Mondo competes for Sweden instead of USA. Brilliant move or cheap copout!

To the OP...

Here’s a hypothetical. An American family, with a parent in the military, is stationed in Germany. They have a child there, who is raised in Germany and only moved back to the US towards the end of high school (when his parent is honorably discharged from the military and moved back home). If that kid has athletic talent, would it be an insult to Germany for him to compete as an American?

A lot of people are born in the US to foreign nationals. They can have dual citizenship and choose how they compete. Nothing wrong or insulting in my mind.

Alabama BSS Making stuff up from his a*** wrote:

Do you know anything of what you said to be a fact? Or are you just spouting nonsense from your rear? He speaks Swedish, has visited before and has a Swedish mum. Get over yourself and your inaccuracies

Just want to point out that it's been publicly acknowledged several times (directly from the horse's mouth even) that Mondo doesn't speak much Swedish.

Having said that, to address an earlier point made by someone else who said they can't understand how people can have/would want dual allegiances. Without giving an opinion of being pro or against people who feel strongly enough to identify with another country due to some form of heritage, it's definitely not unusual in the US - you see so many people born and raised there yet still actively claiming they're 'Chinese,' 'Italian,' 'Mexican,' 'Irish,' etc. The point is debatable, for sure. But at the least, I think it's very much normal to see people feeling like this.

You obviously know little to nothing about Duplantis. Did you know his mother is Swedish and that he has held duel nationality from birth?

There are several reasons why he chose Sweden over the US.

You make a good point in general, but not in using him as your main target for your argument.

Hounddogharrier wrote:

...when the USA was the champion of good. Now we are rightfully perceived as evil.

Looks like someone has taken their daily dose of post modern, Neo Marxist BS. The smart money is that you are way off on all accounts. Mondo can do whatever is best for him and his family. That's the reason they gave and I'd take their word at it.

How can anyone be offended? You're like a kid shouting in the mall.

Mondo's Mother is Swedish. He has dual citizenship from birth.

Competing for Sweden is a great choice for him. He gets to live in Europe, have a Swedish model as his GF, and make promotional money all year round, not just every 4 years. Track and field athletes are far more appreciated in Europe than here.

He's been Swedish for more than one Olympic and its taken you that long to turn up here, chirping your jingoistic bleats.

I just went back and looked at your post again. Man you have put in some terribly racist comments. If I had to look at you as an example of a USA supporter, I'd be heading offshore as well.

And your last line is totally ridiculous. Get some counseling.

His mother is Swedish you nimrod

Interesting that despite growing up here in the US, he never felt it was his home. So many people are like this. Maybe if we stopped labelling and pigeon holing people, and actually let them "melt" in this so called melting pot, they'd feel differently.

Compare to London - all different people of shapes sizes ages colors ethnicities races genders sexualities backgrounds - all mixing together under a common umbrella of "British".

Mondo entrance track = Günther Ding Dong Song

Ingebrigtsen intro track = SteinJo Friday Fahrenheit

I really do not like the way the Pole Vault works. Did not like it with Bubka and do not like it with Duplantis. Shaving the world record like it was a block of cheese. Guys like Lewis had to grab the brass ring when they were at the top of their game. He is beating the people he should, but he is leaving the competition without having exhausted his ability. It makes sense, but it cheapens the achievement.

Brilliant, cheap, whatever... I think it was the no-brainer move. And I don't mind, we still have good vaulters representing the US. Vaulting is actually more competitive than it's ever been at the US national level with 10 over the olympic standard of 5.82 just this calendar year. Mondo competing for Sweden might also be better for the sport as a whole. Would be nice if someone from the US could finally get over 20ft and make it more of a competition though.

yeah not like they are on the verge of civil war due to their "melting"

That is not true. DuPlantis spent his summers in Sweden as a child and learned rudamentary Swedish. Later on he lived a lot in Sweden, and became fluent (but not great) in Swedish. He is dating a swedish model.

So the point he, is DOES pratar swenska (speak swedish), is a swedish citizen and has lived on and off in Sweden all his life.

FWIW, I literally watched an interview with him today, in which he spoke pretty perfect Swedish

^^^^^^ It's actually simple. He could compete internationally for Sweden in his teens without having to qualify for a National team like USA. That's all. Sweden could just put on the National team with no qualms.

Sorry, but if they let me into Sweden, my ass would be out of this back asswards craphole of a country in no time.

HA.....For sure! Let's go......We're rooming with the Swedish Bikini Team!

Not perfect. Any swede would identify him as a foreigner by the accent (although he has lived on and off in sverige all his life) but he is very fluent. A citizen with deep roots in sweden.

This is exactly the only answer.

The American Military needs a proper living wage and the House and Senate need to vote to support our COUNTRIE'S athletes. Carlos Yulo of the Philippines will get $225k and a new house, according to Tim Daggett, for winning the gold medal in gymnastics. Our medal winners get 25k, 15k and 10k for their medals, respectively.

They paid more for coaching than that.

What do they live on afterward?