U.S. Sprinters are a Disgrace

Please go out there and improve the US medal total.

Medaling in every sprint event-what a disgrace.

Any other country would be proud to have US sprinters running for them. They still have the greatest depth of talent than any other nation, and they're still winning medals, albeit not as many golds as normal. There are a bunch of really great Jamaican sprinters at the moment, which in the long run will be good for the US, who have perhaps become blase after years of dominance.

I have to say that many American posters on here are bad losers. It's supreme arrogance to expect to win everything, when you already win most things. Moreover, where other nationalities win in events of predominantly US supremacy, everyone cries "drugs".

Be satisfied with what you've achieved.

I'm not American, but I can clearly see that the reason for the lack of dominance is that the country has done a great job in cleaning up on the drugs front. It's odd, but watching the games I feel confident that most of the American sprinters are clean which is something you can not always do. I even find myself rooting for them.

You can't say the same for certain other countries though.

Fire the coaches. That's how they do it in other sports. It's the coaches fault.

That's quite a hypocritical stance to take when one looks down the annals of recent sprinting history at the number of US athletes who were doping! Not to mention goodness knows how many athletes were using before LA 84 and covered up by their own authorities. Maybe the US wouldn't have been so dominant in the past had the likes of Lewis, Jones, Montgomery, Gatlin, etc not been doping. Perhaps the US team are clean at the moment, and that the results this year are more indicative of what they would or should normally expect?

I did feel sorry for their 4 x 100 relay guys today. Think it was a harsh decision and that they may well have beaten Jamaica in the final.

American Heroes wrote:

Has anyone else noticed the poor attitudes of most of the US Sprinters, excluding Alyson Felix of course? What is wrong with the sprinters and their obvious poor preparation and readiness to take on the world. It is an absolute disgrace when our distance runners perform better than our sprinters -- are area where we were once dominant. Were it not for our long jumper, decathlete, etc. Jamaica would destroy us in the medals totals. Should the US move our Southern California sprinters to some other state where they can begin to focus and train properly? It is embarassing.

Hey rocket scientist they competed , you typed bilge. Think you can do better, I suggest you shut your piehole and go out and prove it. Very doubtful.

Independent Euro,

Be happy with underachieving? Just because we are better than you doesnt mean we should be happy with the results.

Should the US be happy if our basketball team lost to a bad Fiji team in the gold medal match of the Olympics because most countries would be happy to have been in the game?

No. You fail.

Independent European wrote:

That's quite a hypocritical stance to take when one looks down the annals of recent sprinting history at the number of US athletes who were doping! Not to mention goodness knows how many athletes were using before LA 84 and covered up by their own authorities. Maybe the US wouldn't have been so dominant in the past had the likes of Lewis, Jones, Montgomery, Gatlin, etc not been doping. Perhaps the US team are clean at the moment, and that the results this year are more indicative of what they would or should normally expect?

I did feel sorry for their 4 x 100 relay guys today. Think it was a harsh decision and that they may well have beaten Jamaica in the final.

No, I would imagine with a level playing field (i.e. nobody or everyone doping) the USA are the dominant sprint nation.

Whilst certain nations are getting a free pass to do as they please because it's good for publicity, the USA are going to miss out. Eventually the IAAF will have to step in and sort things out.

me o my wrote:

Independent Euro,

Be happy with underachieving? Just because we are better than you doesnt mean we should be happy with the results.

Should the US be happy if our basketball team lost to a bad Fiji team in the gold medal match of the Olympics because most countries would be happy to have been in the game?

No. You fail.

That's not what I said at all! If you can't understand sub-text, let me spell it out to you!

America is the most powerful sporting nation in the world, across all sports:- swimming, athletics, boxing, etc. This is partly due to being the richest nation in the world and also due to a very large and diverse socio-economic population.

They also happen to be, in general (though not universally), the most arrogant and patronising nation, in that they cannot accept that from time to time there will be individuals from other nations who are more talented and better equipped (genetically) than the best the USA can offer. Rather than accept this fact, various US supporters will whine on about drugs, conspiracies, etc.

As an example for you to get your head round. How many US athletes have thrown the javelin over 85m this year? None.

How many Finns (with a much smaller population than the US) have thrown over 85m? 4 (Four)!

Does that mean that all Finns are drug cheats? No. It's because javelin throwing is the national pastime over there and all kids throw the javelin. BUT, they're no good at anything else.

In the US, while half the kids there are too fat to take up any sport, the other 30 million, or however many there are, will choose from a huge array of different sports that are available to them.

Americans expect to win everything, which is unrealistic, and when they don't, it's nothing to do with "under-achieving", it's just the normal world order of things coming into play.

Ding Ding Ding, we have a winner

yes, because distance runners like Nate Jenkins did such a great job representing the US. perhaps he should be gender tested. if he is a woman, he might be good.

American Heroes wrote:

Has anyone else noticed the poor attitudes of most of the US Sprinters, excluding Alyson Felix of course? What is wrong with the sprinters and their obvious poor preparation and readiness to take on the world. It is an absolute disgrace when our distance runners perform better than our sprinters -- are area where we were once dominant. Were it not for our long jumper, decathlete, etc. Jamaica would destroy us in the medals totals. Should the US move our Southern California sprinters to some other state where they can begin to focus and train properly? It is embarassing.

Our distance runners performed better than our sprinters? What track meet are you watching?

United States track event placers.

100m

Men 2nd & 8th

Women 3rd & 5th

200m

Men 3rd, 4th & 6th

Women 1st & 4th

400m

Men 1st & 2nd

Women 1st & 6th

100H/110H

Men 2nd & 3rd

Women 6th & 7th

400H

Men 1st & 3rd

Women 2nd & 5th

800m

Men TBD (one entrant in final)

Women none

1500m

Men 3rd & 8th (Naturalized Citizens)

Women TBD (two entrants in final)

3K Steeple

Men none

Women 5th

5K

Men TBD (three entrants in final)

Women none (9th place was Rhines)

10K

Men 8th

Women 6th

Marathon

Men none

Women TBD

So far with the final day of Worlds tomorrow, we have One distance medal.....One. Yes our distance runners have performed better in 08' and in 09' than in the past, but that is not hard to do since in the last 20 years we usually do not medal in any distance events in WC or Olympic competition.

As much as I hate to throw a wet towel on all the fun in Berlin, I think it's become obvious that the Jamaicans are doping. The average volume of a female Jamaican's ass is now well over 3500 cubic centimeters. The Average female Jamaican sprinter can now pull a plow with the power of 86 mules. 19.19 seconds for 200 meters. How gullible are you people?

Isaac Newton wrote:

As much as I hate to throw a wet towel on all the fun in Berlin, I think it's become obvious that the Jamaicans are doping. The average volume of a female Jamaican's ass is now well over 3500 cubic centimeters. The Average female Jamaican sprinter can now pull a plow with the power of 86 mules. 19.19 seconds for 200 meters. How gullible are you people?

another example of a sore american loser. Make excuses when you get beat.

One of the problems is that they are peaking for nationals. Are and not able to hold on to their peaks for the rest of the time. Happened in 2008 and now in 2009 as well.

And I think some of them need some psych counselling.

I watched Sheena Tosta in the 400M hurdles. She absolutely died in the last 100 from going out too hard. Did you think she learnt anything from that. Absolutely not! She did the darned same thing in the semis. How stupid is that!

You posted: United States track event placers.

100m

Men 2nd & 8th

Women 3rd & 5th

200m

Men 3rd, 4th & 6th

Women 1st & 4th

400m

Men 1st & 2nd

Women 1st & 6th

100H/110H

Men 2nd & 3rd

Women 6th & 7th

400H

Men 1st & 3rd

Women 2nd & 5th

800m

Men TBD (one entrant in final)

Women none

1500m

Men 3rd & 8th (Naturalized Citizens)

Women TBD (two entrants in final)

3K Steeple

Men none

Women 5th

5K

Men TBD (three entrants in final)

Women none (9th place was Rhines)

10K

Men 8th

Women 6th

Marathon

Men none

Women TBD

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You conveniently forgot that our W400 meter runner is a "naturalized citizen", you conveniently forgot that we had a 6th place finisher in the M10K, you conveniently downplayed that many of the distance races are yet to be completed, etc., etc., and that the sprinters are going backwards while the distance runners are getting better.

i wouldnt call allyson felix's 3 gold world championship medal going backwards. or our continued dominance at the 400 meters for both men and women. or tyson gay setting an american record by a bit in the 100. or kerron clement getting gold in the 400h and batman getting 3rd both beating one of the greatest 400h runners of all time (felix sanchez). or dwight phillips winning his FOURTH medal at these championships. i wish people like you wouldn't even pay attention to the sport because it's obvious that you don't know anything about it. we have done well for what we have. we have a lot of athletes that are injured or not in the greatest shape because of other stupid reasons (lolo jones/dee dee trotter/jeremey wariner/tyson gay/dawn harper...ect) but we still did well with what we got. as for the relay's i finally watch the mens 4x1 and that was a technicality if ive ever seen one. it was literally inches that the brits contested about...it's a shame to see that team go from being so excited from redeeming themselves from the olympics to finding out that they were DQ'd. as for the women all i could do was bang my head on the table. why the hell a rookie (because that is basically what she is on the pro scene) was running 2nd leg which is the most important leg in a 400m relay i have no idea. alex anderson is very very very talented but our relay spots need to be dedicated to older more mature athletes that can handle running under pressure like that. hell you could have throw sanya richards in there to help her get some pop in her legs and she would have most likely done better than alex the great. but i digress.

futbolero wrote:

Isaac Newton wrote:

As much as I hate to throw a wet towel on all the fun in Berlin, I think it's become obvious that the Jamaicans are doping. The average volume of a female Jamaican's ass is now well over 3500 cubic centimeters. The Average female Jamaican sprinter can now pull a plow with the power of 86 mules. 19.19 seconds for 200 meters. How gullible are you people?

another example of a sore american loser. Make excuses when you get beat.

Not really a sore loser as much as stating the obvious. If they were Americans suddenly popping out of their unis and shattering world records I would be wondering too. Frankly, I hope they aren't doping, as I like most Jamaican athletes, but to say that suspecting doping is just sour grapes is stupid. Or was it just sour grapes when the everyone complained about the East German doping regime?