Femke CRUSHES Diamond League final. Syd bails and runs corny "exhibition" races.

Apparently only as far as consecutive 400 meter hurdles Olympic gold medals and six world records in the event.

What is the rationale that Sydney 'isn't qualified' for the DL final, yet all the distance races have pacers, none of whom qualified either? Why are we keeping the most dominant runner most of us will ever see out of this meet???

If a pacer won the race they wouldn't get the Diamond League trophy either. The meet host gets to include a runner of their country (in the 400mH this was Paulien Couckuyt for Belgium), but they're usually there for exposure rather than having a chance to win.

Without a doubt, Sydney isn't the greatest of all time

There's a female athlete who has run these:

47.51 400

7.22 long jump

10.94 100

50.04 discus

Sydney looks early 40s

One of these days Bol will beat Syd in a race.

It does not seem possible that one athlete can continue to dominate another the way Syd has dominated Bol. Bound to happen at some point.

Drop dead gorgeous

I'm glad Femke described it as an amazing season. She is beginning to sense the big picture. The Paris mixed relay was always going to be the most important race of her career. I framed it that way for years. Either spend the rest of your life with an Olympic gold medal, or without one.

Ohhh the claws are out... but bia@itch, you know you lying.

It has nothing to do with what seems "possible", it's not an issue of probability

It's about ability and Sydney is significantly faster in the hurdles

Just curious... Have you ever heard of Mondo Duplantis or Usain Bolt?

She is the greatest of all time when it comes to her event

What type of asinine logic is that?

It'd be like someone calling Bolt the greatest of all time and then you dispute it by bringing up the long jump and 800m records

Is Mondo not the greatest of all time because other WR exists in every event?

The length you bozos go to discredit Sydney is astounding

She chose to not run the DL events when she refused to participate in the season.

IKR. It is such strange logic.

Who is that athlete? 47.51 is faster then Koch

She should dip her Belgian waffle in Manneken Pis.

The only way that Bol beats Syd in a race is if Syd beats herself - via a DQ, tripping on a hurdle, getting injured during the race, etc.

I think her coach Bobby Kersee sees her as the female Edwin Moses, who won 122 consecutive races.

She probably doesn’t want to lose a single race anymore.