2014 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships

WTF is Montano doing on the start line?!

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  • my name is whaaa?

    Anonymous Poster

    9 years ago 07/16/2014 10:44am EDT
    re: webfoot

    webfoot wrote:

    Koneko wrote:

    "Look at me! Look at me! Look at me!"

    Lame.

    Your take on this is lame. You need to lighten up.

    It was entertaining and will bring much needed attention to track and field. Look for a link on cnn tomorrow.

    Track doesn't need any attention. Those who are starved for T&F attention are just attention whores, plain and simple.

    Speaking of attention whores, Montano is one. Her little stunt was not entertaining in the least and the sport is doing just fine without her shenanigans. I'm so sick of people trying to bring attention to track with all these stupid attention-grabbing stunts. Track is doing fine and it will never be the most popular sport in America or even close to it. Sorry.

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    SonOfRitz

    Member since 11/06/2015.

    130 posts. Last post 5 years ago.
    7 years ago 07/05/2016 3:35pm EDT
    re: Deadman Running

    Deadman Running wrote:

    Any publicity is good publicity for T&F.

    Nope. Track athletes keep crying for respect (source: Nick Symmonds twitter) and then you have a pregnant woman run in a televised national race.

    At what point will any non-runner look at that and say..."Oh yeah, track is a serious sport, look at how intense this race is, I should watch these more often." At no point will that happen.

    This kind of thing makes a mockery of the sport. It relegates the one time in four years that track can possibly make some traction in the media to a circus because a pregnant woman decided to have fun and empower women and yada yada yada. Nevermind the able-bodied athlete who could have run in her place and had a realistic chance to realize, in some cases, a one in a lifetime dream.

    The greatest thing about running is that anyone can do it, pregnant or not. But there is a time and place for that, and it's not in a qualifying heat for the Olympic trials.

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    SonOfRitz

    Member since 11/06/2015.

    130 posts. Last post 5 years ago.
    7 years ago 07/05/2016 3:41pm EDT
    re: floto

    floto wrote:

    track and circus wrote:

    I don't think this is a big deal either way, but I lean a little more on the side of the posters saying this thing detracts a little bit from the spirit of a national championship.

    This is also my take on this. On the one hand, I have no problem with AM getting attention and the people in the stands being entertained. On the other hand, this is a national championship, for most competitors arguably the most important event of the year. I can perfectly understand when other athletes actually focused on competing are not very excited about a demonstration that pregnant women can still exercise during their competition. To them, it might feel like a lack of respect and just the same as putting a clown on the start line next to them. Thus, I don�t criticize BM for what she said. And I don�t bash AM for her move either.

    Agreed.

  • just being analytical

    Anonymous Poster

    7 years ago 07/05/2016 3:53pm EDT
    re: SonOfRitz

    She still ran 34 seconds faster pregnant than she did Monday.

  • lulz

    Anonymous Poster

    7 years ago 07/05/2016 4:02pm EDT
    re: just being analytical

    just being analytical wrote:

    She still ran 34 seconds faster pregnant than she did Monday.

    actually lol'd

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