She just walked away into the stands after the semi. Didn’t shake hands or say anything to a single person. I haven’t followed her but has she always been that arrogant or is this a new thing? Is she just sick and tired of running and being forced to do this by her coach, agent, and/or Nike?
Why do female athletes have to make nice?
It actually isn't about gender but character and personality.
Not sure about the goddess comment, as I could name a few of them in that category. But I HOPE Mu is mentally prepared for the race of her life, there are 5 women that could easily win this thing with the right tactics and luck. 3 Americans and 2 Brits.
Im assuming a lot of US viewers missed the heats as they were on in the early hours.
The feed showed Mu in the call room a few times (focussing on her shoes in one shot) and both times she was getting angry at the cameras for showing her - "oh my god guys just leave me alone" - which is certainly an odd headspace for an athlete pre race.
Definitely gave off some odd vibes even if it was a relatively easy task in front of her of getting through the heats.
Yes! We need to tell all women they need to smile more. No looking tough or determined - that's too intimidating to our fragile male egos. Smile and look demure, happy and sexy!
1) She doesn't look tough or determined. SAFP looks tough and determined. Mu looks miserable
2) This of course is all relative to what we have seen before - I'll give you a good example. Ajee Wilson always had a relatively melancholic demeanour on the track her entire career - nothing wrong with that, that's clearly who she is. Athing Mu in Tokyo/Eugene looked happy and enthusiastic - a stark contrast to now. Therefore it's not unreasonable at all (yet for some of you idiots it apparently is) to suggest she looks like she'd rather be anywhere but on a 400m track in Budapest, Hungary.
If you have a fragile male ego then I suggest you go see a therapist - you do come across like an anemic little stroker of a person.
She just walked away into the stands after the semi. Didn’t shake hands or say anything to a single person. I haven’t followed her but has she always been that arrogant or is this a new thing? Is she just sick and tired of running and being forced to do this by her coach, agent, and/or Nike?
But this is commonplace for a heat/semi. A substantial proportion of athletes do this. Where's your thread for Tobogo when he did it ?
Why am I even wasting my time responding to this troll when this is what they want: to suck as much attention towards themselves as possible.
I think Mu just didn't want to spend an hour discussing 'the stumble' and 'finishing 2nd in a qualifying heat'. She may be a bit different now that she's a star w/ Kersee, but the tough face is just her game face. She's still a very nice person.
Syd is a bit shy and not always thrilled to interact with media and grown ups, but watch how much fun she has with kids, she's a goof.
Often you can do no right when you are a star. I also wish Syd and Mu raced more often, but I understand why they don't and still enjoy supporting them.
I think Mu looks great on the track. Her form and in-race composure best ever. She may not PR, but someone has to run 1:56 to beat her.
To the rest of the world, she just looks as if she has horrible manners. Here in Britain, we are taught from a young age to shake the hands of our fellow track athletes at the end of a race. That practice now seems to have spread to the rest of the world, albeit all of the hugging etc can he a bit OTT. So Mu comes across as rude and arrogant in a similar way to Jakob Ingebrugtsen at tomes. it might be part of an ego driven behavior that helps them both run, I don't know. But it comes across as rude and I'm not convinced that needing to behave like that is a great guarantee of success.
Sha'Carri Richardson used to behave a bit strangely but it was obvious that she came from a less privileged background than Mu, and shes clearly had training on how to conduct herseif. She has conducted herself well at these championships.
Mu doesn't give a good impression of American manners when she behaves like this. She also declared in an interview that "being tall made her feel superior". Can you imagine the reaction if Hodgkinson said something like "Being beautiful makes me feel superior?"
There's some mentally ill **** on this message board that spends a lot of their time trying to pull down Athing Mu in any new way, any new angle that can be thought of. On the surface it appears to be bullying but the recognisable markers of this behaviour make it crystal clear as to what is going on. They don't seem to realise she's already a success and there's nothing that can be done about that. You can't change what has already happened. By trying to pull her down this person is trying to make themselves feel better and/or to protect their ego and the knowledge/knowing systems they are subscribed to. They won't contemplate that these systems are fake, fabricated and phony. The truth and reality is right there happening right in front of you in her success but you choose to fool yourself into believing a desperate sharp distasteful constructed bubble (her being arrogant or upset when from her interviews her demeanouris always very pleasant) so you can feel good about yourself for a fleeting instance.
I think Mu just didn't want to spend an hour discussing 'the stumble' and 'finishing 2nd in a qualifying heat'. She may be a bit different now that she's a star w/ Kersee, but the tough face is just her game face. She's still a very nice person.
Syd is a bit shy and not always thrilled to interact with media and grown ups, but watch how much fun she has with kids, she's a goof.
Often you can do no right when you are a star. I also wish Syd and Mu raced more often, but I understand why they don't and still enjoy supporting them.
I think Mu looks great on the track. Her form and in-race composure best ever. She may not PR, but someone has to run 1:56 to beat her.
To the rest of the world, she just looks as if she has horrible manners. Here in Britain, we are taught from a young age to shake the hands of our fellow track athletes at the end of a race. That practice now seems to have spread to the rest of the world, albeit all of the hugging etc can he a bit OTT. So Mu comes across as rude and arrogant in a similar way to Jakob Ingebrugtsen at tomes. it might be part of an ego driven behavior that helps them both run, I don't know. But it comes across as rude and I'm not convinced that needing to behave like that is a great guarantee of success.
Sha'Carri Richardson used to behave a bit strangely but it was obvious that she came from a less privileged background than Mu, and shes clearly had training on how to conduct herseif. She has conducted herself well at these championships.
Mu doesn't give a good impression of American manners when she behaves like this. She also declared in an interview that "being tall made her feel superior". Can you imagine the reaction if Hodgkinson said something like "Being beautiful makes me feel superior?"
So you mean to tell me you're so desperate so shape a narrative you've just spent your time writing that lie ? From reception to year 6, from year 7 to year 11 and to sixth form there is no teaching of shaking hands. Shaking hands is not in the national curriculum. I know. I've been through all of it.
Sometimes people shake hands, embrace, hug whatever at the end of a race. Sometimes they don't. It's a bit disingenuous when you feel you have to perform it everything. Other times, and this is the blinding obvious which some somehow think is going to be missed so they can, LIE/FABRICATE, you just want to get straight to preparing for the next round/final.
You don't owe anyone to go through this strained act all the time. This round is done, I've qualified, let me use all the time I have to prepare for the next.
No athlete owes any of you anything in what they do after race. YOU DO NOT CONTROL ANYONE. THEY ARE FREE TO DO WHAT THEY WANT. YOU FOCUS ON WHAT YOU ARE DOING.