We do know what happened…. SR obviously doesn’t want it.
I think she might have a fear of success and failure syndrome.
Imagine though, nobody ever cared to interview or quote you, either you are young and know it will never happen or you are older, maybe middle-aged and it never has and never will, wouldn't it be great to find a place where you could anonymously drag out a human punching bag who actually is being interview quoted and widely admired and give them a thrashing on a lonely Sunday?
Ordinarily they are respectful in interviews. The only thing I can think of that would warrant this comment is that tweet from Jonathan Gault about her fishnet outfit at the NY Grand Prix. That was out of line for a professional journalist.
I'd be upset too if every time I had a bad race there were dozens of threads made with terrible comments about me.
There wouldn't be dozens of threads with terrible comments every time she had a bad race if she wasn't the biggest showboat in the sport with no results to back it up. I generally do like this kinda stuff in sports - if the player can perform - and I'd love to see her winning medals and challenging records. But until then, she's closer to Tim Tebow than Deion Sanders.
Gault makes a snarky and unprofessional remark calculated to get us clicking and commenting. Multiple threads get started and within a few posts, board users start throwing out references to her being a joke, dumb, childish, unprofessional and crazy. Within a short time, the really nasty bigoted trolls come along with racial and misogynistic takes.
Ms. Richardson and her team see these things and watch them multiply rapidly on one site only: Let’s Run. Right or wrong and despite Rojo’s lawyer-like parsing, LRC is the outlet allowing these nasty things and, in her view, attacking her directly. Many other athletes see LRC the same way and do not differentiate between the message board and the journalistic side of the site. If the board traffic pays the bills and the Brojo’s continue with the lax moderation, then fewer athletes will talk to LRC.
Richardson creates a lot of her own problems for sure but, that doesn’t negate her feelings towards this outlet.
Sha’Carri, news flash, we have respect for athletes. We just don’t respect you.
ROFL
I told you she would bomb out of the 200
That is not fair. S. Richardson's 200m P.B. is 22.00, inferior to her 100m personal best. She sprinted 22.47 in semifinal today. Twenty-two.47 is not bombing. Short sprinters have to work harder and expend more energy than taller sprinters, especially in 200m. A 5'1" female sprinter is similar to a 5'7" male sprinter. Shorter sprinters tend to do well at 60 yards or 60m, often a bit worse at 100 yards or 100m and significantly worse at 200m or 220 yards. It is rare for very short female sprinters under ideal conditions to sprint as well at 200m as 100m. Young female athletes often under perform for obvious reasons. Do you have a wife/sisters/daughters?
That is not fair. S. Richardson's 200m P.B. is 22.00, inferior to her 100m personal best. She sprinted 22.47 in semifinal today. Twenty-two.47 is not bombing. Short sprinters have to work harder and expend more energy than taller sprinters, especially in 200m. A 5'1" female sprinter is similar to a 5'7" male sprinter. Shorter sprinters tend to do well at 60 yards or 60m, often a bit worse at 100 yards or 100m and significantly worse at 200m or 220 yards. It is rare for very short female sprinters under ideal conditions to sprint as well at 200m as 100m. Young female athletes often under perform for obvious reasons. Do you have a wife/sisters/daughters?
I rewatched the race and set the play speed to 0.5. SR was late getting out of the blocks. Have a look. It might have played into the result.
For the record, Sha'Carri addressed her comments to the entire media, not LetsRun in particular.
She had not spoken to the media at all this meet.
She told TexasRunnerGirl who was filming for LetsRun after her speech that we recorded that seeing Gabby Thomas cry in the mixed zone is what inspired her to do this. She also gave Texas Runner Girl a hug.
For the record, Sha'Carri addressed her comments to the entire media, not LetsRun in particular.
She had not spoken to the media at all this meet.
She told TexasRunnerGirl who was filming for LetsRun after her speech that we recorded that seeing Gabby Thomas cry in the mixed zone is what inspired her to do this. She also gave Texas Runner Girl a hug.
She was talking about the entire media but she was addressing YOU, LetsRun. She knows about you. She has seen your threads
I do not believe AT ALL the story about Gabby Thomas or giving TXR a hug. If this happened you wouid have filmed it. Never happened as far as I’m concerned