From the article on the front page: "Coleman declined to speak with LetsRun.com at the Millrose Games in February and his boycott of LetsRun.com continued as he refused to answer any questions from the press with LetsRun in the vicinity and walked off"
That's some little bich sht tbh
Does Coleman skipping media interviews fall under whereabouts violation? Seems like he's on his 2nd strike now.
If I recall correctly, during the whole missed tests decable, his dad came on the boards pretty hot. Then he just looked weird after only getting off on a technicality.
It's obvious Christian Coleman and his dad reads LRC and the threads about him
I support Coleman. As an athlete trying to stay focused in international competition, you don't need to be distracted by ignorant or ill-intentioned questions. LR's are both.
I support Coleman. As an athlete trying to stay focused in international competition, you don't need to be distracted by ignorant or ill-intentioned questions. LR's are both.
Some of the backstory is when Coleman was cleared of 3 missed tests in 2019, Rojo said on the podcast Coleman should take a drug test everyday.
Coleman's dad then came on and said Rojo was an unprofessional hack. Thread here:
This is an open post to Robert Johnson from Seth Coleman, Christian Coleman's dad: For you to utter such nonsensical drivel, that "Christian Coleman should be drug tested every day for the rest of his career," shows that you...
Coleman then missed a 3rd test after this and was banned for 2 years.
I had a nice talk with his agent at Millrose and said if there is something he doesn't want to be asked about that we'd respect that. But that a big part of his 2024 story is his comeback from the suspension and facing Noah Lyles. Journalists are going to ask him about these things.
He walked off when I asked him about that before Millrose. Then he stopped speaking at Millrose when Jon came up and joined the other journalists. I think Jon said in 2019, Coleman didn't like one of his questions then about Lyles.
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Invite him to a country club. Softball questions, then ...
C Coleman is a multiple international medalist. Invite C Coleman to a countryclub. Ask 15 minutes of softball questions then gradually increase adversarial nature of questions. Shoving a microphone in his face is not the proper tactic. C Coleman has more international medals than Seb Coe. How would you question Seb Coe regarding allegations of blood doping and the serious rumor, S Coe may have been on Tetrahydrogestrinone, a.k.a. The Clear. You wouldn't shove a microphone in Coe's face.
When I was younger and naive I believed that I had way more talent than I did. I thought that someday reporters would be asking me questions after a race. I remember thinking I'd never want to talk to Letsrun. Now I'm older and no reporter has ever asked me a question after a race. Actually that's not true, I got interviewed by the local paper for a 3rd place finish in a tiny turkey trot.
Anyway, now I probably would speak to Letsrun. They're the only outlet I can think of that would publish my ramblings about everything wrong with the track media-sphere. How it's so incestual and such a tiny community. How every interview is just, "I went out there and did my best," or, "Today just wasn't my day." How athletes like Shelby weren't mocked so mercilessly on every outlet for their childish excuses that their bodies left their souls. Reporters and content creators don't need to be mean to athletes, but it so often feels like you better stay on their good side, or Nike will slap you on the wrist and cut your access.
If I recall correctly, during the whole missed tests decable, his dad came on the boards pretty hot. Then he just looked weird after only getting off on a technicality.
Yes. And then Coleman dodged yet another test and got banned, finally. Dad turned quiet, in shame.
C Coleman is a multiple international medalist. Invite C Coleman to a countryclub. Ask 15 minutes of softball questions then gradually increase adversarial nature of questions. Shoving a microphone in his face is not the proper tactic. C Coleman has more international medals than Seb Coe. How would you question Seb Coe regarding allegations of blood doping and the serious rumor, S Coe may have been on Tetrahydrogestrinone, a.k.a. The Clear. You wouldn't shove a microphone in Coe's face.
For wasn't banned, Coleman was.. not a comparison here.
Coleman had no problem in talking with NBC after the heats.
...he just doesn't want or need to talk website "journalists"
Right - because NBC will never ask him tough questions like "you just don't seem to have the same power in the last 40m of races and you look less physically jacked than prior to your whereabouts failure suspension - any possible reasons for that?"
They will just ask him insipid stuff about "how he feels going into the next race" and "tell us about your rivalry with Noah Lyles". Yawn.
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I support Coleman. As an athlete trying to stay focused in international competition, you don't need to be distracted by ignorant or ill-intentioned questions. LR's are both.
Yeah, maybe he needs to focus more on his whereabouts app so he doesn't need to make up laughable Chipotle stories and trying to get off on timing loopholes.
If more athletes knew what goes on on this message board then letsrun would get zero interviews. You think Jakob, a guy who takes his wife's last name, would ever talk to brojos again if he had even the slightest idea of the kind of sewage that gets posted here? Not a chance.
The only thing worse than what gets posted is what gets deleted.
From the article on the front page: "Coleman declined to speak with LetsRun.com at the Millrose Games in February and his boycott of LetsRun.com continued as he refused to answer any questions from the press with LetsRun in the vicinity and walked off"
That's some little b*** sht tbh
To be fair, Target has some good sales going on now.
It's never too early to begin your holiday shopping!
Coleman had no problem in talking with NBC after the heats.
...he just doesn't want or need to talk website "journalists"
Right - because NBC will never ask him tough questions like "you just don't seem to have the same power in the last 40m of races and you look less physically jacked than prior to your whereabouts failure suspension - any possible reasons for that?"
They will just ask him insipid stuff about "how he feels going into the next race" and "tell us about your rivalry with Noah Lyles". Yawn.
I think most people can see Letsrun is very inconsistent with “asking the tough questions”. They let their darlings off the hook all the time.
C Coleman is a multiple international medalist. Invite C Coleman to a countryclub. Ask 15 minutes of softball questions then gradually increase adversarial nature of questions. Shoving a microphone in his face is not the proper tactic. C Coleman has more international medals than Seb Coe. How would you question Seb Coe regarding allegations of blood doping and the serious rumor, S Coe may have been on Tetrahydrogestrinone, a.k.a. The Clear. You wouldn't shove a microphone in Coe's face.
For wasn't banned, Coleman was.. not a comparison here.
P.E.D. test protocols (40 to 45) years ago were a joke compared to today. If you are over age 55 you should know that. If you are a child, you have been informed.
That interview with Elle at US indoors was so awkward. She was clearly uncomfortable as the stammering, stuttering interviewer made it worse. It really shouldn’t be so difficult.
Can you give some context to this? I missed it and don’t know what you’re talking about. I couldn’t find anything.