Beautiful Things

Gleanings from Budapest '23  So while I watched this particular 4×400m race, the tension was high, many were rooting for the stars and stripes to qualify and run in the finals as usual. They had gotten a couple of gold medals already However, the anchor leg and 3rd leg messed up everything. Even though Alexis Holmes upon picking the baton later levelled up and completed the race just behind the leading English team, we weren't quite happy with her but little did we even know that that clumsiness cost them much more: a spot in the finals. They were later disqualified when it was ruled that the actual baton transfer was done beyond the legal passing zone. Phew!🥲 Athletics has it's rules and so does life.  Meanwhile this turned out to be a miracle for Netherlands 🤩 who clinched the gold in yesterday's race having lost out on the gold to the same Holmes many days ago in the mixed relay. Their case was a bit different, it wasn't a clumsy transfer but a fall and loss of