If Jakob is the male face of track right now who is the female side?

Miss Piggy?

sydney mclaughlin or sha’carri (to the average american)

addy wiley

This is easy

Faith Kipyegon

Jakob being the face of track and field is this message board's spank material.

It's Lyles and Sydney, at least for the American audience

I'm American and I don't know lyles

Letsrun distorts perception because it's distance-heavy, but to be the face, he'll have to transcend the sport to gain mainstream recognition like Usain Bolt and, recently, Eliud Kipchoge.

Jakob Ingebrigtsen is not the face of track, and I don't mean that maliciously. His wasn't even the biggest news story out of Paris, and his WBP was cut out of the TV window for most of the world. Much of the international pre-meet buzz was on Noah Lyles and, especially, Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone.

I'd say he's not even the biggest name out of Norway - that would be Karsten Warholm whose name packs a bigger punch and draws more attention in athletics circles.

Crouser, Duplantis, Ingebritsen are about even in my mind.

Kipyegon stands alone at the moment. 2 WR already this year and more medals and records to come. SM-L is just getting started.

Bol and Hodgkinson 2nd tier.

I agree. The face of track (of the moment) has to be someone not only successful, but also likeable.

Exactly. Jakob is NOT the face of track and field but you nailed it.

Anna Hall. The friendliest future world champion!

To the OP, you have to define the term so people aren't talking about two different things.

Traditionally (in America) "the face of..." is the person who both epitomizes and represents a group or organization. As in "For years Neil deGrasse Tyson has been the face of astrophysics world-wide." If a normal person has only heard of one astrophysicist, it is him. He isn't even a full-time scientist but he is the face of that community.

So what do you mean in your original post? What about Jakob were you talking about? Looks? PRs? Records? Name-recognition? Likeability? Dominance?

I love Anna Hall's future. What a star! But has anyone (besides us) ever heard of her?

Sifan Hassan

Shelby Houlihan is the female face of track and field and Jakob will be the male face in a couple of years.

There is nobody before Hodgkinson as far as I am concerned.

Most casual fans probably only know Sydney, Athing, and Sha'Carri.