DUPLANTIS 8.2CM OVER 6.21

TheLittleRunnerBoy · 2022-07-24T22:03:33-04:00

He can easily clear 6.30m. He's gonna go 1 cm at a time.

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3 years ago 07/25/2022 9:32am EDT

re: zcvxzvxc

zcvxzvxc wrote:
Give it a rest. Mondo was born and raised in the United States and competed at LSU. He didn't even speak Swedish and probably continues to live and train in Louisiana. You were on stronger ground talking about the foreign-born American citizens who live and train in the United States, yet they had more connection to the country, because most of them went to college there and live and train there. Lagat's lived in the United States since the mid 1990s. Grijalva in the 5000m competed for Guatemala but has lived in the U.S. most of his life and was brought there as a child. As for Grant Fisher, he was indeed born in Canada but his parents are American and so he was an American citizen at birth. He has also lived in the U.S. virtually all his life.

he lives in Sweden - get over it. Good choice. Who the the heck would want to live in a country that elected Trump as President. That says all there needs to be said about what American values are these days.

3 years ago 07/25/2022 10:40am EDT

re: what a tool

what a tool wrote:
he lives in Sweden

Not entirely. He splits time between Sweden and Louisiana.

3 years ago 07/25/2022 11:26am EDT

re: zcvxzvxc

zcvxzvxc wrote:
As for Grant Fisher, he was indeed born in Canada but his parents are American and so he was an American citizen at birth.

Actually, Grant Fisher's dad is Canadian, from Vancouver BC.

3 years ago 07/25/2022 11:35am EDT

re: Captain Geetch

Captain Geetch wrote:
If you're the greatest pole vaulter of all time and had the choice, would you be that in Sweden where you'd be the Lebron James/Tom Brady of that country, or in the U.S. where the average citizen only hears your name once every four years, maybe?

The LeBron of Sweden has been Zlatan Ibrahimovic for the last 20 years. He is so much bigger in Sweden than anybody else, that he is only overshadowed by Björn Borg and Ingemar Stenmark in Swedish sports history.

3 years ago 07/25/2022 12:00pm EDT

re: what a tool

what a tool wrote:
zcvxzvxc wrote:
Give it a rest. Mondo was born and raised in the United States and competed at LSU. He didn't even speak Swedish and probably continues to live and train in Louisiana. You were on stronger ground talking about the foreign-born American citizens who live and train in the United States, yet they had more connection to the country, because most of them went to college there and live and train there. Lagat's lived in the United States since the mid 1990s. Grijalva in the 5000m competed for Guatemala but has lived in the U.S. most of his life and was brought there as a child. As for Grant Fisher, he was indeed born in Canada but his parents are American and so he was an American citizen at birth. He has also lived in the U.S. virtually all his life.
he lives in Sweden - get over it. Good choice. Who the the heck would want to live in a country that elected Trump as President. That says all there needs to be said about what American values are these days.

apparently a lot of people. not everyone is as obsessed with politics as you

3 years ago 07/25/2022 12:07pm EDT

re: well,,,

well,,, wrote:
Captain Geetch wrote:
If you're the greatest pole vaulter of all time and had the choice, would you be that in Sweden where you'd be the Lebron James/Tom Brady of that country, or in the U.S. where the average citizen only hears your name once every four years, maybe?
The LeBron of Sweden has been Zlatan Ibrahimovic for the last 20 years. He is so much bigger in Sweden than anybody else, that he is only overshadowed by Björn Borg and Ingemar Stenmark in Swedish sports history.

Zlatan from Malmo.

3 years ago 07/25/2022 12:13pm EDT

re: Carpetbagger123

Carpetbagger123 wrote:
Nobody is particularly bitter, or even questioning his perfectly legal decision or motivation, but really lets not act like he is something he isn't.

The only reason why he competes for SWEDEN is because of his MOM.

Same thing with 100m hurdler Camacho-Quinn who is an American born in Charleston, South Carolina, but competes for her MOM's country of Puerto Rico.

3 years ago 07/25/2022 12:16pm EDT

re: Pac12 Guy

Another typical Letsrun thread.

Dude has broken the WR in the PV 5X now since early 2020 and instead of applauding how great he is, people have spent 2 pages yapping about his "citizenship".

Shocker.

3 years ago 07/25/2022 6:27pm EDT

re: zcvxzvxc

Duplantis's mother is Swedish, so it's the same situation as Fisher's parents being American -- no different.

3 years ago 07/25/2022 9:59pm EDT

re: e45y

e45y wrote:
Swedish Pride wrote:
And all that while being SWEDISH, competing for SWEDEN and NOT THE USA.
That's my favorite thing about him.
Great, which other of our athletes would you care to take, grant citizenship to, and put a uniform on? I mean, help yourself.

OUR athletes? Americans in general couldn't give a flying truck about track&field. It's a minor sport in the U.S., if not a dead one, swamped by the face-painted fat-guy money sports. So go where you're appreciated, if you can. He could, so he did. Good for him.

3 years ago 07/25/2022 10:20pm EDT

re: TheRealTaro

Yeah. Really dead. Look at all those almost dead American athletes breaking world records over the past few days. At least track and field in the U.S. is performed by people who love it and run/jump/throw because they prefer track and field to the big money sports. Money is important, but it damned sure isn’t everything.

3 years ago 07/25/2022 10:30pm EDT

re: Swedish Pride

Swedish Pride wrote:
And all that while being SWEDISH, competing for SWEDEN and NOT THE USA.
That's my favorite thing about him.

When did he switch from USA? During Trump?

3 years ago 07/26/2022 1:05am EDT

re: Swedish Pride

Yeah he is a swede, like swedish fish !

3 years ago 07/26/2022 1:10am EDT

re: LarsL11

LarsL11 wrote:
e45y wrote:
Great, which other of our athletes would you care to take, grant citizenship to, and put a uniform on? I mean, help yourself.
Rich coming from an American. From the top of my head. Fisher should compete for Canada, Chelimo for Kenya, Lagat for Kenya, Salazar for Cuba. How many olympic and WC medals, top 5 international placements etc is that?

Good point. Also Hassan Mead, Meb Kefghliezi (sp?), and Sanya Richards-Ross

3 years ago 07/26/2022 1:12am EDT

re: OrNot

OrNot wrote:
Yeah. Really dead. Look at all those almost dead American athletes breaking world records over the past few days. At least track and field in the U.S. is performed by people who love it and run/jump/throw because they prefer track and field to the big money sports. Money is important, but it damned sure isn’t everything.

It's not that much of a problem getting people participating. It's more of a problem for the spectator end

3 years ago 07/26/2022 7:34am EDT

re: Ok7272

Getting world record $ for each time he breaks it, 1cm at a time up to 6.30 will be acool $1,000,000 by the time he gets there.

3 years ago 07/26/2022 9:34am EDT

re: TheLittleRunnerBoy

One should compete for, pay taxes to, swear loyalty to, serve and honor whatever country one is a citizen of. No one should be allowed to have dual citizenship anywhere. Make a choice and commit to it. If you're embarrassed or feel that you're not financially rewarded enough by being a citizen of your birth country, by all means, get citizenship wherever you wish but don't try to have it both ways. Nauseating to see so many who are either native born or naturalized Americans find some way to get a passport from another country because that suits their best interests.

3 years ago 07/26/2022 2:35pm EDT

re: tredman

tredman wrote:
One should compete for, pay taxes to, swear loyalty to, serve and honor whatever country one is a citizen of. No one should be allowed to have dual citizenship anywhere. Make a choice and commit to it. If you're embarrassed or feel that you're not financially rewarded enough by being a citizen of your birth country, by all means, get citizenship wherever you wish but don't try to have it both ways. Nauseating to see so many who are either native born or naturalized Americans find some way to get a passport from another country because that suits their best interests.

OK Boomer...

3 years ago 07/26/2022 8:22pm EDT

re: Captain Geetch

Captain Geetch wrote:
If you're the greatest pole vaulter of all time and had the choice, would you be that in Sweden where you'd be the Lebron James/Tom Brady of that country, or in the U.S. where the average citizen only hears your name once every four years, maybe?

The very brutal, and yet entirely accurate, truth.

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