https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARwgkZVC5T4

Parker Valby breaks NCAA 5000m record - 2024 NCAA outdoor track and field championships


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Florida's Parker Valby won her 6th NCAA title and broke the collegiate record in the 5000m running a time of 14:52.18

Imagine running for more than 14 minutes, and you are on your last lap of a 5000 metre race. You still have 300 metres left to run that last section inside 52 seconds. You get to the end of the race and stop the time at 14:51.98. But the clock is corrected by 0.2 seconds to put you out of the qualifying standard time for the 5000 metres.

Skip to 13:30 to see the lead up to the heartbreaking scene.

I hope that someone, perhaps in Africa, is unable to go to Paris, so that we see Parker Valby get her time in the Olympics.

https://olympics.com/en/news/how-to-qualify-paris-2024-athletics-qualification-system-explained