Ez_Mar wrote:
Galen Rupp = Connor Jaeger
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connor_JaegerThe general public does not know who either is.
I probably follow swimming more than about 98% of the people out there, and I still can't keep Connor Jaeger and Conor Dwyer apart in my head. But then swimming has too many overlapping names- the Russians have had Daria K. Unstinova and Daria S. Unstinova on the same junior international team. Also Leah Neale (Australia) vs. Lia Neal (USA) and back in the day Kirsty Coventry (Zimbabwe) and Kirsten Caverly (USA).
I can see the appeal of gymnastics- easy for anyone who has tried to do a few cartwheels in the backyard to see just how hard and impressive it is for the elites to do a big twisty-flippy thing. Running (and swimming) are more subtle in terms of being able to understand just How Much Better Than You the elites truly are.