Huge Olympic Blooper - Gold Medal by Default

[my1astname]

Who saw steve throw a handful of marbles on the ice at 00:32 lol

[4duff5]

Steve Bradbury what a legend! That gold medal was well earned. Just brilliant! :)

[spinert]

It was a perfect strategy!!! Lmao

[spinert]

Theres no default,, haha Bradbury won fair by completing the race 1st & not falling under pressure lol...

[elmsvd]

Music at start is I should be lucky by Kylie minogue.

[yogibear16252]

When you win when you not spose to win is "Doing a Bradbury"

[dontchakno1]

haha this guy is great!

[MatiYNWA97]

0:01 - music ?

[Bobafettfan11]

Press 5 repeatedly

[strikez157]

Some of these commenters, who I assume are American, seem to think that in Australia we are all in the outback and no nothing about the rest of the world. Extremely ironic because most people in Australia thinks (or knows) that Americans are the least intelligent people on Earth! HAHA

[BageImanman]

@strikez157 Dumb Aussie is dumb.

[evileaten]

lol 20 to 1

[Applerumcake]

LMBO!!!!

Congrats Dude. You deserve that one. I say: "by any means necessary."

I put my hands up with you too. LOL!!!

[westozzy]

how could anyone say bradbury won the gold by default? when you win, you win! youve beaten the rest of the field to the finish line. thats exactly what he did! "oh.... but the faster skaters all crashed!" well, they did and therefore could not beat bradbury!

[csnydersway]

Haven't you heard the expression: "The last one standing..." I'd say he certainly deserves his win; he was the only one to not fall down!

[Sheerravenbliss]

Clearly the first guy fell and just took the rest with him. They didn't all just simultaneously fall at the same time...so it kinda sucks for the others. That being said, the rules are the rules, he deserves the win. Love it!

[liutiancaii]

Tortoise and the hare in real life.

[Ashyneko]

apprently I served him at my work yesterday LOL my work mates were like do u know who that was... im like nope :o lol

[ragrappy00]

0:49 C-C-C Combo breaker!

[welshnick300365]

The person who said the other skaters were going too quickly round the curve was exactly right. The person who wins any race is the smart racer who gets his tactics right. Countless times at the Olympics both summer and winter the World record holder fails to win the gold owing to poor strategy.

[derro1989]

how is it a win 'by default', he won cos he mastered the basics, he stayed on his feet

[SpawnofChaos2010]

Suck it Americans your golden boy fucked up!

[MynameisElliott]

I thought that Geoff Huegill was still swimming today?

[alaindelon65]

what a way to win!!!! perfect strategy!!!!

[Zoroark1722]

lawlz

[duysan]

BIONIC ARMMMMM

[sukice]

anyone who says this man does not deserve a gold medal is a fool. he worked just as hard as any other olympian, with years of preparation. its not as if he's just some random bloke off the street, he put in the hard training and qualified for the final just like any other competitor

[kizaman]

bahaha. i love this. i remember watching this. My expresssion was a bemused O face. haha.

[DirtyDubstepSoldier]

His just fuckin lucky, he only derserved it if he actually came first without anyone falling

[lilt470]

Nah sorry, to win the race you have to be the first one across the line, Bradbury was the first one across, therefore he won and yes, he deserves it!

[walover165]

@DirtyDubstepSoldier If you knew anything about the backstory of this man you would know he deserved that medal more than anyone else there. This man has had his neck broken, has had his life's blood spilled upon the ice, took to making and selling speed skates to support his Olympic dream. (The skates your precious Ohno is wearing here - they are Bradbury skates.) Steve Bradbury deserved this gold medal a thousand times over - and a thousand times again. He is truly a great champion.

[DirtyDubstepSoldier]

@walover165 great champion...by accident

[JeremyJacobsmusic]

song at the VERY beginning sounds SUSPICIOUSLY close to- aww damn. NOT AGAIN!!! i got astley-handled AGAIN! what a sneaky bastard...

[M0stBlunt3d]

look how angry the other guy is at 1:34 haha

[templetonbob]

Haha, i think that's awesome and I'm American. The Aussies needed a winter gold.

[hagenar]

If you freeze it at 1:17, you see Ohno in front with a clear shot to the finish. Then the Korean hauls him down. I usually don't root for the US, but it's clear that he got robbed.

[coraxeian]

@hagenar great for australia for being there to pick up the win, but i couldn't agree with you more, Ohno got robbed by the korean, as for the guy who comments "those guys were going too fast and they lost control..." Ohno had maintained control, he was essentially pulled down by an opponent, but either way, good job australia and congrats on your first winter gold

[nickbbollinger]

Though I don't disagree with the fat American comment. It's true as a nation we are overtly obese. That generalization hurts us for sure. What hurts us even more is stupidity. As a nation we are a dumb ignorant people. The Australian bloke won because he was smarter than the rest of em. Everyone else was too greedy and desperate for the fame. They hurt themselves, and in the end the best man won.

[zZJus10Zz]

fuck Australia. you dont deserve shit put your hands down.

[wock121279]

@zZJus10Zz  Sour grapes?? Does little baby need some tissues??

[gnarkillkicksass]

@zZJus10Zz Ohno disagrees with you, he told Bradbury to go on the podium. You cross the line first you win. You cross the line last then guess what - you have come last. Thats life and thats sport. Try it sometime and wake up to the fact that no matter what your mother told you or your school PE coach - not everyone is a winner. With an attitude like yours - your clearly a loser.

[Ramstaa]

Legend!

[MikeAppleTree]

Calling it a gold medal by default is wrong. He was first over the line and was the only one who managed stay on his skates. He won fair and square not by default.

Very funny though!

[Emmzyheggo]

Haha that's gold! Go Aussie!!

[ThriceDog]

He's right, they were going too fast and fell over, he didn't, he crossed the line, simple as that.

[Tgogators]

I hate reading these "dumb luck" or "if they hadn't fallen, he would have missed out" it is whoever crosses the finish line first wins, and can do so by any means necessarily as long as it falls into the rules of the Olympics. How else should it have been done? give the 1st and 2nd medal to those who fell because they "would have won if they hadn't fallen" ??? I don't think so.

[bigbadbucksnort]

The winner is the guy who does the right thing, and the loser is the guy who does the wrong thing. Bradbury did the right thing. Therefore, he deserves the gold.

[AllstarHunE]

ACCIDENTS COME WHERE ONO SKATES

[dohzer13]

I'm not sure if anyone has realised this yet, but if the others hadn't fallen, he would have missed out on a medal all together. That's why I don't think he is as good as everyone thinks.

[Frizzyjack]

If they didn't fall, then Australia wouldn't get gold xD So basically he sucks.

[MrJBThompson]

@Frizzyjack let me guess.your american?

[Frizzyjack]

@MrJBThompson Nope. South Korean. But you were close xD. I live in NY tho

[NAXE5]

LOL the guy flying over the line at 0:53

[PowerRussia4eva]

Amazing, I remember watching this. 

[Norcokid21]

Thats hilarious! i love it! Go Australia and Canada!!

[BlueTiger368]

take that america you dont mess with australia

[mhull14]

its not a blooper. hes a legend. if anyone can crash, loose 4L of blood, hav 111 stictches and a broken neck and then 2 years later win a gold medal deserves more credit than "by default"

[PD19954]

@mhull14 not if hes an ASStralian. you eat shit, aka vegimite you dont deserve it!

[VA3Quana]

Apollo wasn't going too fast - he was winning until someone grabbed him as they were going down. Steven Bradbury should not feel good about this win.

[wock121279]

@VA3Quana hahahaha......yeah he should feel really shithouse about it!!!

[konsybob]

A true case of Turtle and Hare :)

[oliee121]

Luckiest Fucker alive XD

[studionightbird0]

is this the most epic win or what

[ValrossBwR]

lol sad

[apharot]

Not all of them were going to fast and out of control. Look at the guy in front, someone basically grabbed him.

[XBaselineX]

-- youtube.com/watch?v=WOrIv8sB4v­g

Watch that video, HE DESERVED IT

10 years preparing

Nasty injuries

- HE WON, fair and square4

[aries1127]

completely fair win, gotta love when the underdog wins.

[annesootybob]

how is it default if he crossed the line first?

[Micuenta32]

this is the beatiful xd

[4sillysez]

You know what I think... he deserved this as much as any other guy in the race! He was focused, managed to dodge the pile-up & crossed the line... 1ST!!!

[supercrevolution]

Just like Hawthorn in 2008

[ilovemyd0g]

Thats crazy! When does that happen in the olympics?!?!

[nbss]

haha it's like the tale of the turtle and the rabbit

[SuperHoppa]

good on ya champ

[ipsilon160]

slow and steady wins the race

[silverpurkat]

@ipsilon160 Makes you think of the nursery rhyme of the turtle and rabbit or rabbits in this case doesn't it? LOL!

[ipsilon160]

@silverpurkat most definitly.

[eggsanger]

Australias the dryest continent on Earth but we'll still beat you even in an ice rink.

[ninjaone1]

lol.... their first gold.... whats that say about Australia XD

[rammeroftabs]

@ninjaone1 err, maybe that it doesnt snow much in Australia perhaps? Dumbass...

[ninjaone1]

@rammeroftabs LMAO snow does not = ice dipshit

[blazeboi9494]

LOL

[lilHippo]

fuckn alstralins screwed us again

[Darkiver]

This is why short track owns, the absolute chaos possible at any moment.

[jzrnsk]

this is why we all love short track, it's fast and unpredictable.

[creadishcread]

aww, he's charming and humble and sweet. I like him!

[Elisheval]

it's like in hurdles--- if you stuff up, the slower guy will win.

as the old saying goes: Slow and steady wins the race (not very slow here, after all he DID qualify for the olympics--- which is not easy)

[autumnzone1]

At first I thought that he didn't deserve it, but fuck that, the others were skating too close together and failed. He didn't win on speed, he won on strategy, which is just as worthy of the gold in my opinion.

[swaane]

@autumnzone1 Do you really think his strategy was to stay behind until all the others crashed into eachother?

[autumnzone1]

@swaane Of course he couldn't predict that all the others would crash, but he says in the video that in the semi-final three of the skaters fell, so he probably had the same tactic since he knew he probably wasn't the fastest skater there.

[lukman11]

One of the true aussie moments in sporting history. Well done Steven Bradbury!

[TheLobsterOfFate]

lol this is fucking retarded

[j12ad24]

He planned that. I like his strategy.

[lucyanneferr]

Bradbury said afterwards that he knew he wasn't the fastest racer there and stayed back in case the people jostling for gold crashed - then he'd be able to pick up a bronze or something. He didn't expect them ALL to crash. He certainly didn't expect the 'something' would be gold. Hell, he didn't even expect to be IN the final.... anyway, it all gave rise to a new Australian saying for pulling off an unexpected victory: "doing a Bradbury"

[lucyanneferr]

Bradbury said "Obviously I wasn't the fastest skater. I don't think I'll take the medal as the minute-and-a-half of the race I actually won. I'll take it as the last decade of the hard slog I put in." He also said of the A$20 000 that the Aussie Post Office paid for putting him on a stamp four days after the tortoise-beats-hares win, "It should get me a car. I havent had a car for a long time."

[LittleShortRound]

lol wat a fail, they all lay each other out. while this guy skates around them ftw.

[Yeungster23]

Slow and steady wins the race.

[OrangeBeavers]

Hahahahhahahhahaha

[BNSAIT2009]

AHAHA I so remember watching this...

we were all like wtf????? did that just HAPPEN? But seroiusly, gotta love this guys reaction

[Mohntana]

Steven Bradbury put in the hard yards and won Aussie's first ever Winter Olympic Gold Medal fair and square...

Good luck to him .

Ur a fucking legend Steve, and you will go down in history.

All the best in the future love Mohntana xx

[wontontonton]

You motherfucker congrats on the win. Must have been a such a great moment for him.

[DarkSinEXODUZ]

Did the Chinese and the other guys who fell, like, kill each other in their sleep?...

[justmakeitalready]

hahahaha, how funny! I'd be thinking the same thing in my head "Seriously? I won? Wow, you guys really f**ked up but hey that's cool!" I'm an Ohno fan but really, that was fun to watch.

[jjlethal1]

maybe some girl flashed and since he was way back, he didnt see!! lol jk :P

[PokemonMisty96]

Someone's EXTREMELY lucky lol

[ajaybramivan]

dit is zon stom filmp[je echt boring

[WerAmazin]

That is just funny for the last person so behind didn't do anything and got gold

[jaymz668]

He made it to the final and crossed the line first. That's hardly nothing.

[sambaman009]

lol, the guys that fell over are like "youve got to be fucking kidding me" WOOOT AUSSIE

[OlympicsRhot]

aussie aussie aussie

[72ve17]

he put a voodoo spell on those guys

[FOOSAG]

crazy aussie!! haha

[RyoYamaki4]

luck of the devil, man......

[dkavikahi]

Oh Yeah!!!

[hwoarang92]

That is hilarious! :'D

[DarkMasterX064]

Thats crazy

[Bailsong301]

you know what would be AWESOME if some one had the music list for the songs in this video.

[gnarkillkicksass]

Kylie Minogue - I should be so lucky (or something like that)

Coldplay - Speed of sound

And the last one know idea some movie score.

[Bailsong301]

thanks you rock

[Khuratokh]

Ahh.. Bless him!

[abhavsar]

what a legend...

[barisaxman2]

It's true that Aussies love it when the underdog wins

[Tia1ko]

@barisaxman2: They love even more when a downunderdog wins. ;-)

[terdburner]

@barisaxman2 doesnt every one?

[anotherguttersnipe]

Shoulda whipped out the awesome face there.

[Marcuskristicus]

I saw this happen live. Could not believe it!

Yeah, you can say he's lucky but he's often said it was a deliberate plan of his.....just stay at the back out of trouble and hope the faster guys stuff themselves up.

[DizzyA]

If you read Steven's lips after he crosses the line (in the full version) he clearly says "Oh my fucking GOD !!" Such a cool / funny moment.

[Icemelta]

lol u cant talk u havent won a fukin gold medal Australia and steven bradbury are a million times better than you. Put it this way it wasnt a fukin fluke that he got to the olympics he was ranked 10 in the world.

So shut up you fat american!!

[Icemelta]

first of all no it dosent

secondly it would only take 21 australians to equal 1 american in size

[mylesusa]

@Icemelta have some fucking respect for another country dipshit. i'm an american living in australia, and some of the nicest people you will meet are from here

[billybob199]

@Icemelta yeah cause americans are big fat fattys

[gnarkillkicksass]

The only way you can win gold is cross the line first, your correct thats how it was won.

[trittymate]

just like this is the only way you can feel tuff....

[friskykitty137]

YAY!!! canada got bronze!!!

[gracom1977]

g'skate mate!!

[longhairedlayabout]

If a racing car drivers car has engine trouble or he crashes, is the person who wins winning by default? One of the criteria to win is: DONT STUFF UP!!! The others did, therefore they didn't win.

[johndzchambers]

This still remains one of the great moments in Australian sport.

1. Because it was the 1st Winter Olympics gold medal for Austrlaian &

2. Easily the funniest way to win a gold medal.

[Alexandar389]

:D:D:D:D:D:D:D look at his face when he wins

[zildjianking3]

You cant help but to be happy for him

[KYUSSREVOLVER]

the aussie was easily the best skater in this race and fully deserved the win, would have won if they hadnt have fallen

[platozzz]

what a anti-climax for the short track skating. Everybody knew Apollo was the best.

It went the same way for him in the semi final. How much luck can a guy have...

[sineadyep]

ahaha i LOVE this.

[tikadolla]

Laurie Lawrence at 1:27 is spot on, without all the years of hard work and training in the sport he wouldn't have even been there, so in that regard you make your own luck.

[AheadRex]

he pass the Quarter-finals and the Semi-Final in the same way...

In the Quarter-finals, he was last and in the last lap the third racer fall and the second, Marc Gagnon was disqualified..

In the Semifinal he was last, again lol, and on the final lap 2 racers fall and he pass trough the famous final...

I think i will make the inscription for the next winters games... i have some chance to win a gold medal lol...

[hoever06]

Bradbury "Oh my f***ing God"

[elip88]

awesome

[trummisen9]

winners are grinners

[DJShamii]

heheh hannes XD you stole that from the book :P lmao

[trummisen9]

heh so funny

[djahfari21]

This has to be my favourite moment in history apart from Cathy Freeman winning Gold. Literally the last man standing, But certainly no fluke, hes up there with the legends. way to go Steve!!!!!!!!!oi,oi,oi!

[maasro]

This is truely legendary, glad it's in the collective memory of youtube.

Truely in the spirit of Ron Dennis' words of wisdom: "If you want to finish first, you have to finish first."

[WorshipVideo]

Great stuff.... thx for posting

[AntiFeminaziAus]

The reason I love this moment is because that's unlikely to ever happen again. No one could have predicted that the race leaders would fall over just before the finish line.

[BloodyOathMate11]

he really sucks, but this is hilarious

[kfarr06]

slow and steady wins the race lol

[Lilithia]

I LOVED THIS LOL.

[destroyer336]

Good on him. This shows u should never give up! Aussie legend!