It was even better than it looks. The headwind in the final straight was very strong. The 200m just after this 400mrecorded a -3 wind. She’s in incredible shape!
So glad to see Syd with another great performance.
So nice to see the haters silenced again.
The main reason some wackos on here don't like her is because she’s a strong Christian and she often gives thanks to God.
When she does that it just drives them nuts!!
So it's wacko to think it's unbelievably narcissistic and myopic to believe, and feel special about the fact, that gawd cares about her running and blesses her personally while ignoring utterly the incomprehensibly awful suffering visited by her gawd's creations on one another, all over the world, 24/7? I think you're calling the wrong people wackos.
Thats the excuse they might use, but the underlying dislike is her outward Christianity.
Go back and read alot of the comments posted on here about her.
There are going to be a vocal few that bag on her for her Christianity but there are going to be people that bag on people no matter what. Haters hate. It’s just how it is.
Christianity isn’t my thing and it never will be because I’m a Jew and thus, not a Christian. If she wants to give “all the glory to God” after her races, that really shouldn’t bother people. She probably feels that her beliefs give her more power and she’s comfortable with being who she is. It shouldn’t matter and the majority of people probably couldn’t care less.
If you put some actual thought into it, it does matter quite a lot. If it was only her, yeah, whatever, no big deal. But it's not just her, it's literally billions of people on the planet who believe this nonsense, for no more reason than it's how they were indoctrinated as children. And in the macro-scale, that is a very, very, big f***ing problem indeed. Jeezus.
Triple with the 4x400. Hell she might be good enough to deserve a spot on the 4x100 team as well. Give her the second or third leg. Potential for 4 golds in Paris
main reason people don't like her is cause she doesn't race enough.
Been alright this season, but she never leaves the States so the races she does run are a bit random and against mixed competition.
Nothing track fans would love more than to see her just do a full season on the circuit ala Jakob
yeah no one is saying the big names need to all be in every diamond league, but a sport that has a viewership problem needs its stars to show up to more than their trials and worlds/olympics. Seeing Mclaughlin vs Bol even at just maybe 2 DL events, olympic finals and DL finals would be awesome.
Why? How often did Bolt and Blake race each other when both were in their prime? Did it hurt the sport?
And this is her opener at this distance. I would say she has now learnt how to do the distance.
Chance to medal also in the 100H and 200. 6.29m LJ at age 17 - what about the Heptathlon?
Sydney has said many times that two events she will never consider doing are the 800 and the Heptathlon.
I'm not sure if she can long jump 7+ meters but I'd like to see her try.
If she pulls off the 400/400H double this year, then maybe next year she'll switch her focus to the 100H, 200, and long jump. Kersee is comfortable coaching those 3 events, so you never know.
'get some help' is just rude. 'been follwoing this sport since probably before you were born mate. every day since the internet was invented for mainstream use and i can probably cite more times and records even from memory than you are even aware of.. seen them come and go. the 200m record is fanciful, but shes a freak and drops low 22s for fun. she could definitely drop a mid 47 400 flat, and with specific focus on the 200, then no one would argue that she could run it in a 21.7 even now...so why not a 21.3 if she dropped her volume focussed regime?
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