The difference is that the US is the best in the world at sprinting. Several African countries are the best at distance running. A 21 year old sprinter in those countries could be one of the best nationally but not world class. In the US, a runner had to be world class to be competitive in the NCAA.
I’m not following this logic. Doesn’t the US strength in sprinting and in the women’s 800 make Mu, Knighton, and Wilson even more impressive? They have to go through many of the best athletes in the world in their events just to make a national team.
Yes it does. But Astro equates Tuohy to a sprinter in the US who is maybe 10th best American as being equal rather than realiazing that the 10th best sprinter in the US may be 12th in the world while the 10th best distance runner in the US may onl be 50th in the world.
Too strange that someone is posting about a college lady and her "follower number"???
She'll make the Olympic team, but she's not medaling, no way. She has no real kick and that's a fact. The
How does any of this take away from her following?
How does the fact that she is the same age as Keely and Athing (multi-medalists) take away from the fact that people love to watch her?
We all know that sometimes the best athlete is not the one who captures our attention. It’s the athlete with personality, drive, passion, or a story of rising back up after defeat/illness/injury etc. whatever it is that grabs out attention.
Not sure why this is so surprising to some of you nor why you pretend to remain so confused by her fan base.
That's crazy even the college/pro track influencer content types only have 30-70k followers. For comparison to how popular Tuohy is on IG, Jenny Simpson only has 96k follower...very marketable if she wins Gold in the future.
That is a real record. We are all gald for her. Nobody is sad. The point is that NCAA records are just internal records regardless of who holds them. Do you need tissues?
Too strange that someone is posting about a college lady and her "follower number"???
She'll make the Olympic team, but she's not medaling, no way. She has no real kick and that's a fact. The
Did you just kick the bucket mid post?
I guess neither does Ingebrigtsen. Both start their kick in the final K and just squeeze faster successive laps until they’ve thoroughly gapped the field. Does that make her invincible? No, but it’s a very successful tactic.
Are you insane? He drops a 55 at the end of a 5k while she drops a 70. You are comparing an average high school sprinter who runs 11.8 %to Usain Bolt who runs 9.5.
Are you insane? He drops a 55 at the end of a 5k while she drops a 70. You are comparing an average high school sprinter who runs 11.8 %to Usain Bolt who runs 9.5.
Hey genius, the tactics are the same but keep the discussion to the specific gender. And btw, her final splits are 30/31 per 200 indoors, so just keep your exaggerated arguments within some sense of reality.
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Too strange that someone is posting about a college lady and her "follower number"???
She'll make the Olympic team, but she's not medaling, no way. She has no real kick and that's a fact. The
How does any of this take away from her following?
How does the fact that she is the same age as Keely and Athing (multi-medalists) take away from the fact that people love to watch her?
We all know that sometimes the best athlete is not the one who captures our attention. It’s the athlete with personality, drive, passion, or a story of rising back up after defeat/illness/injury etc. whatever it is that grabs out attention.
Not sure why this is so surprising to some of you nor why you pretend to remain so confused by her fan base.
Confused by her fanbase????? Lol!!!!
I never said that, I said who cares.
You're like a 50 plus year old guy and you're posting about this? I'd bet the moon you are one of her followers.
Are you married? Do you have kids? Spend the time with them versus posting on a thread about a 21 year old female college runner. If you have kids, I pity them to a whole different level.