you can't talk about SML not running it if you aren't going to talk about Rai, Quincy, and Norman.
I wish she would run it, but completely understand why she doesn't.
And while it may be the logical correct decision for SML to skip out, it was also correct for Femke to run it. Those relays will always be an enormous part of her legacy. Especially within her own country. Nobody will be more beloved and legendary than her.
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Sydney isn’t Sha’Carri Richardson. Sydney is actually of the toughest athletes in the sport. This is not a concern. Femke will need to be on current WR pace to even have a small chance.
But Syd is probably about to go 50 low in the 400H. She’s in absurdly strong shape.
I don't think most posters on here see Syd and Sha'Carri as very different. You can draw your own conclusions.
you can't talk about SML not running it if you aren't going to talk about Rai, Quincy, and Norman.
I wish she would run it, but completely understand why she doesn't.
And while it may be the logical correct decision for SML to skip out, it was also correct for Femke to run it. Those relays will always be an enormous part of her legacy. Especially within her own country. Nobody will be more beloved and legendary than her.
Sydney won't transcend the sport until she opens up her ambition. Jesse Owens is not Jesse Owens if he only runs the 100m. Carl Lewis is not Carl Lewis if he only runs the 100m. Sydney should have run 400mH, 400m, 4 x 400m and left with 3 Golds.
It was impressive. McLaughlin-Levrone was eligible for the mixed relay but her coach, Bob Kersee, did not want her to run the night before the preliminary heats of her signature event. “I decided against that,” he told NJ Advance Media. His top athlete, meanwhile, wasn’t watching. “I didn’t see the race but I saw the results,” McLaughlin-Levrone said. “Definitely a fast race. We knew it was going to take a world record whoever won, so I’m sure it was a very close race. I’ll have to go back and watch.”
See, you are answering with a self-absorbed American mindset and proving the point i wanted to mke.
I don't want to know what she's thinking about her own race. What I want to know is does she think at all, "Why aren't I out there running for the stars and stripes?"
It's quite hard to explain to my wife and 6-year old why the top US stars don't want to run for their country. I didn't want to get into , "Shoe execs don't value this event at all so they don't bother. In the short term, financially the mixed 4 x 400 does nothing for Sydney. Lots of downside."
Nothing against Femke Bol - she’s great - but she has yet to do anything the last few years that Sydney can’t do. That includes today.
Agreed..this mixed 4 x 4 is such a contrived event . She is already running rounds to finals of 400 Hurdles and a relay leg most likely. Bol cannot beat her at anything, I don;t care what she split. The Mixed 4 x 4 is like BMX, Break dancing, synchronized friggin diving, unnecessary and filler for the greater good of participation. 3 on 3 hoops? seriously?
I think you are spot on. It's not there to give additional cheap medals to the elite from the most powerful athletics nations.
It's for second stringers from the top countries or the best from lesser powers...
Sydney's not going to get excited at winning a medal at a "B" level event.
The comparison doesn't work because it's an opposite situation.
1. This is the only relay Netherlands can win
2. They can only win it if Femke runs.
So she has much more incentive to run. US can and should win all the relays even if Syd doesn't run. Better participation from the flat 400 runners would be enough.
The comparison doesn't work because it's an opposite situation.
1. This is the only relay Netherlands can win
2. They can only win it if Femke runs.
So she has much more incentive to run. US can and should win all the relays even if Syd doesn't run. Better participation from the flat 400 runners would be enough.
Have you seen the 400 women runners? Look what happened to Kendall today.
Nah Sydney can run a 47.7 without having anyone to chase
Different levels
That was her fastest split ever. In Tokyo she ran the first leg so she could chase someone who started ahead of her. Result: 50.21
lol at you comparing a first leg to a leg 2-4. You’re not ‘chasing’ really on leg one as the stagger is at different points. People are referring to chasing in legs 2-4 where everyone can fight to be in the inside lane!!
No one runs a fast split on the first leg at all.. Shamier Little’s was one of the fastest in years… are you going to tell me she’s faster than Sydney lol?!
Sydney also ran 47.91 at Eugene 2022 without chasing anyone also on the last leg.