Ben Payne thought he had a recent 10K race in the bag and celebrated a little too early before an opponent beat him at the finish line.
During the Atlanta Peachtree 10K race, Olympic qualifying marathon runner Ben Payne started celebrating his victory a little too early and was beat by British Olympian Scott Overall.
The exciting finish of the #ajcprr! Live coverage: http://t.co/Q8Pwt1uyk7 https://t.co/lNc3gmKTVm
— 11Alive News (@11AliveNews) July 4, 2015
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As Ben was gesturing that he was 'number one' with his hand, Scott ran through the finish line and won by only 9/100ths of a second. Scott tweeted, "Pleased to take the win today at the peach tree 10 km. Always run through the line! #peachy.”
Pleased to take the win today at the Peach tree 10km. Always run through the line! #Peachy pic.twitter.com/HBRozJKSvv
— Scott Overall (@scottoverall) July 4, 2015
But the Air Force pilot isn't a sore loser about what happened, he spoke to Fox And Friends on Wednesday about the moment. He said: “I just kind of got comfortable and put my guard down and kind of assumed I had the race in the bag and he caught me by surprise right at the finish there.”
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Hopefully when he runs in the future, he won't make that mistake again.
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