I thought draping a flag over your shoulders was reserved for world championship events. How does a meet I never even heard of qualify to give every other athlete a flag for a middle-of-the-road performance? It's sickening.
Don't get me started on the flag Nikki decides to put over her shoulders.
Here is Elle Henes's instagram photos to show what I am talking about:
Track meets are not about running fast or wining anymore. It's all about the instagram photos! Flags make people look cool on the web!
This. Nikki's flag was arguably the only appropriate one. Hell, I'd rather they pose with state flags. This is how you know track is so marginal, every bad idea just trickles down and dilutes any original meaning it had into the ether. This is a meet that's barely above all-comer participation medal level. I wish any of these athletes had the dignity to refuse such a pointless charade. On the plus side, this is unnecessary confirmation that I don't need to pay attention or remember their names.
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I thought draping a flag over your shoulders was reserved for world championship events. How does a meet I never even heard of qualify to give every other athlete a flag for a middle-of-the-road performance? It's sickening.
Don't get me started on the flag Nikki decides to put over her shoulders.
Here is Elle Henes's instagram photos to show what I am talking about:
I find flag wearing distasteful. And here she was not representing the nation as far as I know. I don't know, maybe I'll bust out a flag when I storm to victory at my next turkey trot.
Track meets are not about running fast or wining anymore. It's all about the instagram photos! Flags make people look cool on the web!
The first thing they do is get the beset pro photographers' shots of themselves from the race and post them like they just won the Worlds. Meanwhile its some kind of local race in NC, VA or OH.
I find flag wearing distasteful. And here she was not representing the nation as far as I know. I don't know, maybe I'll bust out a flag when I storm to victory at my next turkey trot.
Lol…why not? I mean given the logic at the Sir Walter there’s no difference.
Track meets are not about running fast or wining anymore. It's all about the instagram photos! Flags make people look cool on the web!
The first thing they do is get the beset pro photographers' shots of themselves from the race and post them like they just won the Worlds. Meanwhile its some kind of local race in NC, VA or OH.
Good point. And…the photographer helps create the illusion by zooming in so you only see their flag draped shoulders on up. No context to where they actually are or the race they are at.
I won a low level half marathon once in like 67 or 68 minutes. They gave me an American flag afterwards. I thought it was dumb. But it was people working the race who gave it to me, I imagine it's the same from this race, except for Nikki's, did she bring her own? But ya passing out flags is weird unless it's a world level race. World championships/olympics. Or large Area competitions like European championships or Common Wealth. The world marathon majors make the cut since there are a lot of people from many different countries competing in them and they are the top competitions for that event.
Fifth Ave mile does the same thing. Makes the meet seem more important than it is, but no reason to blame the athletes when it's the race organizing this silly charade.