Gabby Thomas heckled at Grand Slam Track by Sportsbettor

I pulled up his YouTube page - I don't think he likes interracial relationships (and she's engaged to a white guy)

This makes my blood boil. How dare anyone heckle a track athlete right before their race, especially a sweetheart like Gabby Thomas. Heckling is not acceptable at a track meet.

This jerk is lucky I wasn't standing next to him when he did that.

why is that?

Why are you giving this dickbag the attention he wants, wej?

He called Gabby a choke artist. I could have showed him what a choke really looks like.

I think golf or tennis is what we are most like as silence is expected and the sport is individualistic.

I’d be fine with people booing Kerr if they are Jakob fans or vice versa. Or yelling “drug cheats out” at someone busted for doping.

but when they are on the line starting there should be silence .

“The PGA Tour has in its code of conduct specific rules related to fan behavior, and it takes a firm zero-tolerance policy when it comes to things like heckling. Specifically, it makes clear you are at risk of expulsion, for “rude, vulgar or other inappropriate comments or gestures or any words or actions,” including “verbal or physical harassment of players, caddies, volunteers, officials, staff, guests and/or spectators.”

nytimes.com

The hecklers are targeting Rory McIlroy. His challenge is to resist golf's unruly spectators

@TheAthletic

Many players ignore any stupidity, and then it goes away. McIlroy generally always had. We’re seeing what happens when you flinch.

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at Ryder cup fans get into it more but then it’s more like a team sport.

fckin randy marsh of the pro track circuit, nice

Gabby posted about him. The Guardian wrote an article about it

Should we all just ignore him?

I didn’t start the discussion.

The point isn’t to give the guy attention. It is to discuss the situation . I can remove his screen name if you’d like from the title of the thread but I think he is known on track X which is only reason I included his name.

before I saw the article I saw some mention of mr100kaday today and was trying to figure out who he was.

based on youtube, it appears to be some sort of mental illness (im serious)

In Paris when she won 3 Olympic gold medals! 🥇 🥇 🥇

WeJo, respectfully, I disagree and think this is exactly the type of thing that this sport needs. We need people to stir the pot. We need intense feelings and bitter rivalries and good guys and bad guys.

As far as the heckling goes and whether the sport should be more like golf and tennis vs football or basketball, let's meet in the middle and say allow all the heckling in the world, but once the gun goes set, the crowd should go silent. I think of "set" as the back swing in golf or the serve in tennis.

I agree that it's weird that the guy brought up the white fiancee. That says more about him than it does about her, so he kind of owned himself on that one. But other than that, let the fans chirp.

Couldn’t agree more

Why is this a story? Have you ever been to a soccer match or most other professional sports? People yell at the athletes the whole game.

1) they usually don’t do it when there is silence and they are on the first row

2) I had no problem with Gatlin being booed. He seemed to embrace it.

3)https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/s/PHAN04pGtS

I think what you all seem to want to ignore is the blatant misogyny. It's the fact that he wanted to bring up her fiancee to get under her skin- Gabby is being stalked at airports and this interaction only makes things more intense for her. This was not just about making money for this man, this was straight up harassment.

"I’d be fine with people booing Kerr if they are Jakob fans or vice versa. Or yelling “drug cheats out” at someone busted for doping." What would the equivalent be to shout at Kerr or Jakob? Why should their fans taunt their opponent? You don't hear anyone shouting at Nuguse that he's gay to get under his skin. Because that would create intense backlash immediately- as it should. This man should've been kicked out of the meet and GST should stand up for Gabby.

Ha, I was wondering when this would show up on Letsrun. 100k is a piece of sh*t. He is well known and widely hated on track twitter, probably the most blocked account on there, next to ActualRandom, RaesTakes, and Erin Brown.

I think heckling should be allowed in track, but everything has its limits and 100k went too far. I've heard some people say that other professional sports have heckling, which is true but if you sit courtside on an NBA game and talk sh*t about a players family to their face they are gonna check you. Talking too much smack is a concept in other sports leagues too.

In Philadelphia no less. I’m a Philly guy but Philly sports fans are embarrassing with how they take pride in douching it up at games.

Facts I woulda roasted ts outta him