Do you realize that there were hundreds of kings in Europe at one time? Being a king doesn't mean that you rule the world. Some kingdoms were 40 acres, some 40,000 acres. Klecker is king. Webb is certainly not the least accomplushed runner. That is like making fun of Warren Buffet for not being worth as much as Bill Gates.
klecker the king wrote:
Do you realize that there were hundreds of kings in Europe at one time? Being a king doesn't mean that you rule the world. Some kingdoms were 40 acres, some 40,000 acres. Klecker is king. Webb is certainly not the least accomplushed runner. That is like making fun of Warren Buffet for not being worth as much as Bill Gates.
we ain't in feudal europe no more buZz
The original response got it right - Jordan Hasay.
https://www.flotrack.org/articles/5068702-emmanuel-korir-is-the-next-david-rudishaLenny Leonard wrote:
Pajac wrote:
Abubaker Kaki - don't know if still a current athlete but he was supposed to be the next Rudisha...
Outside of Brazier, no one has been hyped as “the next Rudisha.”
The Pursuit of Speed wrote:
Sydney McLaughlin. She's accomplished, but not to the level of hype.
explain....shes like 19 or 20 and she crushed the (prior) WR in the 400mh....explain yourself cowboy!
face facts wrote:
Drew Hunter
I think this fits the profile well.
Current athlete - a lot of people are listing names of people that are not competing now.
Hyped - tons of threads have been made about him here
Least accomplished - 3:35.9 1500m and 13:21 5000m PRs. He's 22 and hasn't made any US teams
He's good and doing well, but there was a serious hype machine on him.
I can go along with that one. I think he will get there but has not hit the level of expectations so far.
Star wrote:
face facts wrote:
Drew Hunter
I think this fits the profile well.
Current athlete - a lot of people are listing names of people that are not competing now.
Hyped - tons of threads have been made about him here
Least accomplished - 3:35.9 1500m and 13:21 5000m PRs. He's 22 and hasn't made any US teams
He's good and doing well, but there was a serious hype machine on him.
He made the team last year, he just withdrew with injury.
Hasay made a team only in the very first race after she graduated college and never since.
jenapharm wrote:
so who do you say is the most hyped current t&f athlete that has accomplished the least?
Jakob
walter j wrote:
Star wrote:
I think this fits the profile well.
Current athlete - a lot of people are listing names of people that are not competing now.
Hyped - tons of threads have been made about him here
Least accomplished - 3:35.9 1500m and 13:21 5000m PRs. He's 22 and hasn't made any US teams
He's good and doing well, but there was a serious hype machine on him.
He made the team last year, he just withdrew with injury.
Hasay made a team only in the very first race after she graduated college and never since.
"made" the team in 5th place. lol
I think the hype all started in high school, but I don't know why he was so hyped to be honest. It was probably his coach.
I mean, compared to Grant Fisher, he was only marginally better. Drew ran 3:57, Grant ran 3:59. Drew won 1 foot locker title, Grant won two. As well, Grant and Drew were the same age! If Drew was in Grant's year, there's no way the hype around him would be the same, as he would get dusted in every XC race and lose half the track races to him.
shootpost wrote:
walter j wrote:
He made the team last year, he just withdrew with injury.
Hasay made a team only in the very first race after she graduated college and never since.
"made" the team in 5th place. lol
I was just providing facts to fix a false statement.
Webb is an absolute nobody outside the US.
seasoned ranker wrote:
The original response got it right - Jordan Hasay.
She is second-fastest female US marathoner ever. There's zero hype about her at the moment.
colorunner123 wrote:
seasoned ranker wrote:
The original response got it right - Jordan Hasay.
She is second-fastest female US marathoner ever. There's zero hype about her at the moment.
She can't even make US teams, let alone compete for global medals. OP said that the athlete had to be current, not the hype.
It pains me to say it because I like him a lot, but the answer may be Yuki Kawauchi. His PR is the #1209 perfomance ever and he is probably no longer among the top 10 marathoners in Japan. (There were 10 Japanese dudes under 2:08 at Tokyo earlier this year; another 5 were under 2:09.) In 2019, Kawauchi san placed 15th at Boston in 2:15:29.
Hate to say it because he is a decent guy, but German Fernandez is the one who fits this bill. He was hyped as the next great distance star after his HS 2 mi and 3000 records. He did well enough in college with top 5k times, but his pro career was over before it started.
Corin wrote:
Emma Coburn?
She won the World Championships in 2017 and won silver at the World Championships last year. She won a bronze medal at the Olympics in 2016. This makes her one of the top U.S. distance runners of our time. How many other distance runners have a better shot at winning a medal in 2021? Zero? Arguably Coburn is underhyped.
Lolo Jones
colorunner123 wrote:
It pains me to say it because I like him a lot, but the answer may be Yuki Kawauchi. His PR is the #1209 perfomance ever and he is probably no longer among the top 10 marathoners in Japan. (There were 10 Japanese dudes under 2:08 at Tokyo earlier this year; another 5 were under 2:09.) In 2019, Kawauchi san placed 15th at Boston in 2:15:29.
I don't think he's really that "hyped". He's only really famous because he had a great underdog stories at one of the craziest marathons ever
I don't see many people talk about him like he's a real contender anymore