AJEE WILSON: Letsrun what do you have against her?

What's this?

http://www.letsrun.com/news/2014/03/womens-800-preview-americans-ajee-wilson-chanelle-price-try-make-history-brit-laura-muir-favorite/

Exactly what is this as the link you provided shows her as the fastest seed going in and with the most Championship experience; however, it clearly states,

"Wilson’s not our favorite – because of the transitive property. We think the favorite might be another big young talent – Britain’s Laura Muir."

Well, Wilson is getting coverage and one of your complaints is that she is not getting coverage.

I don't know about that transitive property statement they explained how she dominated Price head to head, who nearly beat Wilson at USAs.

And her very fast 1500 time.

And her improvement curve. And maybe the fact that her 800 time was form January and she may be sharper now.

There are other factors to determine favorites other than seed times. Especially when someone has run that event few times.

Don't be a troll...there is a difference between getting alittle coverage and the coverage of a

*World Youth Champion

*World Junior Champion

*6th place finisher at World Championships

*AJR

*fasest seed in 2014

*USA indoor Champion

all while still a teenager!

VIPAM wrote:

Don't be a troll...there is a difference between getting alittle coverage and the coverage of a

*World Youth Champion

*World Junior Champion

*6th place finisher at World Championships

*AJR

*fasest seed in 2014

*USA indoor Champion

all while still a teenager!

3/6 of those can only be accomplished as a teenager...

I agree. Despite her accomplishments, she gets very little press. She's so meek, she just doesn't have the personality of an Andrew Wheating, Symmonds, or an Alysia Montano that makes people immediately like her. During US indoor, the announcers were talking about just this --"she's not out to promote herself.. she lets her running speak for itself..." As for the "non-African" comment, keep in mind, this is LR. They have a history of latching on to a 'great white hope'.

It's because of your incessant assertion that she set a high school record at a time when she was not in high school.

Whether that was stupidity or just poor trolling, it was enough to rub them the wrong way.

vipam, ajee wilson does not get the same amount of attention as mary cain because wilson is black, and we all know that.

on merit wilson is better than cain so far 2 championships to 0 and 12th on the 800 junior list compared to cain number 20 on the 1500 junior list, though cain still has this year and next.

we got 2 excellent young talents.

For one thing she is a bit of a smartas* in most of her interviews/video.

If Ajee' Wilson was capable of winning a world championship medal as a senior in high school, she would have received more attention. Yes, she won worlds, but Cain-sanity took over last year because Cain was a junior competing with the best in the world. A junior in high school!

Wilson is going to win this weekend. I believe that and she's become one of my very favorite runners. She still has stuff to prove, as does Cain, but she's well on her way to getting the notoriety she deserves. Btw, part of the reason Cain gets so much attention is because Alberto is her coach and she has the Nike PR team behind her.

Plus, VIPAM, if you want more Wilson coverage, why don't you do an exclusive interview with her and then send it to Letsrun, Runnerspace and Flotrack. I am sure at least one or two of them would publish it and it'd get a ton of exposure. Stop complaining and start solving.

In order of importance she is not white, hot or loud. You have to be one of those things (but most importantly white) if you're an American female who wants hype on letsrun.

Cain and Ajee both were teenagers competing in the World Championship against the best in the world, in which Ajee actually had a superior Championship performance. In fact Ajee has won every international title she has competed for except Senior Outdoor Worlds, something NO other U.S. teenager can claim not even the hugely talented Mary Cain!

Hmmmm.

Wilson has a higher probability of winning multiple World/Olympic gold medals in the 800 than Cain has of getting one gold in the 1500. She is a true 800 meter runner - Laura Muir is your basic sub-elite 1500 meter competitor. Ajee is an athlete who, in contrast with Alysia Montano, is capable of pacing herself evenly over the full 800 meters. Comparisons between Muir and Price at the 1K distance contribute practically nothing to our understanding of Wilson vs. Muir (there's a world of difference between the 800 and the 1000, and between Wilson and Price). So it's hard to understand why the LRC proprietors favor the UK runner over the American; why a World finalist whose PR is nearly 2 seconds faster is made an underdog; why the athlete with the world's fastest time this year is disfavored. Unfortunately, trying to understand this inevitably brings us to the tenor of this message board and the fact that Ajee is African-American. But I trust we'll get an apology and a special page when Ajee bests the field in Poland.

For the same reason 11/12 covers of Runner's World and Running Times are of white people.

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I agree Ajee has a outstanding chance at the Gold medal; however, even if she wins don't expect much from the media and running sites (definitely not an apoloy)!

I have a pretty dim view of the "indoor worlds". They just are not that important. Still, I hope Ms. Wilson puts a beat down on all of them. Because I like her and I'd love to see LRC cleaning crow feathers out of their crooked teeth.

Despite both Wilson and Cain being teens, Wilson is nearly two years older than Cain.

Off the top of my head, I can't think of a time when Cain didn't dominate Wilson in head to head competition.

Wilson is great at the 800 distance but has not shown the same brilliance at any other distance. Cain has shown brilliance from 800 to 5000.

Wilson simply seems to be reserved and shy. She just isn't as exciting on camera or in print. I doubt she worries about being slighted. She is having a stellar career so far despite not garnering as much attention as Cain.

PLEASE stop mentioning one event as being a determining factor in athletes career as it didn't stop Wilson Kipketer, Maria Mutola, nor has it stopped David Rudisha from receiving their just accolades as one event specialist.

Dominating Ajee? Ajee is more of a 400m/800m runner and Mary is alittle more of a 1500m/5000m runner. So how many times have they met at a distance not favoring Mary? Both of them are rare talents but don't put Ajee down just to build Mary up, enjoy both of our young U.S talents and let's just hope they both do well in their careers and receive as much publicity as they can get from the media!

In their 45 minute World Indoor Championship preview, Weldon actually mentions this thread somewhere around 8:23 of the video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYYjbx0ZXLg&feature=youtu.be

I would like to clarify a few things before I go on,

1.) I'm a huge fan of Mary Cain and as a U.S citizen I'm delighted everytime she succeeds on the track!

2.) I'm not a someone who seeks out sinister plots and enjoy when Letsrun give objective and justified exposure to athletes.

3.) Think Weldon was on the cusp of big break thru and wished he had taken a couple more shots at breaking sub 28 minutes for 10,000m.

4.) Hope that everyone at Letsrun can look at our U.S athletes without the color of their skin coming into play.

Ajee and Mary Cain are both EXTREMELY great talents; however, Ajee Wilson is a racer first and foremeost and never goes out on time-trials in races. Mary Cain actually gets into races that are set up for her to run fast. So while we know they are both great talents we actually know alittle more of Cain's top end ability when she races thoughout the season but not Ajee as she is never time trials or is dominated when she loses at 800m, as she race on to compete and not time.

I see many AR for the two young ladies but I also see in her career posting more impressive times, simply because she will be known as a racer who can finish well and athletes want to get away from her. Mary Cain can no doubt break the 1500m, Mile, 3000m, and 5000m AR in her career but Ajee in her career have the ability to be the first American to threaten sub 1:54 something very few women internationally have every done!!!!