Dalilah Muhammad. Now is the time to retire!

Track and Field is such a fickle sport. Dalilah’s legacy is solidified, even if she never secures another gold medal, she will still be recognized as a great from here on out.

That being said, it’d be dumb for her to leave the sport this soon as she’d be leaving potentially millions of dollars on the table.

Failure and a success are important parts of the sport, but so are finances. Dalilah needs to secure the bag now while she’s still ahead.

Of course, Dahilah won't retire but I can see a scenario where, in Tokyo, the cameras of the world will be juxtapositioning images of the victorious Sydney with the defeated ex-champ Dalilah. You could say that Usain went through that in London 2107 but there is was out with the old and in with the even older ( Gatlin, that is )!

I much prefer champs to retire at the top, and then, when the next big championships come around, leave the fans wondering "what if she'd been there, would the outcome have been different?"

portsea57 wrote:

Of course, Dahilah won't retire but I can see a scenario where, in Tokyo, the cameras of the world will be juxtapositioning images of the victorious Sydney with the defeated ex-champ Dalilah. You could say that Usain went through that in London 2107 but there is was out with the old and in with the even older ( Gatlin, that is )!

I much prefer champs to retire at the top, and then, when the next big championships come around, leave the fans wondering "what if she'd been there, would the outcome have been different?"

Like Florence Griffith Joyner?

Jim Brown retired on top. Jim Brown was in Europe filming, Dirty Dozen. Original Cleveland Browns told Brown he was being fined every day for missing training camp. Jim Brown then told Original Cleveland Browns management, he retired.

Barry Sanders was told going forward he was going have to play tailback in I-formation. Sanders did not like I-formation, so Sanders retired.

Most athletes hang on past their prime if they were great. Athletes who are not great never get to hang on past their prime. D. Mohammed wants another Olympic gold, I am sure in Tokyo, Japan. I support Mohammed's quest for Olympic gold next summer.

I don't understand it. It's like Americans don't like her and can't wait for her to get out of the picture. Twice, she's run a world record but only has to talk about the person she beat. No respect.

https://twitter.com/MATT_MO_34/status/1180291476963676162?s=20

Daliah, the rest of the world appreciates you and your achievements.

Bump for explanation. Has Dalilah ever said or done anything to make American fans and media (including this site) root against her so much? Why would a world record holder not get the accolades she deserves? Is it the surname? Is McLoughlin seen as more American? Very curious case.

El Keniano wrote:

Bump for explanation. Has Dalilah ever said or done anything to make American fans and media (including this site) root against her so much? Why would a world record holder not get the accolades she deserves? Is it the surname? Is McLoughlin seen as more American? Very curious case.

Sydney is seen by the US media as the true princess that is the rightful heir to the throne. It's not track fans from the US pushing that. It's the media. Sydney does have a certain presence to her that most don't and the cameras eat it up.

Dalilah's stride is sweet. I'm a huge fan merely because I love watching the way she moves. It's super impressive. I hope she's the first woman to break 52.

Then, of course, she needs to move up to the 800 and win the hearts of all of Letsrun.

^ By "presence" do you mean that she has the right look for American media? Because she doesn't seem particularly charismatic to me. She comes across as nice in her interviews albeit with a rather flat personality. I still don't understand why, instead of celebrating a world record by an American athlete, most commentators could barely mask their disappointment. At first, I thought it might be because she's outspoken like the 100m hurdles ladies but looked it up and I can't find anything.

To a lesser extent, I got similar vibes with Nasser vs Miller-Uibo, but that's easy to understand given the countries they represent.

There’s a lot to it, but at its core, I think the media just tries to build on whatever the largest story is.

Sydney represents a new, exciting, and unprecedented story.

Dalilah, on the other hand, represents an older and declining tale.

Dalilah isn’t any less an athlete or person, but the spotlight only shines on one and as dominant as she may seem, Sydney has been just as convincing... just not against her.

She literally just PR'd, which is a funny scenario to apply the descriptor "declining" to, even if it hadn't been a world record. She is the reason we even get to have a glimpse of what's possible in women's 400m hurdles. She should stop whenever she feels like it, but I just don't understand this "going out on top" idea being floated on this thread. That's the same mentality that would have robbed us of Bekele's recent performance in Berlin. I hope she will keep bringing that fire to her event as long as she can.

She should have retired 7 years ago, when her pb was still 56 seconds. Now there is a lot of people who think she is a doper. The improvement came too late in her career for it to seem legit. McLaughlin is the real winner and world record holder.

dalilah is amazing

wow 3x wrote:

dalilah is amazing

She is. And seems to be a classy woman. I just don't understand why they appear to wish she wasn't around.

should have retired years ago wrote:

She should have retired 7 years ago, when her pb was still 56 seconds. Now there is a lot of people who think she is a doper. The improvement came too late in her career for it to seem legit. McLaughlin is the real winner and world record holder.

A lot of bigoted, colorist idiots believe she is a doper. Her improvements came from refined technique and endurance. Even a half-wit would expect a hurdling vet with an Olympic title and championships medals under her belt to drill down on the smaller aspects of her race.

Syd is good but she's gotta get in line and pay her dues like the rest. Close but no cigar silvers, light skin and curly hair ain't gonna cut it.

El Keniano wrote:

I don't understand it. It's like Americans don't like her and can't wait for her to get out of the picture. Twice, she's run a world record but only has to talk about the person she beat. No respect.

https://twitter.com/MATT_MO_34/status/1180291476963676162?s=20

Daliah, the rest of the world appreciates you and your achievements.

Nope. *Great* respect. Tremendous achievements.

But the OP is correct. By next summer, Sydney will be blowing Dalilah away. She'll be routinely sub-52, and she'll probably end up a lot faster that.

No way Dalilah will be able to match the 51.4 Syd'll be running in another two years. She'll consistently be looking at Syd's back for the rest of her career if she sticks around much longer.

Nothing wrong with being Former World Champ, Former World Record-Holder, and *second* best ever in her event,... but that's what she's gonna be.

El Keniano wrote:

wow 3x wrote:

dalilah is amazing

She is. And seems to be a classy woman. I just don't understand why they appear to wish she wasn't around.

She's a 29 year old African-American Muslim woman who isn't light skin enough to be marketable to a larger colorstruck audience.

You ASSume Dalilah has run her best race when her coach already said he sees 51mid in her future.

Keep talking up McLightskin, but she'll she'll be playing second fiddle to Muhammad for a few more years.

Wtf? Go away troll. Give credit where it’s do. Dalilah is a Championship racer, while Sydney in a Prima donna.

portsea57 wrote:

Getting out at the top is something all great athletes should aspire to but all too often they don't.

Why?

Why is going out at the top something all great athletes should aspire to? You don't give any good reasons.

sp2 wrote:

Nothing wrong with being Former World Champ, Former World Record-Holder, and *second* best ever in her event,... but that's what she's gonna be.

Right now, in 2019, she isn't any of those things.

She is the CURRENT:

•Olympic champ

•Worlds champ

•World record holder