Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone 48.74!

With the current crop of talent it would be nice to see someone break 48 sec.

I haven’t yet seen race vid, but the way she ran previously, it was semi-obvious that she could hit this time if she just paced competently.

Great time!

Sorry, her fanboys are leaving her in droves because she has a strong Christian faith and gives thanks after her runs.

she kind of give the vibes as Lolo did, have to get use to it

Not religious myself but I have no problem with her thanking someone after her races.

Now thats a mature response.

Her race video has 208k views in 9 hours. The next highest video uploaded last night has 51k views. She is the biggest track star right now.

I'm not a fan of her hyphenated last name though. It's too long.

“leaving in droves”

You keep pushing that narrative. I’ve read something that you wrote that is akin to that in another thread.

As a Jew I’m not a Christian and I’m still a big fan. I just like to see her run. I couldn’t care less about her religious views or who/what she thanks for her success. I have read someone bagging on Syd for her post-race comments but the thoughts of a few do not constitute “droves.”

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I’m not religious either and always thought thanking God was strange if you think God only cares about the winners.

However, it doesn’t bother me and I think she is great for the sport. She is a lot of fun to watch, and she has a real chance to win at worlds.

I don’t find it any more arrogant than people who slam those of faith while using phrases like “invisible wizard”. Why insist others believe the same way you do?

My apologies if my argument was not clear. I do not think that everybody should believe the same things as me. My issue is when people claim preferential treatment by a deity without any supporting evidence whatsoever. Here's a very unpleasant example of this phenomenon in action a few years ago. in my town, a truck plowed into a building, killing one person and injuring the other. The father of the injured person posted on social media, that they knew that God was looking out for her, and had spared her. I hope you would agree that is a disgusting thing to say, because it implies that the person who died was not being looked after by God, if God had any kind of agency in this matter whatsoever. Obviously, this is a more extreme example than people thanking God after winning a race, but it's the same principle, and it's highly illogical and unpleasant.

Remember everyone, if you don't sin then Jayzus died for NOTHING.

Fair point, although its more than a few.

I think there is a gulf of difference between thanking, say, mom and dad or a great college coach, and thanking imaginary superbeings because "I'm so special OF COURSE the creator of the entire universe cares about my track! And tough luck about all the other suffering hoomans gawd doesn't care about; they're not blessed and special like I AM!!"

The stuff is incredibly cringeworthy and I root for her defeat at worlds.

Everyone hate L.A. Track Chics

Agree. As an atheist, I’m still a big fan and never care when an athlete praises whoever they follow.
People can do what they want. I just wanna see good racing. Syd is an amazing athlete to watch!

Because of your bias against religious people, you make unwarranted interpretations of what their words mean. When someone thanks God for helping them after a race, they are not thanking God for preferring them over the other athletes. They are thanking God for inspiring them to be their best. Perhaps all of the athletes are equally inspired by God. But one of them is more talented than the others and wins the race. Then that athlete thanks God for inspiring them to realize their talent. I was not super religious when I was young and racing on the track. But I found, especially in the beginning when I didn't know what I could do out there, that I would pray to God for help when I was kicking on the last lap because I was dying and barely hanging on. I turned out to be the guy with the huge kick and ran a lot of people down, and was never outkicked on the track by anyone. I thanked God for the help after every race. Perhaps there wasn't any God there helping me, but the concept of God in my mind helped me focus on digging the maximum effort out of myself. I did a lot of things that I thought were impossible, simply because I asked God to help me find more inside of myself.

Regarding the truck accident, the father is thankful that his daughter was spared. He doesn't know why she was spared rather than the other person because that is "God's plan" which is a mystery to us. He just knows that he is fortunate enough to have received a gift from God. He's probably grieving for the person who died and almost certainly does not feel that God wasn't watching out for that person.

There is nothing illogical about any of this; it's just your own biased interpretation of what these people are actually saying. If you genuinely wanted to understand this, you could speak to a priest and you would probably be shocked to find out that priests are highly intelligent, educated in philosophy and logic, and quite interesting to talk to.