(...Is my super-sophisticated analysis.)
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I wouldn't worry about Steiner. A very strong athlete who has run more than 50 races since the start of the year. US indoor 200m record earlier this year, then 21.80 at the Collegiate Championships followed by 21.80 and 21.77 at the USATFs. She can also run 10.90 at 100m and is a great 400m relay runner. If she maintains her form over the next 3 weeks, a likely silver medalist over 200m beyind Jackson.Originally posted by marilyn1 View PostLeave a comment:
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Mboma has a physical advantage over other athletes with her elevated testosterone.
Is that vastly different than some of the freaks that compete in athletics, like a 6 foot 4 female triple jumper,all legs and poor technique, or a 2 metre tall and 20 stone mountainous shot putter who is an OG champion.?Leave a comment:
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Shericka Jackson 21.55 with zero wind in the Jamaican Champs 200... wow. ETH 2nd and SAFP 3rd.Leave a comment:
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Exactly right.
To Richardson: Amazing, you managed to run super fast as a teenager. So did a bunch of other super-talented U20s down the years, like Kaylin Whitney and a laundry list of others. A large chunk of them never did anything in the professional ranks, for a whole host of different reasons.
Just because you set a world junior record that was comparable with times being run by senior athletes, then in your first year as a pro you ran even faster, doesn't mean you've achieved anything of note in sprinting. All you've done is run fast. Until you get some medals around your neck and have stood on the top step of an Olympic or World Championship podium, all that brash talk and bravado is all it is, talk.
More often that not, when she has run against the world's best sprinters on an equal footing, Richardson has come off second best, even third or fourth best. And that's not exactly matching up with her own highly elevated opinion of herself. -
Another athlete who was injured is Mboma. Nothing has been heard about her, in the last few weeks.
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Apparently she put out a statement containing "y'all" several times and basically asking for more respect in the media.
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Sha'Carri needs to realise that the likes of Abby Steiner is already performing at a better standard than she ever did while being a college athlete, and not only that, has managed to carry that on into the Trials and came out on top with a fabulous time. When Richardson ran those super fast times in 2019 as a student in the NCAA Finals, just a few weeks later, she bombed out tamely in the heats of the US World Championship trials with barely a whimper.
Understandable then you could say after the hectic collegiate schedule, but much less so this time as a 22 year old pro athlete and having run well in recent weeks and seemingly rounding into form. Gatlin (booo!) claimed she'd been running 10.3/10.4s in training just a week or so ago, so where did that swiftness go in such a short time?
In her post-race interview after failing to get to the 200m final, she didn't mention once any injury issues that curtailed her prep, as she rambled about the media and did her best "Girl Boss" act.
She has to stop blaming other people for her own failings and start to look inward a but more to find out what's really causing her issues right now.Last edited by RunUnlimited; 26-06-22, 23:31.
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