Usain Bolt thinks track and field is boring as there is no superstar like himself

Track has been around for a long long time, it is like them old blues, has more of a cult following than an acceptance by the masses. But there is always enough followers to make it work. Plenty of old blues CD's and plenty of track meets.

Right now with Boling, that gang of CC/Kerley/Bromell/Norman/Lyles is looking good, where will Holloway end up, some fast ladies, what is the problem Usain? Track will never rival those team sports but it doesn't have to, just fine as is.

Do think the steeplechase needs to just be dumped. And a 5000 or/and 10,000 either to begin a meet or end it, give those who want to come early or stay late their fix, the rest of us don't have to sit thru it.

Well track IS boring to 99% of people. The Olympics are the only time you get any interest and it’s usually in the sprints. Tough to face the truth but there it is

That simply isn't true.

Check out the crowd

hes right.

sydney is boring, barely races, and is toooooo serious (and runs one event)

Warholm..again....runs one niche event. sort of boring

Jakob seems like all he cares about is training and is too serious/focused. not much personality

sifan is just another east african running doped up fast times

Noah Lyles was sort of a bust at the olympics. bronze medal isnt going to make you a well known superstar. lets see if he can win in paris

Only person who has that "it" factor is someone like MU but she doesnt really race anymore is prefers to be a runway model (and why not, track is boring. shes already accomplished enough to be one of the GOATs)

He's not wrong (albeit quite a bit conceited).

Track and Field is boring as sh*t.

Add to that, that it's one of the few sports that actively punishes the people who try to watch it. I don't want to miss 3/4ths of the 5,000m, so that you can cut away to some pole vaulter adjusting her underpants.

No other major sport merely provides snippets of events, and tries to pass it off as its premier package.

I think Bolt is right to a point, not one of those people are remotely on the same level as he was in terms of fame and recognition. All great athletes undoubtedly but none of them are superstars like Bolt was.

He's right to a point. He wasn't bigging himself up either.

The only current athletes with superstar potential are Noah Lyles, ShaCarri and Jakob - all for different reasons.

Superstar being someone that can break a record and play up to the media.

Apart from that the only people that are interested in athletics are us athletes.

He's not wrong. The closest thing to a superstar is that train wreck Sha'Carrie or however that nut spells it and she doesn't produce like. Olt did. The random old lady at the supermarket knew who Bolt was, who could say that now?

This site spends way too much time on distance where the real action is in the sprints, that is what the general public wants to see.

Bolt is almos right, but he forgot about Kipchoge.

The only difference in terms of visibility is that Bolt performed on a stage, a stadium, all eyes on him during his whole performance. Kipchoge is out on the roads.

Careful there, Deno. I can make your final years worthy of a horror film.

He’s not wrong. Lyles maybe has Jamaican cool potential, but none of the others even come close. McLaughlin is so cool giving glory to god and never saying anything interesting, right?

He's correct. The only ones I eoulf tune in for are kipchoge and farah.

No one wants to watch the likes of Laura muir or the latest batch of East Africans.

I changed my mind love the steeplechase, better?

I totally agree with Bolt.

There isn't once in a generation talent who is doped to the gills anymore.

9.59 made for great TV. Great theatrics. Imagine Lance winning the TDF and never getting popped. People would still be talking about how cycling needed a superstar like Lance to become popular again.

The way Jamaican times skyrocketed after more strict doping controls were implemented told me that we were watching something that was too good to be true.

Oops, my bad. He ran 9.58.

The above quote was obviously written by Rojo:

"As there is no superstar like himself"

"We have TONs of stars right now?