How one Swedish man stole the American born, raised, and trained Mondo Duplantis from us

Agreed. People get mad when you say it that way but it's the truth.

xczvzxcv wrote:

This kid was born and bred to be the greatest pole vaulter the world has ever seen, and even though he didn't grow up to be big, strong, or incredibly fast,

How many HS vaulters have run 10.57 in a one-off?

I didnt know he was that fast. I knew he was jacked, and i thought it was odd that so many people refer to Mondo as not strong.

Hate to bring race into it, but light skin tones always look less cut than darker ones. That might be why people perceive Mondo as less muscular than he actually is.

Finito wrote:

xczvzxcv wrote:

This kid was born and bred to be the greatest pole vaulter the world has ever seen, and even though he didn't grow up to be big, strong, or incredibly fast,

How many HS vaulters have run 10.57 in a one-off?

LOL. He also jumped 23-5 according to milesplit. I think he's a decent athlete.

Bad Wigins wrote:

that video thumbnail is the only image ever captured of a muscle on that kid

He is the living proof that fitness or athleticism never had anything to do with PV, it's a skill thing like skateboarding. Okay maybe you have to have some sprint speed.

Some sprint speed? Didn’t he enter the 100m at his HS regionals or something for fun and win in like 10.5?

kartelite wrote:

Bad Wigins wrote:

that video thumbnail is the only image ever captured of a muscle on that kid

He is the living proof that fitness or athleticism never had anything to do with PV, it's a skill thing like skateboarding. Okay maybe you have to have some sprint speed.

Some sprint speed? Didn’t he enter the 100m at his HS regionals or something for fun and win in like 10.5?

What, is that not some sprint speed? Should a vaulter be going sub 10?

OozmaKappa wrote:

Who said I was complaining? Tf 🤣

Another guy said it's probably for economic reasons and that's fine. I'm just saying he's an American and his records are American and his medals are American because he was born raised and trained in America.

No they are not, it goes both ways . You seem like a taker not a giver

OozmaKappa wrote:

Wow, you got me. I'm not a Native American. Guess I can't say that the US has the right to enforce immigration laws becaue im not 100% Cherokee. 🤡

You wanna talk about stolen land while you're at it? Should I pack my bags and sail back across the ocean?🤣

Sure, go ahead. I can tell you how our land was also stolen, but I don't dwell on it.

Besides, try and comprehend what I wrote please.

0/10 troll I cant do anything but laugh at your bizarre notion that no one is allowed to be in favor of countries having immigration laws.

Let me give you a tip tho, in the future try to hide the ball a little bit, dont jump in and start talking about radical garbage like open borders right off the bat. If you make it too obvious then youre limiting yourself.

OozmaKappa wrote:

0/10 troll I cant do anything but laugh at your bizarre notion that no one is allowed to be in favor of countries having immigration laws.

Let me give you a tip tho, in the future try to hide the ball a little bit, dont jump in and start talking about radical garbage like open borders right off the bat. If you make it too obvious then youre limiting yourself.

You still cannot comprehend posts written in plain English.

Who is in favour of 'open slather' borders, and no control. I made a point that is validated by research about migrants' attitude to immigration.

Why is so hard for you?

I am Sam wrote:

OozmaKappa wrote:

You wanna talk about stolen land while you're at it? Should I pack my bags and sail back across the ocean?🤣

Sure, go ahead. I can tell you how our land was also stolen, but I don't dwell on it.

Besides, try and comprehend what I wrote please.

And still waiting to 'talk about' the above....

You seem like the troll here.

Go and cry about your ;lost American medals somewhere else

Britain stole Zola Budd from South Africa for the 1984 Olympics. Whatever.

Kobbs Hessler wrote:

Britain stole Zola Budd from South Africa for the 1984 Olympics. Whatever.

Wasnt south africa like, yknow, doin some apartheid shenanigans during that time🤣

wsfawf2143132123 wrote:

marwar wrote:

I would say he is one om the most known and admired Swedes at the moment, any category. He has absolutely no downside about his persona like Zlatan.

His domestic market value is also huge as a consequence.

First, I would say he is a Swede on paper and that's about it. But, thats fine, I don't blame him for avoiding the competition (present and future) for essentially guaranteed WC/Oly spots forever, and perhaps getting a lot more notoriety. I mean, no doubt, the overwhelming majority of Americans could not name a single pole vaulter.

My question is did he renounce his US citizenship? If no, he must be paying extraordinary amounts of income tax. US dual citizens have to pay US income taxes as far as I know and I hear Sweden is a pretty high tax place, right?

What you pay as a US Citizen in taxes depends a lot on where else you live and dual citizen status. You get "credit" for taxes paid on foreign income so if you are living in a high tax country like Sweden you are likely only paying taxes on any U.S. income you make. If you are living in a place like Monaco you would be paying U.S. tax on much more foreign income.