You haven’t been listening to Pogacar’s interviews…there’s lot of passive-aggressiveness going on
You talking about the Pogacar interview yesterday where he said Jonas was "super strong"? Or his IG post he made where he said "Chapeau" to Jonas even after being beaten by him?
I will forever be of the opinion that if you care about "showboating", you are either being racist or you are a butthurt fanboy.
In this scenario it's butthurt Jakob/Kerr fans who have convinced themselves that the person who is challenging their hero is the anti-christ.
Like seriously, give it up man. If you have an expectation of athletes to be friends with each other, you're weird. They don't have to act how you want them too. They aren't your entertainment puppets.
I agree it's nice to see the respect Pogacar and Vingegaard have. However, Jakob and Kerr is a bad comparison. Jakob is just being himself - if you watch Team Ingebritgsen, he is the same person he was when he was 14. Loads of confidence, but it's earned.
I think if Kerr wasn't constantly dodging him there would be a lot more mutual respect. I think Jakob respected Tim when he was beating him in 2019 and if someone else was showing up at all the Diamond leagues and regularly challenging Jakob, he'd respect them. But no one is, he is on a different level overall. Let's see what happens over the next few years.
I think there is more inherent respect between riders than runners. All of them have been through brutal injuries and know what is like to have to come back from them. Running doesn’t not have this equivalent.
Jakob and Kerr are not the norm for sportsmanship in track and field. Most T&F athletes are good sports. You ever watch the pole vault? Those guys look like they hang out together after every meet.
Also, the television broadcast, website, documentaries, commentators, and Tour De France Instagram page are way better and more entertaining than anything track and field.
Let's tell those documenting our sport to watch Break Point(tennis), Tour De France, and Formula 1 as models to follow to keep watchers entertained.
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