Did Ellie Purrier St.Pierre run the first ever 1500m on pure hate

ReallybroReally wrote:

ioanve wrote:

not to be a jerk but I am just so relieved Hiltz did not make it.

That will get rid of one non running topic they could bring up. I hope. Let's keep the discussion about running.

^ exactly. I'm not trying to hate, but it would have been exhausting the amount of coverage they would have gotten and it would have taken away from the other athletes and coverage of the race. NBC is always trying to find reasons NOT to talk about the sport they are broadcasting and Nikki would have given them one.

agreed, it looked like Maclean came cutting in from the outside and just inserted herself in front of a bunch of runners

bad pack running instinct like this is what caused her to get tripped up the semis, I cannot believe they let her into the finals on protest

cramister wrote:

After getting shoved Purrier demolished the comp

Did she run the first ever 1500m on pure hate, or have others done this before?

Yeah and Dibaba has a PR of 3:50 so that kind of makes 3:58 look like a joke right now. Wow a 3:58.

Who cares. That's so slow.

You're not fast unless you can run below 3:53.

And Tatyana Kazankinas 3:52 from Russia in 1980 doesn't count because she highly likely to be on steroids. Anything Russia accomplishes basically doesn't count at this point..

cramister wrote:

After getting shoved Purrier demolished the comp

Did she run the first ever 1500m on pure hate, or have others done this before?

A 3:58 is 8 full seconds off of the WR of 3:50.

That means that's the equivalent of being 4 full seconds off of the 800 WR and a full 2 seconds or more off of the WR in the 400 by Salwa Eid Naser of 48.14.

So basically her 3:58 is the equivalent of a 50.75 in the 400. But I guess yay. She's so fast.

I agree. No reason to DQ for impeding as the right people made the team.

SPNKY wrote:

It was Osaka who caused the malee of shoving not Elle's teammate Heather. And what a terrible title for this post regarding Elle's 1500 trials win! So happy for All three going to Tokyo!

It was Heather- she cut in too quickly.

Yes. She ran a great race

Ellie drops an f bomb -oh my god we love her badass

Shacri drops an f bomb- oh my god ghetto get her out of track and field. You guys are something else lmao

What if she was Elle Pierre St. Pierre and she talked like this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZExA2tmqPg

If you think Hiltz being out will somehow stop NBC from focusing on any random personal fact they can grab hold of, this must be your first time watching track. Get ready for "Elle Purrier milked cows", "Allyson Felix is a mom" etc.

I think you all just don't like gay people, "not trying to hate" though so you can't get mad at me.

So basically her 3:58 is the equivalent of a 50.75 in the 400. But I guess yay. She's so fast.

A 3:58 1500 is equivalent to a 49.6 in the 400 meters, per the IAAF scoring tables.

ioanve wrote:

ReallybroReally wrote:

That will get rid of one non running topic they could bring up. I hope. Let's keep the discussion about running.

^ exactly. I'm not trying to hate, but it would have been exhausting the amount of coverage they would have gotten and it would have taken away from the other athletes and coverage of the race. NBC is always trying to find reasons NOT to talk about the sport they are broadcasting and Nikki would have given them one.

The snowflakes here are incredible. Do you think Purrier. Instead stories on Hiltz life we will get a dozen stories about how Ellie "grew up on a farm", is a real "blue collar runner", blah blah blah"

We know letruns prefers their runners to be white, straight and from the midwest but let's not pretend it's out of some desire to better the sport.

A girl with regular hormone levels transitioning to a guy has every right to compete in a girls race. What these people who are fighting for trans rights get confused about are the guys transitioning to girls. Nikki Hiltz is not the same as a Caster Semenya, so their crusade for trans rights in athletics just doesn't make any sense to me. How could you possibly think a guy with regular male testosterone levels should be able to compete with woman, just because they are saying they are a girl and should be treated equally? Glad she finished off the podium, time to reconsider the argument she is trying to make.

jonnyboy123 wrote:

A girl with regular hormone levels transitioning to a guy has every right to compete in a girls race. What these people who are fighting for trans rights get confused about are the guys transitioning to girls. Nikki Hiltz is not the same as a Caster Semenya, so their crusade for trans rights in athletics just doesn't make any sense to me. How could you possibly think a guy with regular male testosterone levels should be able to compete with woman, just because they are saying they are a girl and should be treated equally? Glad she finished off the podium, time to reconsider the argument she is trying to make.

This is the funny bit.

From all I can see, she's just a lesbian, who also considers herself Bi.

That wasn’t always the case. While at Aptos, Hiltz, who considers herself bisexual, said she began to realize she liked girls and boys

She's not like Bruce / Caitlin, or Lauren the NZ weightlifter.

She's just a girl who isn't fast enough but has picked up more press by 'coming out"

I can't find any evidence that she 'transitioned"

Correct me as I am quite puzzled at the drama.

I couldn't be bothered learn about all this Hiltz drama. I'm just happy to be looking forward to seeing these three beautiful and fast young women run in Tokyo.

The fact that she can crush the field, after being shoved off the track, shows she won't be so easily rattled. It's difficult if not completely impractical to simulate contact during practice in this sport, so if it happens suddenly, it can take even an elite athlete out of the race. So kudos to Ellie for giving no f*cks and also telling off the pack a few times after it happened lol.

I've gotten into the habit of muting the broadcast when Hiltz is on the line before the race. Just to spare my ears the announcers struggling not to call them "her".

She came out as transgender, sorry my nomenclature was a bit off but I see that we are basically arguing the same point

jonnyboy123 wrote:

She came out as transgender, sorry my nomenclature was a bit off but I see that we are basically arguing the same point

yeah, apparently transgender doesn't mean she had the unkindest cut of all. Just that she kicks with both feet