hurdlesjack wrote:
Rotich the Rotich wrote:
If Benjamin doesn’t beat Samba the first time, odds are he never will. I don’t think it’s worth risking especially when he hasn’t run his best yet.
Huh? What? Whoever wins the first matchup wins the rest of their life? How does that make any sense?
Going into this meet, Benjamin was clearly the athlete to beat anyway, so Samba showed him that he had a response. Thats was a poised athlete does.
I'm sure Benjamin has the composure to bring it, and I'm a little disappointed that he didn't for selfish reasons, although I think he has a long game in mind. The NCAA season is looooong, even though he raced comparatively light, and he's trying to keep that fire alive, making a smooth transition into next season.
Context, I said a lot more than that.
I’m just saying that “rivalries” in track and field are rarely that and almost always end up one sided.
Carl Lewis and Mike Powell, Noah Lyles and Michael Norman, Duane Solomon and Nick Symmonds, even Warholm and Samba this season... it’s hard to think of a major “rivalry” that hasn’t been one sided in this sport.
And that’s almost exactly what this is being touted to become.