I appreciate that she's not self conscious about it. She does a full round of interviews shortly after the race in English and Dutch despite knowing that her voice won't normalize for an hour or more.
Bol said the only thing she was upset about was that World Athletics changed its seeding criteria 48 hours before the tournament, using world rankings instead of best times. Bol said it was very annoying and she was stressed because it meant Alexis Holmes was in her opening heat. The plan was to run 52 in the heat. But with Holmes in there they didn't know what she would do. Bol thought she might have to run 50 in an opening heat. But fortunately Holmes didn't want to push either, so everything went as planned with 52. It's Dutch but there are subtitles:
It never really occurred to me that other languages would borrow brief English phrases the way we borrow from others (like, we might drop an “au contraire” or “no problemo”), even though it makes sense that they would. The announcer speaks what to me is gibberish and then throws in a “nice and easy.” Just great.
“Actually” wrote the following gibberish: “On a pretty fundamental level, European women are more likely to speak in their naturally higher voice registers than US women due to the tendency of US women to feel they need to deepen their voices to gain respect in business contexts and whatnot (ex: guys hating on female announcers bc their voices are "shrill"). Any higher level discussion about gender standards across various cultures and whatnot is probably not gonna go great in a letsrun forum lol”
“fgghfhfhf” called him out on his BS:
“Not true at all. I am half-Russian , half-Dutch and on average women's voices from these two countries are much deeper.”
“Actually”, being confronted with a semi-authoritative rebuttal to the crap he presented as fact, wrote the following idiotic milquetoast post:
“Happy to be corrected! I would imagine part of it is due to the baseline pitch for the native languages, and then how that translates to them speaking english as well. I think the person from early who said she was gassed probably had a good point as well.”
Just another day in the cesspool that is the LetsRun forms.
What a childishly stupid thing to be concerned with. It's like there are a bunch of immature for their age middle schoolers mocking someone who is successful.
Honestly, mocking someone, especially for something they have no control over, is sadly childish and speaks to some kind of serious low self esteem as an adult.
Then why is it OK for women to mock a man for having a small penis?
You have experience of that?
But it is a false equivalence. And no one says it is ok for women to do that.
"Boyish" is not like a child. It has often been used to describe some women (like the use of "girlish"). Your reaction - wrong reaction - is based on a failure to understand basic English and is ridiculous.
My reaction? I'm not the OP.
I know you're not. But you appear to be saying "yourkiddingright" deserved the very hostile reaction they got to their comment about "boyishness".
Yeah, I was flicking through the TV the other day and even TMZ did a little spot on her about this. Yeah, I was flicking through the TV the other day, and even TMZ did a little spot on her about this and the main guy who was talking about the story literally said “never mind her world record but listen to that voice”
If she gets mentioned on TMZ that's a win. Eventually Bol will receive coverage beforehand and everyone will realize how significantly her voice changes. The only reason it's a topic now is that nobody ever hears her except immediately following a race.
NBC will undoubtedly do a feature on Bol before Paris
Again, if she had a more aggressive agent this would already be part of an ad campaign. Self spoof works.
It never really occurred to me that other languages would borrow brief English phrases the way we borrow from others (like, we might drop an “au contraire” or “no problemo”), even though it makes sense that they would. The announcer speaks what to me is gibberish and then throws in a “nice and easy.” Just great.
The interviewer referred to the stadium speaker who said it went “nice and easy”.
Klaver said it was a “chille run” (chill run) as a reply. This is borrowed from English.
What a childishly stupid thing to be concerned with. It's like there are a bunch of immature for their age middle schoolers mocking someone who is successful.
Honestly, mocking someone, especially for something they have no control over, is sadly childish and speaks to some kind of serious low self esteem as an adult.
Her voice is a little Mickey Mouse.
However lets talk about those yellow teeth on such a young person.
I would be more dismayed if she had a voice like a man. She seems like a totally natural and unaffected person. It's kind of cute that this little girl voice comes from such a perfect female athlete.
"Fans were left wondering if Mickey Mouse had smashed a world record after hearing star athlete Femke Bol's post-race interview, after she stormed to gold in the 400 m, setting a new world best of 49.17 seconds in the process"
I would be more dismayed if she had a voice like a man. She seems like a totally natural and unaffected person. It's kind of cute that this little girl voice comes from such a perfect female athlete.
According to you, Bol is doped.
That isn't according to me. Like many a top athlete she may be. Or maybe not. So what do you think? Or don't you have an opinion?
That isn't according to me. Like many a top athlete she may be. Or maybe not. So what do you think? Or don't you have an opinion?
It is.
If she is doped or not is not a point of some personal opinion. She may be. Or not.
Anybody close to a current WR is a doper - that's a statement you did. A fact.
You have argued your misconception about what I think thread after thread. It looks like your fever has struck again. Why don't you say what you think instead of trying to tell me what I think?
If she is doped or not is not a point of some personal opinion. She may be. Or not.
Anybody close to a current WR is a doper - that's a statement you did. A fact.
You have argued your misconception about what I think thread after thread. It looks like your fever has struck again. Why don't you say what you think instead of trying to tell me what I think?
You have often said that anyone who breaks a world record is doped. Be coherent.
You have argued your misconception about what I think thread after thread. It looks like your fever has struck again. Why don't you say what you think instead of trying to tell me what I think?
You have often said that anyone who breaks a world record is doped. Be coherent.
I will if you do. Apparently you can't. But offer your own opinion instead of thinking you can speak for me. You don't have views of your own?
If she is doped or not is not a point of some personal opinion. She may be. Or not.
Anybody close to a current WR is a doper - that's a statement you did. A fact.
You have argued your misconception about what I think thread after thread. It looks like your fever has struck again. Why don't you say what you think instead of trying to tell me what I think?
You have written that any athlete close to sa current WR is a doper - a pure fact. I don't try to tell you what you think (you do this sometimes?). I just quoted you.
What I think about Bol? Great athlete. I don't care about her voice.
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