So more medals than anyone in Olympic history and track and field.
Scoreboard pin headed distance runners.
So more medals than anyone in Olympic history and track and field.
Scoreboard pin headed distance runners.
…and she’s a mom!
Not true Nurmi has 12 Olympic medals. She has the most for a female and an American.
Ghost of Viktor Bryzhin wrote:
Not true Nurmi has 12 Olympic medals. She has the most for a female and an American.
All the headlines I've seen say she is the most decorated athlete in Olympics History. They didn't bother it seems to check the history books. It isn't that hard.
Paavo has 9 gold and 5 silver.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paavo_Nurmi....and yet NBC doesn't seem to have any features about her at all.
FreeTheHorse wrote:
Paavo has 9 gold and 5 silver.
More importantly, Nurmi has 7 individual golds and 3 individual silvers, plus two team golds. Felix has 1 individual gold, 3 individual silvers, 1 individual bronze, and 5 relay golds.
Hasan won more individual golds in the past week than Felix won in 5 Games. Her medal haul is certainly impressive but there are many athletes, many American athletes, who have accomplished more.
It is not even a close comparison.
Kudos to Felix and all her medals. she is truly an American warrior.
But what about the rest of the U.S. track and field team.
While the U.S. men are playing video games, and the women were wasting time on tic tok
India, Uganda, and Italy's athletes were training their butts off.
I hope this is a learning lesson for America. Just because you are an entitled American, does not guarantee you an Olympic medal.
Let us not get ourselves in this situation again. Training for Paris 2024 should start now!
butchart fiesta wrote:
…and she’s a mom!
#heroic. Now, can we go back to talking about Biles please?