Premature celebration: Runner loses race after celebrating too early

 By 
Eitan Levine
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"He ... can... go... all ... the ... never mind."

An Oregon runner got a little ahead of himself at this year's Pepsi Team Invitational. Oregon's Tanguy Pepiot decided to do a celebratory "I can't hear you!" crowd-pumping move during a race that he assumed he had locked down. Washington's Meron Simon saw Pepiot celebrating, turned on the jets and ended up narrowly winning the race.

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