I dont think they should have let him run a relay untested. I was against this from the beginning. individual race sure, but relays you mess up and it affects the entire team
props to the kid though, i certainly never ran sub 45 lol
They wanted "The story" over the performance and it almost cost us. And think of this, that could have not just cost the USA a medal it would have cost the men involved in the 4x4 a lot of money.
Yes he's still a high schooler and we shouldn't be too hard in him,
His performance is fair game to discuss, as is whether he should have been on the team.
But can you reconcile the sentence above with your choice of thread titles?
Do better.
His performance WAS humiliating.
Nobody is calling him names or saying he's washed up. Nobody is accusing him of doping and running bad because he's now in the test pool.
All they said was it was an embarrassing race. It was and Quincy would be the first to admit it. And this was after all his friends, family, and coaches were bashing the relay coach for keeping him off the mixed 4x4.
Was it his greatest performance? No. But before he raced, and when it was announced that he wouldn't be on the mixed relay, almost everyone on the boards was advocating for him to be put in a relay. Maybe there was information that we didn't know, I saw someone say he might have had an injury. But either way you all know that based off his times and other splits, he was perfectly capable of holding up his leg, regardless of whether or not he performed today. So I think it's a little harsh for all of you to do a complete 180 on the kid.
They literally left off Fred Kerley for this kid and we know he was begging to run it. Trevor Bassitt just ran 48.29 OVER HURDLES, CJ Allen just ran 48.44 OVER HURDLES. Bednarek could have run it.
I think the relay coach caved into the pressure from the outside to put Wilson on it. He HAD TO have known Wilson wasn't ready based on their practices.
Split 47.27 leadoff, 3 seconds slower than his PR and handed off in 7th. He almost caused USA to miss qualifying for the final
Yes he's still a high schooler and we shouldn't be too hard in him, but make no mistake this was a terrible run.
I feel bad for whoever was left off to let Quincy run. They missed on out on an Olympic Gold Medal while Quincy will get one for a terrible race.
I agree that his performance can be a discussion topic. He’s an Olympian.
But you say that “we shouldn’t be too hard on him” after putting “humiliated” in all caps in your thread title? I agree that no one should be too hard on him, but maybe you could think a little.
I agree that his performance can be a discussion topic. He’s an Olympian.
But you say that “we shouldn’t be too hard on him” after putting “humiliated” in all caps in your thread title? I agree that no one should be too hard on him, but maybe you could think a little.
Hindsight is 20/20. Norman folded in the open. The last 4 or 5 times the kid ran he set a series of sub 45 PBs. I expected another good performance. Who didn't?
I don’t really fault the kid or the selection of him in the prelim. We got through. Job done.
Now, was the moment too big for him? Probably. His form was all over the place even before the 200 meter mark. It looked telltale of not being able to control nerves and his legs likely shaking before the start of the race. Good experience for him, but let’s sub him out for Rai in the final and get this gold. Quincy will be back in 4 years.
Classic letsrun. kicking kids while they are down because we can. if only I could be so "humiliated". he said himself after the race that this performance wasnt good enough but we will still bash him here because we so delight in the misery of athletes far better than us...
the other guys were talented enough to make this race right. so nothing lost. and he'll be back again older, wiser and faster. I am already looking forward to his "redemption".
It was a risky move to put him in, but putting the next guy at the OT in (6th place) with a recent massive PB (44.20) isn’t a terrible idea on paper. Now, depending on where he is at in his periodization (he probably peaked for the OT over a month ago), it is very debatable whether he was in good enough shape to come to Paris. Based on this performance (which came 8 or so months into a LONG season for him), he was not ready training-wise. I’m sure the uncertainty of him racing or not probably hurt his ability to be prepared.