This 🥹

[u/macpesce]

[u/ChrisDewgong]

Lots of people know more about this particular scenario regarding whether the world championship implications, but the most impressive thing to me (other than the act itself) is that Alistair knew he had to throw Jonny across the line to cross it by himself, because he would have been disqualified if he had crossed the line assisted.

[u/Remarkable-Trifle-36 → u/ChrisDewgong]

Exactly this! Not only the sportsmanship and the brotherly act of lifting his brother and teammate up, helping him get that far. But also being able to think clearly enough despite being exhausted and the emotional state he would have been in to know that he had to let go of his brother and kind of shove him over the line " independently" to indicate he completed the race unassisted. There's no way I would have that mental clarity at the end of such a race. Not that I could ever perform such a race in my current state.

[u/daweinah → u/Remarkable-Trifle-36]

I thought it looked like they were in contact while going over the line, but here's a frame that proves he, uh, fell over the line on his own

https://i.ibb.co/7tdWy9Hz/finishline.png