He's done. His partner claimed he's in the best shape of his life on facebook.
Are you referring to the same partner who thought he ran a 20.68 200m in practice, only to not make it past the first round in Beijing because he thought he could blow everyone away at the end of a tactical race and couldn't?
Ooooh, if he says so on Facebook we should all be so scared and not even bother showing up in June!
He's the Craig Virgin of his generation.
Indoor T&F is not a major sport in the world today.
I don't care if he runs indoor, but I can't take him seriously after worlds last year. I've been a doubter of him before, when he was doing silly TV shows and running slowly, but he won me back over with his huge surprise win at the trials. I was actually really impressed with him at that point. I thought, "Wow, I was dead wrong about this guy!" Then he invented a really weak excuse to not run at worlds. If he doesn't care enough about competing to race at the world championships, while he's healthy and in good shape, then I can't be his fan.
Jason Priestley wrote:
Nick Symmonds has done more to affect positive change in the sport of track than any other individual athlete. He deserves a lot of credit and I hope he keeps putting pressure on the entrenched interests of the USATF and IAAF. Whether he's a PR man or not doesn't matter. In fact the fact that he's good with PR is a bonus because it makes his efforts more effective.
If you think that new income sharing arrangement with the USATF would have happened without Nick Symmonds you're dreaming. Lets hope he keeps pushing.
False....
Symmonds is the biggest turd the sport has ever seen. He's what is wrong with the sport and should never be allowed to compete again. He's dishonest, selfish and 100% self-centered.
Helsinki Cup wrote:
Indoor is crap.
^^^
a relic of USA scholastic athletics, northern schools in particular
As long as athletes are going to travel around for "world" championships, why not go way down south and use outdoor tracks?
Even go to Australia and settle the old question of which hemisphere is better for counter-clockwise running.
Maybe Brooks shoes aren't as good for him as Nike shoes were.
Can we officially that you are not an athlete either?
does he want uniforms to look like nascar vehicles? I lost all respect with his antics during World Championships in Moscow when he didn't even read or know the law he was complaining about
so people who ran fast times are not athletes?
the o.p, is another stupid idiot who thinks that an Olympic medal is somehow worth more than running a world record time.
guess what? different people win medals at every Olympics and they are forgotten forever. that 1 race is all dictated by how strong the field is. in the sport of running, faster is better. all these questions about who is the greatest, all you have to do is look at who the current world record holder is in that distance and there is your answer.
Olympics are nothing more than a political game where people get together and say "my country is better than yours". it really says absolutely nothing about who the greatest athlete is. ill pick a runner with a world record time and zero Olympic medals ANYDAY over someone who never ran a world record time yet has 20 gold medals.
IF his beef is all about RunGum then he should just form RunGum TC, sponsor all the athletes he wants, and plaster the logo across the singlet where it is allowed. Some of you are too young to remember Mazda TC with the lower case corporate font on singlets so take a look at this:
http://a.espncdn.com/photo/2008/0804/pg2_g_barnes_200.jpg
I read the rule that the 1"x1" or whatever small apparel company logo is the tag of the garment manufacturer, just like that little pony on some of your polo shirts. That isn't necessarily a sponsor.
Regarding NASCAR ads, they DO NOT allow firms competing with their official sponsors. Sprint is the official phone so ATT is not there. Same for the official beer, RV, gasoline, ..., kitchen sink. Do you think USATF (insert Max influence here) would be any different?
And just wondering, how can an upstart bubble gum company have the funds to finance this litigation?
Yeah you're right he is a PR man!
https://www.trackandfieldnews.com/index.php/tafn-lists?list_id=10&sex_id=M&yyear=2008
According to this he has the third fastest 800m PR in American history!
oklaz made. wrote:
so people who ran fast times are not athletes?
the o.p, is another stupid idiot who thinks that an Olympic medal is somehow worth more than running a world record time.
guess what? different people win medals at every Olympics and they are forgotten forever. that 1 race is all dictated by how strong the field is. in the sport of running, faster is better. all these questions about who is the greatest, all you have to do is look at who the current world record holder is in that distance and there is your answer.
Olympics are nothing more than a political game where people get together and say "my country is better than yours". it really says absolutely nothing about who the greatest athlete is. ill pick a runner with a world record time and zero Olympic medals ANYDAY over someone who never ran a world record time yet has 20 gold medals.
Yes. Thank you for saying this, many people on this site don't understand this.
haha, nice! QOTD
Yeah, you're right! wrote:
Yeah you're right he is a PR man!
https://www.trackandfieldnews.com/index.php/tafn-lists?list_id=10&sex_id=M&yyear=2008According to this he has the third fastest 800m PR in American history!
RIP: D3 All-American Frank Csorba - who ran 13:56 in March - dead
RENATO can you talk about the preparation of Emile Cairess 2:06
Great interview with Steve Cram - says Jakob has no chance of WRs this year
Hats off to my dad. He just ran a 1:42 Half Marathon and turns 75 in 2 months!
Running for Bowerman Track Club used to be cool now its embarrassing
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