Bol is probably the most loved figure in track & field right now. Her grace, humility and commitment to her team and teammates are wonderful traits. She doesn't look as powerful as her competitors and is deceptively fast. She looks like an underdog, but she's obviously anything but.
I would say that Bol is the second most loved figure in track now. Number 1 has to be Katelyn Tuohy - her grace and humility and committment to her team and teammates is second to none.
Here are the Netherlands 4X4 splits: Saalberg 51.76 Klaver 48.76 Peeters 51.36 Bol 48.78
Klaver with that amazing leg too, understandably getting overlooked because of the manner of Bol's run, but they her to thank just as much as Bol.
If NED can get at least one other woman into a 50's next season, they can certainly challenge for Olympic medals.
Ouch on the Saalberg split and double ouch on the Peeters split. 51.36 with a running start kinda sucks for a national team runner.
Netherlands has about 17 million people; U.S. has 330 million. So it's not as likely for them to find a whole bunch of 49-second women 400m runners. They do tend to be tall and strong, so they are well represented in sports like sprinting and speed skating.
Bol is probably the most loved figure in track & field right now. Her grace, humility and commitment to her team and teammates are wonderful traits. She doesn't look as powerful as her competitors and is deceptively fast. She looks like an underdog, but she's obviously anything but.
I would say that Bol is the second most loved figure in track now. Number 1 has to be Katelyn Tuohy - her grace and humility and committment to her team and teammates is second to none.
You are aware there are people who live outside the US?
I would say that Bol is the second most loved figure in track now. Number 1 has to be Katelyn Tuohy - her grace and humility and committment to her team and teammates is second to none.
You are aware there are people who live outside the US?
Poor troll try; she’s not the most loved track figure in the US, either
Bol is probably the most loved figure in track & field right now. Her grace, humility and commitment to her team and teammates are wonderful traits. She doesn't look as powerful as her competitors and is deceptively fast. She looks like an underdog, but she's obviously anything but.
I would say that Bol is the second most loved figure in track now. Number 1 has to be Katelyn Tuohy - her grace and humility and committment to her team and teammates is second to none.
I think it would be funny if someone asked Bol in an interview if she knew who Katelyn Tuohy is.
Ouch on the Saalberg split and double ouch on the Peeters split. 51.36 with a running start kinda sucks for a national team runner.
Netherlands has about 17 million people; U.S. has 330 million. So it's not as likely for them to find a whole bunch of 49-second women 400m runners. They do tend to be tall and strong, so they are well represented in sports like sprinting and speed skating.
I wouldn’t assume anything for the US. Sydney, Mu, Prandini are under the contrarian, old school Kersee spell. Thomas seems a lock for the 4x1, too much politics and feelings to put her on both relays. Who knows how Steiner comes back? Muhammad is going backwards. The 400m runners are average and clearly can’t get a handoff.
When Klaver caught up to the Brit and Jamaican on her leg the physical disparity was just incredible, she's one of the more fascinating track athletes I've seen.
I meant the women of course, except Peeters was missing.
They were all on my flight back to Amsterdam, about 40 minutes before we landed Femke went into the cockpit and never came out again. She was still in there when we got off the plane and into the bus. But Lieke Klaver is very cool, she got off the plane and into the bus with everyone else and was very friendly. She appears to have been chiseled out of marble.
When it comes to racing Sydney in any event she is definitely an underdog. Syd has split 47 and we've seen what she did to her in the 400 hurdles. It's funny how you guys want to crown Femke as some kind of god or champion when she hasn't come close to beating the best yet. Good effort from her but she's not. We'll see what happens when they race in a few weeks.
When it comes to racing Sydney in any event she is definitely an underdog. Syd has split 47 and we've seen what she did to her in the 400 hurdles. It's funny how you guys want to crown Femke as some kind of god or champion when she hasn't come close to beating the best yet. Good effort from her but she's not. We'll see what happens when they race in a few weeks.
They've race twice...hardly a huge sample size and Bol's now a solid sub 52 hurdler and owns the indoor 400 WR since they last met. Progression isn't necessarily linear, as we've seen with how Kersee has handled several of his athletes this year.
When it comes to racing Sydney in any event she is definitely an underdog. Syd has split 47 and we've seen what she did to her in the 400 hurdles. It's funny how you guys want to crown Femke as some kind of god or champion when she hasn't come close to beating the best yet. Good effort from her but she's not. We'll see what happens when they race in a few weeks.
Two gold medals is definitive of "some kind of champion".
Where do you get Sydney racing in two weeks? With Curse-ee coaching she'll be lucky to compete again next year.....
When Klaver caught up to the Brit and Jamaican on her leg the physical disparity was just incredible, she's one of the more fascinating track athletes I've seen.
Or Klaver next to the Canadian runner, especially. In this shot, they're roughly side by side with each other on the track. What a comical size difference, lol:
