Why does everyone get in a hissy fit whenever Molly Seidel's bronze is critiqued or really anything that is even the slightest bit non-heaps-of-praise about Molly but yet don't even remember that a man named Galen Rupp also won a bronze medal? Rupp has done a ton more for American marathoning than Seidel has and yet none of you even pretend to worship his bronze like you worship Molly's feet.
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Simple - because he cheated. Nike gave their golden boy a shoe not available to all athletes in violation of the rules. Nike got around this by claiming it was a "prototype" of the Nike Streaks, when it was clearly an entirely different shoe. The two guys who beat him also had illegal shoes, but every athlete he beat, even the Nike athletes, didn't have them.
Honestly, Kipchoge technically cheated too, but at least he woulda won anyway. Not so with Rupp.
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Wow, playing the gender card, are we? Newsflash, people might actually be praising her because of her athletic prowess, not because of some feminist agenda. Get over yourself and stop seeing sexism where it doesn't exist.
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One Man Can Make a Difference wrote:
Why does everyone get in a hissy fit whenever Molly Seidel's bronze is critiqued or really anything that is even the slightest bit non-heaps-of-praise about Molly but yet don't even remember that a man named Galen Rupp also won a bronze medal? Rupp has done a ton more for American marathoning than Seidel has and yet none of you even pretend to worship his bronze like you worship Molly's feet.
Galen is that you?
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Steezer wrote:
Wow, playing the gender card, are we? Newsflash, people might actually be praising her because of her athletic prowess, not because of some feminist agenda. Get over yourself and stop seeing sexism where it doesn't exist.
You went there, not me. As for "athletic prowess", Rupp is a much, much better athlete than Molly is. It's not even a contest, Rupp is much, much more accomplished and yet you don't worship his bronze like you worship Molly. I'm now seeing sexism.
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if I saw this hottie on an airplane I’d be worshipping his feet foooor suuure
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I wonder if Galen ever looks back at this photo of himself.
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One Man Can Make a Difference wrote:
Why does everyone get in a hissy fit whenever Molly Seidel's bronze is critiqued or really anything that is even the slightest bit non-heaps-of-praise about Molly but yet don't even remember that a man named Galen Rupp also won a bronze medal? Rupp has done a ton more for American marathoning than Seidel has and yet none of you even pretend to worship his bronze like you worship Molly's feet.
Lol, everyone remembers Rupp’s bronze. It comes up very frequently. He’s been a bit out of the public eye while struggling with injuries in recent years, but Rupp might be the most talked about athlete in the history of Letsrun.
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Kokinho wrote:
Simple - because he cheated. Nike gave their golden boy a shoe not available to all athletes in violation of the rules. Nike got around this by claiming it was a "prototype" of the Nike Streaks, when it was clearly an entirely different shoe. The two guys who beat him also had illegal shoes, but every athlete he beat, even the Nike athletes, didn't have them.
Honestly, Kipchoge technically cheated too, but at least he woulda won anyway. Not so with Rupp.
So did Clayton young and Conner mantz when they took up the top spots at NCAA’s 2019 10k, nobody else had next %’s to race in. That was actual contract money taken from people.
How about how NCAA schools not allowing non-Nike schools to compete with dragonfly’s in 2021? Nike schools were basically cheating when others couldn’t wear super shoes.
You’re just a Galen Rupp hater, man.
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One Man Can Make a Difference wrote:
Why does everyone get in a hissy fit whenever Molly Seidel's bronze is critiqued or really anything that is even the slightest bit non-heaps-of-praise about Molly but yet don't even remember that a man named Galen Rupp also won a bronze medal? Rupp has done a ton more for American marathoning than Seidel has and yet none of you even pretend to worship his bronze like you worship Molly's feet.
Nice
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Really?. wrote:
One Man Can Make a Difference wrote:
Why does everyone get in a hissy fit whenever Molly Seidel's bronze is critiqued or really anything that is even the slightest bit non-heaps-of-praise about Molly but yet don't even remember that a man named Galen Rupp also won a bronze medal? Rupp has done a ton more for American marathoning than Seidel has and yet none of you even pretend to worship his bronze like you worship Molly's feet.
Lol, everyone remembers Rupp’s bronze. It comes up very frequently. He’s been a bit out of the public eye while struggling with injuries in recent years, but Rupp might be the most talked about athlete in the history of Letsrun.
Rupp was certainly one of the most talked about runners on this site and for a long time he got more hate than anyone. Now he seems to be mostly accepted at this point.
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Rupp was a highly trained and high profile athlete who we all expected a great things from. His bronze was a delight, but not a surprise. Plus, he caught plenty of shade for wearing a face mask well before covid:
Seidel was competing in her third marathon when she won bronze. She came completely out of left field and surprised everyone. Plus, she's from the "I've never heard of it" suburb of Milwaukee, Waukesha. And she also caught plenty of shade for sharing her ADD diagnosis and for seeking a therapeutic use exemption for Adderral.
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One Man Can Make a Difference wrote:
Why does everyone get in a hissy fit whenever Molly Seidel's bronze is critiqued or really anything that is even the slightest bit non-heaps-of-praise about Molly but yet don't even remember that a man named Galen Rupp also won a bronze medal? Rupp has done a ton more for American marathoning than Seidel has and yet none of you even pretend to worship his bronze like you worship Molly's feet.
You sound like a little whiny baby.
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need the whambulance? wrote:
You sound like a little whiny baby.
This honestly needed to be said.
Let me do a TLDR of the thread: waaaaaaaah, why don't people love my idol like I do!?!?! Why don't they worship like I do? They're not supposed to like other people!!!!
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One Man Can Make a Difference wrote:
Why does everyone get in a hissy fit whenever Molly Seidel's bronze is critiqued or really anything that is even the slightest bit non-heaps-of-praise about Molly but yet don't even remember that a man named Galen Rupp also won a bronze medal? Rupp has done a ton more for American marathoning than Seidel has and yet none of you even pretend to worship his bronze like you worship Molly's feet.
Im not sure folks respect her more? I do think her bronze performance was a stretch more unexpected and that becomes legend to some degree. I remember her bronze more than Rupps.
Like deep down you think Rupp might be able to pull off a win if everything falls into place...it could happen (at his peak)! Then he gets bronze and you kind of forget about it?
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Rupp's Olympic marathon medal was nearly 8 years ago. Molly's was two and a half years ago.
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False premise. People know and talk about Galen’s medals when discussing his successes.
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Really?. wrote:
One Man Can Make a Difference wrote:
Why does everyone get in a hissy fit whenever Molly Seidel's bronze is critiqued or really anything that is even the slightest bit non-heaps-of-praise about Molly but yet don't even remember that a man named Galen Rupp also won a bronze medal? Rupp has done a ton more for American marathoning than Seidel has and yet none of you even pretend to worship his bronze like you worship Molly's feet.
Lol, everyone remembers Rupp’s bronze. It comes up very frequently. He’s been a bit out of the public eye while struggling with injuries in recent years, but Rupp might be the most talked about athlete in the history of Letsrun.
That’s so true. All press is good press.
Whatever happened to Matt Withrow, Josh McDougal, Chris Solinsky?
No one cares, lol! Because Rupp is way better than them. Had a way better career. And achieved more results!
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Exogenous testosterone will do wonders for your career.
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Rupp was 8 years ago. Pre-covid. Might as well be ancient times.
Molly's is just three years ago, fresh in everyones mind. Plus Molly's story is a true underdog story. Rupp was the Nike golden boy given the full backing of Nike's best program and coach.
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