Mary was understandably upset during and immediately after the fall, but I think it shouldn't be forgotten that when the emotions died down, she came out in an interview defending Zola and blaming herself for her fall.
10 years later?
Longer than that. Way after she retired d was caught doping Miss drama queen always blamed everyone but herself.
How about that highschool girl who hit that other girl in the head with the baton. Instead of just apologizing she's doubling down on being victimized, the comments from all over are tearing her apart unfortunately.
Salvitore Antibo hated him so much that he ran a 10,000, where Skah was targeting the WR, with the express purpose of interfering with Skah so he wouldn't get the record. It worked. One of the craziest races ever run.
I remember watching the race on tv. My reaktion was "wtf is Antibo doing?"
Absolutely Centro and it's not close. His Twitter tantrum after Teare and Hocker ran that fast mile where he called the kid a walk on scrub cemented it.
Also, all the talk of "DeFenDing oLyMpIC cHamP" then he didn't even make the final the next year was hilarious.
Centro is literally my favorite athlete of all time
Well that's just incredibly sad for you. Of all the athletes in history, "deFenDiNg OlyMPic ChAmP" is your favorite???
Salvitore Antibo hated him so much that he ran a 10,000, where Skah was targeting the WR, with the express purpose of interfering with Skah so he wouldn't get the record. It worked. One of the craziest races ever run.
I remember watching the race on tv. My reaktion was "wtf is Antibo doing?"
Was it the race I posted on page 7? Curious as I'd never heard of it before, looks wild. I do remember Skah being disliked, but I didn't start watching track until '93 or so.
I cannot believe how anyone can believe there is any answer other than
MIKE ROSSI.
Everyone else named here is/was nothing more than mildly annoying to other runners (Skah, Machuka, MJ, Decker, etc.)
ROSSI however is in a totally different class. He not only cheated multiple times, after being busted the first time, he is a despicable character who paraded his fake BQ, committed criminal trespass, punched a woman and then assaulted multiple police officers.... all the while pompously polishing his phenomenally hypocritical social media shinyface.
Even at early during the saga, he was so reviled that - as you should all recall - LR offered a bounty of $200K if he could match his fake times. Here's a quote: "We were so confident that Mike Rossi cheated at the 2014 Lehigh Valley Marathon that we offered him $200,000 to replicate his personal best. He failed to do so and also failed to claim $10,000 if he could come within even 30 seconds per mile of his alleged marathon best."
Not long after, another site posted: "The public shaming is in full stampede mode, and whatever else you think of him, he is likely to be trampled."
Then one of the numerous outraged LR posters asked: "What is the deal with the Mike Rossi marathon guy cheating thread? Why are there almost 14,000 posts in it?"
Well...duh.... because ROSSI was not merely disliked, he was already making a strong case as the most hated runner of all time.
But his move down the stretch was unparalleled.... Next up... "Rossi was arrested at a Kenny Chesney concert in June 2016. He was charged with criminal trespass..."
And then what for any normal felon would be the piece-de-resistance, not much later..... from phillymag in 2017 "Boston Marathon Dad Mike Rossi Charged With Punching a Woman"
But he delivered an even more glorious finish. In 2020, "law enforcement officers were called to the scene of a domestic disturbance. Upon their arrival, Rossi physically assaulted both officers, who sustained minor injuries." Check his Wiki page. All of this is massive public domain.
Behave like this, consistently, over time, get shamed. At the point where he was charged with punching a woman, he crossed a point of no return even for many of those who tolerated his life-fakery, his marathon cheating and his trespassing. Assaulting the cops and getting tased seemed so inevitable.