Dancing and racing are usually two very different genres, but kids these days are fusing them together! While we all have seen renowned athletes performing signature moves to celebrate their accomplishments, dancing when the race hasn’t yet started is something new! Today’s video displays one such amusing moment when a boy was busy showing off his moves in the middle of a racing competition. The video, although lighthearted, goes on to portray the extreme confidence level the young athlete had. Did he succeed in finishing the race? Let’s read to find out.
Young athlete brings out inner Michael Jackson amidst racing competition
The video was posted by ‘Daily Loud’ on X, formerly known as Twitter. The 26-second video started as a normal racing video. A girl was seen sprinting in and handing over the baton in what appeared to be a relay race. However, things got bizarre as soon as the little boy took the baton. The young athlete, dressed in blue tanks and shorts, suddenly started to show off his dance moves.
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As the crowd was amazed, he continued to display his dancing skills for a good 6-7 seconds as people with their cellphones were seen eagerly recording the incident. However, the boy soon seemed to realize the job at hand and took off at incredible speed. As he kept running, the camera followed him, and we could see him properly handing over the baton to his fellow teammate. Well, maybe his teammate was waiting a bit longer than expected as his friend was putting up a show!
During the race 😂 pic.twitter.com/6czfVg4rb0
— Daily Loud (@DailyLoud) November 14, 2023
The video was bound to garner views and comments from the users. Let’s see what they had to say.
Online users in splits following the dancing runner’s shenanigans
The video captioned, “During the race 😂” received more than 11.5 million views in less than a day. More than 146k viewers liked the post at the time of reporting this stunning scenario. The video was reposted by more than 16k people, and netizens could not keep calm but shared their priceless reactions and thoughts in the comment section.
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One of the users added another short video and humorously mentioned how the little guy would turn out to be a few years later.
Few years later pic.twitter.com/iIs9ItCFcR
— Skyecy♈️ (@Skygrin) November 14, 2023
Another user shared his personal opinion and mentioned that his opponents must be really weak compared to him which allowed him to perform such an act in the racetrack.
Your opponents must be terrible for you to be doing this during a race
— The Khemist (@The_khemist) November 14, 2023
One fan wrote that it would have seemed ‘cooler’ if he flaunted his moves near the finishing line.
this would’ve been so much cooler if he did this across the finish line…
— Get the raid🤢 ☏ (@dinopostedthat) November 14, 2023
“The gap was much😂”, wrote another Twitter user.
The gap was much😂
— I'm Kizz🥷🏾 (@NnamdiKizito3) November 14, 2023
While another user shared his personal opinion and mentioned that kids these days spend a lot of time using TikTok.
These kids spend way to much time on TikTok😂😂😂
— FreedomRises (@freedomrises76) November 14, 2023
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Another user referred to the little kid as a ‘legend’.
Legend
— Danny (@dannylcfcc) November 14, 2023
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The video portrays the vibrant nature and innocence of the youth. With a free mind, this young athlete could fully enjoy his outing, which might have been difficult for a veteran to do!
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