I believe the leader let Eaton to finish first is because the clock stops when the event winner goes over the line, the crowd would instantly know whether he broke the record or not. Had he won the race himself, everyone would have needed to wait a little before Eaton's time would have been known.

Beach letting Eaton pass through for the win is one of the greatest moments in sportsmanship I have seen in a while!

best athlete period. i ran a 4:30 in my deacthlon and it was relatively fast. But no other human can run a 4:37 mile equivalent and long jump 26 feet. Unreal.

Thanks for posting. I was working and didn't get to see any coverage. Hayward field appeared to be electrified witnessing such a beautiful moment in T&F History.

Absolutely. His classy show of sportsmanship was just as remarkable as Ashton Eaton's stupendous Decathalon world record. Congrats to both. And congrats to the USA for producing such great athletes.

I was beginning to think real sportsmanship was dead. Beach you proved me wrong.

Amazing!! Thanks for posting this!!

Thank you for posting this. I forgot to record this. Sorry for Bryan but this is Ashton's time to shine. I am still buzzing about seeing this.

Curtis Beach: world-class athlete, world-class gentleman. Proud to have you in a Duke jersey, buddy.

Wow, I guess there are some people in the world that are actually respectful to others on KZread. I wish there were more people like you on the internet.

Just an all-round awesome moment in sports. A real athlete who cares about and loves his sport breaking the world record and of course the classy and respectful move by CB. Really, really cool

It's all good, my friend. I appreciate the dialogue. What prompted my first comment was that, as soon as someone saw an amazing athletic performance, they immediately jumped to the conclusion of cheating. Granted, with Tour de France cyclists juicing like Jay Kordich (and, for some of us old folks, the memory of Ben Johnson), it might be difficult to believe that someone can crush at that level naturally, but Ashton is the real deal. World class, totally rad...totally inspirational!

Exceptionally! I've been told that these guys are like a fraternal brotherhood. True respect shown there, right?

have so much respect for athletes, especially decathletes

I can understand why the these decathlon-athletes are a close fraternity....great sportsmanship always shows through their humility.

Great video! but you know it doesnt do justice to how it felt in person. I was there too, section J, and it was amazing to see this

Yep. And now he's (well) earned a gold. What a beast.

Major props to beach who let him pass at the end,,,classy

Pretty smart of Beach to slow up and go to the outside at the end, framing the shot of Ashton breaking the record.

I was in the stands for every moment of every decathlon event at the trials this summer. It was exciting when Eaton broke the WR for the long jump and 100m, but that was nothing compared to this moment. The stands were electric. Nothing, and I mean nothing, beats Hayward Field.

People who think it's slow should probably try running a 3 minute mile lol

@incorectulpolitic

3 жыл бұрын

Nah, let them run a 5minute or even a 6 minute mile. 99% could not.

So I'm just finding this out, so I may not be 100% correct. But the decathlon isn't just this one race, it is a compilation of events where you accumulate points. So Eaton, over the course of all the events did the best overall, giving him more points than the previous world record. You don't have to be the absolute best in each event, just consistently good throughout.

no you're right, it's just a little cooler to celebrate when ashton crosses the line in 1st then waiting for 2nd. beach would've been overshadowed regardless, but it was a nice gesture.

But anyways, this was very inspiring to watch. It's kinda sad that most people who live around me haven't even heard of Eaton. It was also great to see Beach giving Eaton some glory that he did not necessarily have to give to him, but did anyways!

This was the last event of the decathlon (10 events) and he needed a certain time to get the world record (Best performance ever by anyone). and he got the time he needed to accumulate the ammount of points required to break the record.. there is 1000 points up for grabs in each event and they all add up for the final score.. decathlon is a points race.

Curtis Beach (Duke Guy) = Class act!

Hi, I don't quite understand what he did :( What was the record did he set and why did the guy let him pass at the end of the race?... I'm so confused :\

You are underestimating the decathalon. After you have done 9 events in 2 days, even the best athletes in the world can lock up. It doesn't matter how good you are at a single event fresh if you can't perform well in them all.

These guys must be tall! That's quite a bit faster than I ran in H.S. and my legs were flying. I was only around 5'6" back then. These guys look like they are jogging.

Beach was winning but he knew even if he won the 1500 he wouldn't place or make the team so rather than take points away from Eaton, he let him pass and get first so he could set a record.

I am talking about when people ask questions and don't deserve it. That zinezinzadan person deserved every bit of it. He wants to tell somebody that an athletic caliber that is tenfold of his that his world record is not legitimate.

What's Beach's first name?

im curious what kind of post workout recovery protocols he is doing and what kind of supplements/ steroids he takes...

@prostechlapec9247

4 жыл бұрын

You were pretty delusional back then 😂

Place doesn't matter. He could have came in last in this race and still have broken the record. So long as he ran the same time of course.

My hat goes off to Mr. Beach...

he couldve atleast said thank you!!

Correct me if I'm wrong, but the fact that Beach slowed down to let him pass had NOTHING to do with Ashton getting the record. The WR is based on total points, and the points in the 1500 are earned by the individual's time, not the place in which one finishes. And, to those who claim steroid use or doping, I challenge you to work out even 1/10,000th as hard as these gals and guys do.

did that guy slow down? I don't get it! he was not even in his way..

i would be mad if he let me pass like that.

@junkano he slowed down to let eaton win so he could get the record

I usually sound like a fat guy having a heart attack after I finish 1500m and these guys are bearly sweating?? o:

I think it's Miami.

I phrased that wrong. It's more like a steroid user extends his tolerance of working hard so he can do it for longer. Or maybe it's that you grow muscle faster with the same amount of exercise? I'm not entirely sure, but what I am sure of is that they have to work hard as well.

right.

I agree with you on everything except when you said that a decathlete does a marathon lol.

And that makes you a better runner I suppose? There are those that talk about it and those that "ARE" about it.

Ok, it makes sense now :) .. Thats great then, he did good :)

Why did Beach let him pass? Wouldn't Beach have won?

My first definition sucked lol so I'll try again. Decathlon placing is based on your times in each of the events, where you get points for your times. Obviously, if you get first in all the events you will win, however if you bomb all the other events and do great in the 1500, it's really irrelevant. Beach wasn't going to make the team, so he let Eaton get "1st" in the 1500, more of a way to say congrats. So yes, Beach would've "won" the race, but lost the event.

His orange tennis made the job, Zzzzzummm

1:20 peloton? Someone's been watching too much Tour de France...

Curtis.

It was insulting - it made Beach look weak.

I like how you said that you wished there was more respectful people on the internet in your other comment, and then go ahead and say zinezinzadan should not have the right to live and is a "stupid piece of shit." I know people are hating on him, but it's no one's job to be informed about everything. Don't be rude and don't insult other people because of their ignorance and misconceptions. If you want more respectful people on the internet, start with yourself.

I dunno, I didn't really like that Beach let him win. It almost felt insulting even though he was doing it to be a nice guy.

Doping ?

@prostechlapec9247

4 жыл бұрын

No

haha no worries man. :D

Eaton really bad towards BEACH 😮

It over 9000! HAHAHA

As to your "[I]gnore the people saying he does steroids"...I will not, and you shouldn't either. Of the 10 comments on this page when I posted, 2 were steroid/doping related. Hardly a random sample; however, 20% of posts trying to demean this achievement is disheartening. Unfortunately, that seems to be the status these days: rather than build ourselves up, let's tear others down.

bryan clay will smoke them

Beach's finish was embarrassing. He should have finished strong instead of giving up at the end like he did

@billychuck59

8 жыл бұрын

No, he had no chance in the competition, so he let Eaton by and cheered him on in his quest for a world record. Did not give up.

@Schoondogg

8 жыл бұрын

+Bill Abderson I would have smoked him

Well technically even if you're on steroids you still have to work extremely hard. All steroids do is make it easier to work extremely hard. I'm not saying he's on steroids, but your reasoning doesn't prove it either way.

So he had two rabbits to pace him unlike in true decathlon events...great time though nonetheless

sunof

So...Ashton Eaton has a girlfriend. A girlfriend? Really?!? What happened? Did he pray the gay away?

@zakarykoutrakos5124

4 жыл бұрын

golden86 what?

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Are decathlon points scored by placement? So the higher you finish the more points you get, or is it scored by time/distance/height? So a 4:20 is "?" points, a 4:15 is "?" points. Because if it's by placement and not the quality of your scoring throughout the meet, then this will never be a world record in my book. He was given the world record not earned it.

Well, I might be picking nits, but if taking steroids makes it easier to work extremely hard, then a steroid user is NOT working as hard as someone not juicing. Subtraction, really.

Curtis Beach looked like a loser in this race - he gave up. A true winner never gives up and never sandbags like Beach did at the end of the race. Beach should have gone after the 1500m decathlon world record.

@Tom-tr4py

7 жыл бұрын

sbtbfanatic tm The time was 16 seconds above the world decathlon record, he wouldn't have got it even if he had continued going...