Poland, with a female runner, start the last leg with at least a five-second lead. Around 50 seconds later, FOUR men have cruised past her to leave Poland finishing 5th.

[rhea]

As someone said, "Men and women are equal, not identical."

[cammybhoy]

A fast woman is faster than most men, but a fast man is faster than all women.

[beinyurame]

The last guy running for his dignity 😂

[gwooveee]

No matter what gender you are or what race you are, the cameraman is always the fastest.

[zain]

Poland went with the only strategy that everyone collectively agreed was bound to fail.

[PingSharp]

Y'all dont seem to understand that this isn't targeting women, it's targeting people that think that men should be allowed to compete in women's sports. Every sane person knows that ON AVERAGE, men are more physically capable than women. And that shouldn't be a problem.

[GravitasZero]

“I can probably run that fast”

*puts phone down on stomach and switches on TV without moving from couch*

[xalian]

Meanwhile on Twitter: “Running is sexist and anti-woman”

[blackskullx]

The last guy was basically runnin for his dignity

[koonehkun]

"Men's biological advantages are illusions made by patriarchy."

-said by the couch potatoes

[lucca]

The reality of biology: no-one can outrun the cameraman

[thatonerandomflyingpig]

Context:

This was a mixed gender race. Each team had to have two females and two males. Most teams chose this strategy:
Male Female Female Male

So they chose a male for a good head start and a male as the last anchor to hold in their position.

However, Poland decided to do:

Male Male Female Female

Their strategy was trying to get a large enough lead in order for the last female anchor to be able to hold out.

However, one thing that they totally missed is that your last runner should always be your fastest. This way, they can either bring up your position in the end or hold it.

Anyways, this was just some basic context for any of you that were wondering what was going on.

[GOATEDITS-stjl]

I just love the way he smiled at the end, made it look like a beautiful morning walk

[elrisitas]

I bet she would defeat 100% of the men commenting her sitting on their bums feeling proud 😅

[jasongurung]

Biology is a massive advantage, but props to her nonetheless

[superscatboy]

It's almost as if men and women are biologically different, and there's nothing wrong with it, and we should all grow up and stop pretending otherwise.

[gabrielcastillo]

Honestly, the lady did really well to keep the lead for so long against the fastest male runners. Had it been a 300m or shorter run she could have made it.

[ThatguyJoshman]

We had a mixed sexes or is it gender race years ago in primary but we never thought of it as a biological competition. It was fun seeing which strategy would win and that's because we didn't have today's way of thinking, it was pure fun.

[pandagn]

This is nothing compared to my gym teacher's grandma.

[visualsofvivek]

Female runner: don't say it, don't say it.

Black guy: _on your right_