Athletes, just like ordinary people, get into ridiculous and even embarrassing situations. They become common knowledge as competitions are continuously filmed and live streamed. Let us tell you about 8 funny and even embarrassing sporting incidents.
Shame on an athlete at the Olympics
Even an athlete’s overconfidence can let him down at crucial moments. A Haitian runner flunked out of an Olympic men’s steeplechase competition. He failed even in the first one. However, the somersault and the athlete’s beautiful fall were memorable. After such a failure, the road to a great sport was closed in front of him.
Failure of a bowling ball after a wrong choice
A German bowler, at the World Championships, slipped during a bowling ball, with which he wanted to smash the remaining pins. Maybe he would have managed to knock them down, but the obstacle was a spectacular fall. He probably picked up the ball wrong. Hopefully the young man managed to rehabilitate himself and continue his sporting career.
You can swim while running
Many athletes dream of finding themselves on a beach next to refreshing water during a race. A runner from France cooled down during her race at the 2015 World Championships. She was unable to overcome another hurdle technically and plunged headlong into the artificial pool of water after jumping over the barrier. Many watched the athlete’s spectacular fall.
Basejumping while performing on the crossbar
Men have always watched female athletes compete on the horizontal bar. Many of them are also attracted to basejumping, which involves performing parachute jumps. If you combine the two, you get a dangerous and even deadly sport. That’s exactly the combination that emerged when a young athlete was performing a solo routine on the horizontal bar. During it she fell off the bar. After a spectacular fall, the athlete was not confused and completed the programme with an impressive play of her charming legs.
Artistic gymnastics has its moments of curiosity
One of the most beautiful and graceful sports is artistic gymnastics, especially the women’s numbers on the balance beam. On this apparatus gymnasts perform dizzying pirouettes which make ordinary people’s hair stand on end. However, the young gymnast ended up in a funny situation, when she somersaulted on the uneven surface. She was astonished at such a curious moment. So even daily training does not guarantee a perfect performance at competitions.
Spectacular volleyball with its ridiculous mishaps
Volleyball is as spectacular as football and hockey. In neither sport is victory celebrated until time has run out and the final whistle has been blown. Seconds are all it takes to tilt the score in favour of one team or another. Such was the case in one of the volleyball matches. The ball first flew into the stands, but a player managed to get it out. This was not expected by the opponents and they had already started celebrating victory, so they lost the match.
Not everyone plays water polo fairly
One of the beautiful sports is women’s water polo. After all, the sword is played by athletes in swimming costumes. Spectators can only see the above-water picture, and what happens underwater remains a mystery to them. However, it is worth knowing that embarrassing moments often happen there. An athlete can unbutton her competitor’s swimming costume. After that, she’s no longer in the game.
Bobsleigh is a strange but fascinating sport
The oddity of bobsleigh is that one competitor pushes first the sled with three other bobsleigh competitors and then manages to join them, jumping into the sled on the move. Of course, he has the hardest time. You can’t jump into the sledge in time. That’s what happened to one of the sportsmen. He continued on his way somehow. Eventually he fell out of the shell. The bobsledder was not injured, but neither did he help the team win a prize.
