She has, as you say, the same “weight,” if not more. She is probably the best known T&F athlete for those that don’t closely follow the sport and is almost assuredly the highest paid currently.
I think Lyles and Sha'Carri are probably at least on par with Sydney as far as popularity or awareness of the athlete.
Sydney should be the highest paid. She may be the best female track athlete I've witnessed. I qualify "female", because I think Bolt is #1 overall.
She may have hurt her chances for gold in the final.
I agree that is was pretty fast for a semi. But if anyone should know how to hold back and understand the rounds its Syd. I'm just sad she broke the American record in the semis since it was so unexpected it won't receive the same awe as it would in the finals. After this and how Naser looked it's almost hard to give Paulino the win.
The fastest a New Zealand lady has ever run the 400 meters is 51.60. Yes, that is not a typo. LOL.
So NZ runners have broken 60 secs. Good that you have caught up with that. But are they doped like US runners probably are?
When I saw the 51.60 I am thinking damn - maybe New Zealand runners are not so slow after all - that is the 400 meter hurdles. Then I saw it was for the flat 400 meters. Yeah, they are that slow after all.
So NZ runners have broken 60 secs. Good that you have caught up with that. But are they doped like US runners probably are?
When I saw the 51.60 I am thinking damn - maybe New Zealand runners are not so slow after all - that is the 400 meter hurdles. Then I saw it was for the flat 400 meters. Yeah, they are that slow after all.
Nobody you know is familiar with Duplantis because everybody you know becomes slightly interested in track during an Olympic year, and during an Olympic year only. That is to say that they hardly ever follow the sport, only the major headlines once every 4 years (generally speaking). Even so, it’s obvious that Mondo is completely more dominant in pole vault than Bolt ever was in the sprints…and Mondo doesn’t need a “special German massage therapist”.
Mondo is unreal, but the question was about popularity.
Nobody you know is familiar with Duplantis because everybody you know becomes slightly interested in track during an Olympic year, and during an Olympic year only. That is to say that they hardly ever follow the sport, only the major headlines once every 4 years (generally speaking). .
And they are amazed by world records, that's why Duplantis is holding back so he can keep setting them for the next 10 years, if he stays healthy that long.
He has turned athletics into swimming. Swimming always has some Olympic superstar breaking about 5 world records in one meet, since it's a technique heavy contest. Not a sport.
Nobody you know is familiar with Duplantis because everybody you know becomes slightly interested in track during an Olympic year, and during an Olympic year only. That is to say that they hardly ever follow the sport, only the major headlines once every 4 years (generally speaking). Even so, it’s obvious that Mondo is completely more dominant in pole vault than Bolt ever was in the sprints…and Mondo doesn’t need a “special German massage therapist”.
Mondo is unreal, but the question was about popularity.
Worldwide he's way more popular than Sidney - it's not even close. Only an American would deny this.
Must’ve got a brand new pair of bouncy spikes from nike. The king of bouncy spikes. Hooray for inflated bouncy shoe records! How many world and national records have been broken in the last four years?
She is a supernova for track and field. I don't understand any criticism of her at all. What a performance! Hard to see her not beating this time in the final.
Must’ve got a brand new pair of bouncy spikes from nike. The king of bouncy spikes. Hooray for inflated bouncy shoe records! How many world and national records have been broken in the last four years?
New Balance is going to be pissed if she wore Nike spikes. Did she put the New Balance “N” over top of the Nike swoosh?