Yeah I run that slow.

Just across the Lee bridge someone at a water station tried to give him water and screwed up his juggle. Hey they were there to help. I told the juggler guy “that doesn’t count”. He laughed.

Everyone got water, because there was a SECOND TABLE just two meters further down (and a third). They set up multiple tables because shit happens.

You’ll notice that, unlike the runners in front of him, he is sandwiched in the pack and reaching semi-blind while awkwardly bending over and running.

There is a possibility this was accidental, and he was nearly falling.

Bottom line, if you show the rest of the clip going forward, everyone gets water at the second table there. So, if he was trying to cheat, he did a shitty job by not taking out the rest of the water at the next table.

Link to tweet

I’m trying to find a postable version of the longer clip. The clip in the OP cuts out right before the second table comes into view.

It is dishonest not to include the full context. But this plays well to certain people in France, for certain reasons.

It was knocked on the course, where it appears that no one slipped on a bottle and fell.

I hope the French governing body for track and field tells him to take a hike.

It's not that hard to grab a bottle of water.

runner's hand.

I'm not the only one to thing it was an accident. See post 6.

Other runners could have tripped on those. That's no accident.

I don't see post 6 so that must be someone I put on ignore. Confirms I was right to do so.

I competed in road races for over 40 years. I never had a problem grabbing a drink of water.

And the post dishonestly implies he knocked water out of other runners' hands.