NYDCRunner1 wrote:
SeattleSilver wrote:
Actually, the number could be counted.
How many of those single gold medal winners qualified for another four Olympics, much less earned at least one medal in each. And we aren't talking about a competitor in a fringe sport or fringe event in T&F.
Amantle Monsho was later suspended for doping. One athlete threw herself across the finish line. Those should have been two gold medals to Felix.
Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
As annoying as NBC is I kind of agree. This is her last games and she ran a gutsy race. Yeah, she only has one gold but three silvers and a bronze isn’t anything to scoff at. First Olympics at 18, now 35. She deserves a nice farewell.
That being said, she is by no means the “GOAT”. Illustrious career, though.
Hmmmm...... wrote:
She has one....ONE individual Olympic Gold.
Sure, the overall medal tally is impressive, but she can't be put in the same category as Bolt or Johnson with that many Olympic final defeats.
Not counting Bronze Medals or even Relay medals, you failed to mention she has 6 individual World Golds to go along with that Olympic Gold. She also has 4 individual Olympic and World Silver Medals to go along with those Gold Medals. I don't think you can discount her 15 Relay Golds from both the 4x1 and 4x4 in both the Olympics and Worlds, including a WR in the 2012 4x1, all spanning 5 Olympics and 17 years.
rogermortimer wrote:
Liujavelen - What a broad brush to swipe.. Most Americans care about solid pre-natal care, as well as diminishing infant mortality. Yes, they are racists out there, but most want healthy babies and healthy mothers. None of us want to go back to the WW1 era, where losing a child or a sibling was all too common, irrespective of race. My great grandparents and grandparents led much more difficult lives (although you wouldn't know it). To the extent that black women don't get the care they need today, let's talk about solutions (concrete ones and not abstract ones).
Note that Serena and Allyson had access to great care, so sometimes things just happen. Felix called her physician and was hospitalized almost immediately. Kudos to Felix and her physician for taking things seriously when it mattered. I get it that some are tired of hearing about her being a mom, but Felix really knows how to race and rise to the occasion. Plus, I think her daughter is adorable, no matter how many times she is shown, the issue is small potatoes in the scheme of things.
Glad you recognize it as important. Stories like the following suggest that not enough people are in your camp and/or not enough are doing anything about it:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1595019/I heard some rumor she might be a mom. that's better than 16 Olympic medals, ask her.
I think she deserves credit for being in the game after 5 olympics and being a contender. But the medal count is not that impressive when you look under the hood.
Elaine Thompson for example has 6 olympic medals from just 2 appearances including 4 gold for an unprecedented 100/200M sprint double at 2 Olympic Games - the first for a female athlete.
Felix has one individual gold. But I think she deserves props for being in the game for so long and still being able to land a medal.
Isn't her Tokyo 400m time her second fastest 400? That's pretty impressive at age 35!
Arete wrote:
Isn't her Tokyo 400m time her second fastest 400? That's pretty impressive at age 35!
Yes it is. Currently the fastest American time this year
I don't think anyone is arguing that Felix is an amazing athlete. It is only when they put her on the same level as Bolt and Lewis that makes it eye rolling. If we are really going to rank athletes, I think Athing Mu with her American Record and Gold Medal and Sydney Mac with her World/American Record and Gold Medal are already ahead of her from an Olympics perspective.
Unbelievable lifetime achievement. Fast, classy and modest. I bow to the Queen of Track! Love her.
Sports need stars. Felix is a star.
And the fact that she’s one of the few actual clean athletes over her career. Uibo wasn’t even going to run the 400ms until everyone better than her was either suspended or not aloud to run.
It’s now the Sydney show for the next ten years. Felix has passed the baton. Get used to it.
Some couch pilots just cant resist lashing out at a media darling no matter how deserved the attention is. Why dont they go after the Kardashians or Spears or lame-ass pretenders in Washington? Just cant stand to see a woman warrior reach a high pinnacle?
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