{"id":5427,"date":"2016-08-31T19:33:21","date_gmt":"2016-08-31T11:33:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/08\/31\/this-is-why-you-should-never-celebrate-until-youve-crossed-the-finish-line\/"},"modified":"2016-08-31T19:33:21","modified_gmt":"2016-08-31T11:33:21","slug":"this-is-why-you-should-never-celebrate-until-youve-crossed-the-finish-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/08\/31\/this-is-why-you-should-never-celebrate-until-youve-crossed-the-finish-line\/","title":{"rendered":"This is why you should never celebrate until you've crossed the finish line"},"content":{"rendered":"

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We’ve all seen people do it: whether it’s cycling, sprinting or long-distance running, the leader of a race will often start cheering before they’ve crossed the finish line in anticipation of their sweet victory.<\/p>\n

But it’s a risky game to play. In the clip above, filmed at the end of Britain’s Via Roma Cirencester Twilight Criterium, lead cyclist Jamie Wilkins begins celebrating just before he reaches the finish line \u2014 and then the guy in second zooms past him and takes the win at the very last second.<\/p>\n

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Pay close attention to the man on the sidelines in the green t-shirt \u2014 the way his eager cheering changes to a look of horror as rival Jamie Penton pretty sneaks the win pretty much says it all. Read more…<\/a><\/p>\n

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We’ve all seen people do it: whether it’s cycling, sprinting or long-distance running, the leader of a race will often start cheering before they’ve crossed the finish line in anticipation of their sweet victory. But it’s a risky game to … Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":115,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[4066,4067,3310,760,746],"class_list":["post-5427","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-other","tag-cycling","tag-cyclist","tag-race","tag-uk","tag-video"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5427","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/115"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5427"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5427\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}