Does Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone Race Enough?

[@henribatrounyvalentina5237]

It does not matter if she races enough or not the idea of racing is that when you race is for the win and she wins most of her races. she is smart enough not to tire her body for important races.

[@TheFinalLeg]

I generally agree. Every athlete has different goals and the ultimate outcome in the sport is to win gold and run fast which she has done. Selfishly, I think fans want to see her running every weekend. But she ran a good amount this year IMO

[@distanceman8147]

I think her lack of races has to do with location (Europe) and the lack of money. If she gets $100k from a commercial or photo shoot, why travel around the world for 10k? I'd love to see her more often but I do understand.

[@TheFinalLeg]

That's another good point. Rai Benjamin has spoke about how much of a hassle it is to travel to Europe from LA just for a 1 day meet. But I think 15 races throughout the year was a good amount of races

[@Monteb03]

She does what works for her!!! Do I want to see Sydney run more often? Absolutely, but she does what works for her and because it works for her, she has the records and medals that she does.

[@ninz5250]

I want to see the numbers when we compare meets competed at rather than races. Over half of Sydney’s 2024 season was just Olympic Trials and Olympics (7 races including 4x4).

[@TheFinalLeg]

I thought about that at first, but then I think because of the quality she puts down, I think the races are also just as important. She ran 52.13 and 52.48 in semi finals at Olympics and Trials, respectively, which are two of the fastest times in the world (6th and 12th). If any other athlete ran thoes times in a one off race (i.e. like Rushell Clayton or Anna Cockrell have) then it would be a big deal. But I hear you for sure!

[@trogpo]

Great topic and analysis! The timing and frequency of the races are sometimes more consequential than the sum total. For example, I was shocked to see that Dos Santos raced only 16 times this year, because I was under the impression that he really exhausted himself just before the Olympics, appearing frequently in races in Europe, while his main competitors trained and rested properly. And indeed, he underperformed in the Olympics, and did not fulfil the great expectations raised by his phenomenal Diamond League performances before the Olympics.

[@TheFinalLeg]

Appreciate that! And yea it's a good point that when races occur is a good point. Maybe if you race too much too early, that can affect you, but on the flip side if you don't race enough and get in a rhythm (like hurdlers like to get) then you may not be as ready as you need.

[@kuramobay2445]

Sure she wants to race more, wasn't she the first to sign up to Grand Slam Track? She wants to race but the sport does not seem to recognise the elite athletes needs. The Diamond League is a mess. Anyone who can piss off Grant Holloway is a mess.

[@TheFinalLeg]

Yea, with GST next ear she will be running multiple times next year, on top of Isaac and worlds so clearly she wants to race more.

[@Chloe.D]

Being the first to sign up is different from being the first to be asked. She was the first to be asked.

[@AnthonyWilliams_83]

At the 5:34 mark notice how many people who ran less than 20 races are almost all 400m sprinters whether flat or hurdles. Only Tebogo and Bol ran more. And one can argue Tebogo shouldn't really count because he only ran the 400m relay. He's not a primary 400m runner.

[@dpasv]

Several coaches prefer to use meets for pre-major competition readiness. Coach Meuwly being one of them. Studying Coach Kersee going back to the '80's, his approach has been certainly different. When it's "right", in his eyes, he cuts them loose!

[@Dynamics416]

I think the main reasons is like Emerole said, that Sydney doesn't compete in the major T&F league (Diamond League) and her major competitor Femke Bol does very often. I also think because she's a huge generational athlete that could succeed in 3-4 events that fans want to her more of her. While I don't mind that she doesn't compete in Europe, I do love that her and her Coach prioritizes local meets in the U.S. I think there needs to be more focus and investment in those meets to bring more people in stateside.

[@goldcanine_8751]

Thank you for clearing the air!!!! They want to find a way to hate on Sydney so much, but the numbers don’t lie!!!!

[@TheFinalLeg]

Yea in general, She races about the same amount as most other top athletes in the sport so unfortunate a narrative that she didn't run much this year continued to be put put there.

[@kevynhenry1580]

I don’t think it’s a Sydney issue…it’s this generation. They hardly race…Shelly raced a lot, the older greats raced and competed against each other often and had long careers. I hear Rai speaking about level of earning in the sport but the greatest stars aren’t generating content or competitions, hardly any matchups and expect the commercial value of the sport to grow…impossible

[@TheFinalLeg]

Hmm, not quite sure it's a generation thing. Granted, back in the day many athletes did compete more than they do now, so that's fair. But other athletes like Masai Russell, Letsile Tebogo, Noah Lyles, Femke Bol, etc run a ton of races. But your right that the farther back you go in time, the more often athletes raced each other.

[@JSwell24]

Sydney has broken some type of record every year for years! 😅 If she can do that with fewer races and keep her pockets full, why do more? 🤔🤷🏾‍♂️

[@TheFinalLeg]

Great point. The goal is to win gold and run fast which she has done year after year so it's clearly working

[@JSwell24]

@@TheFinalLeg Exactly! Now, as a fan of the sport, I want her to run more! But I can also see her and the mentor's perspective.

[@SuperKamiGuruu]

Was frustrated over her not running as much at first, but until they start paying these athletes more than 0.01 percent of what the lazy ass meeting organizers get to put in their pockets, she needs to keep it nationals to global championships focused.

[@takashitamagawa5881]

Excellent video. It is important to lay out the numbers to get a real grasp of Sidney McLaughlin-Levrone's participation in these world track events and to compare that to the records of other stars in the sport.

[@TheFinalLeg]

Thanks, really do appreciate you!

[@Prodigalzson]

Wu-Tang clan said it best. Cash Rules Everything Around Me. CREAM... If you aren't talking cash, then you aren't making cents. Pro sports isn't a charity. If she only runs Olympics, I might be disappointed, but I can't be mad. I don't work for cheap either.

[@TheFinalLeg]

Love the Wu Tang connection...but bro you were so close with the next line! If it dont make dollaz then it dont make sense! hahaha appreciate you!

[@DevLife717]

I think what we think is irrelevant. It’s up to her and her coach to decide what’s best for her. I think they’re doing a pretty good job so far. Proof is in the results.

[@TheFinalLeg]

100% agree that our opinion doesn't mean much. Sydney and her team are clearly successful so saying she doesn't run enough or she runs too much is "incorrect". She just the perfect amount for her.

[@AnthonyWilliams_83]

Would we like to see Sydney more sure. But I believe she is playing the long game and doesn't want to get burnt out. She races when she needs to race for conditioning or for the major events and there shouldn't be anything wrong with that. I believe this will pay off when or if she decides to run the 400m flat or maybe even the 200m in the future. She may want to go after the double (200m and 400m) in 2028 Olympics. She will be 29 then with less pounding on the body than most. And if she decides to take it another notch and do the same thing in 2032 Olympics she has that capacity do so. Sometimes quality over quantity is best. I'm getting my daughter to understand as a track athlete herself. We don't need to race at every meet and it's okay to do all field events too instead of running all the time because we want to be as fresh as possible for the big meets. I will give much kudos to Shamier Little when she attempted to make the Olympic team as both a 400m sprinter and 400m hurdler. I know she made the relay teams and at least won gold and silver in Paris but I'm sure it was taxing on her body trying to make both teams in the 400m space during the USA trials.

[@TheFinalLeg]

Good point, and probably very smart if she is in fact playing the long game. Next year with Grand Slam Track she will have more 400H/400 races, but not sure if she will dip her toes into the 200m again. 100% agree that quality over quantity is a good move. We can see that Sydney's career is clearly working out very well. And good call out on Shamier. Its interesting as Ashely Spencer did a similar 400/400H double at US Trials in 2016, and eventually won Olympic bronze in Rio

[@KobeyyyR]

I'd love to see Syd run in the Grand Slam 400m-200m group instead. She could definitely grab the NR in the 400m and lower her 200m PB under 22 seconds with real competition.

[@TheFinalLeg]

That would have been dope if she was in the 400/200! She'll likely get the 400m American record though, and hopefully she is able to run another 200m in the season to try and get sub-22 sec

[@TheWayWithKhuwayne]

I think it depends on various athletes' goals for the season, the coach' direction for them, what their bodies can take and other factors. Some athletes want to break a certain threshold in terms of times or distances in a certain amount of events. Others may want to compete in a lot of events to keep their body active & to handle multiple rounds of racing or competing. In some circumstances, some athletes are very picky in how they compete & will want to get best results possible from their own training program to analyse and work on for the next competition. And obviously, there are injury factors in terms either not wanting to get hurt more or being preventative to avoid any major injuries by competing too much, leading to burn out by Nationals or Worlds/Olympics. There are couple more factors involving travelling which I think is one of the biggest reasons why you don't see Sydney or Rai or others compete often. The tiredness you can experience from travelling from one country to the next, fatigue on the body, not having your favourite foods etc. Perhaps, there's a priority from the coach or the athlete themselves to protect the athlete from getting unwarranted setbacks as well not showing all your cards against your competitors. Also money, some athletes got it and they can afford to travel or they don't need it and are happy to not travel so frequently for competitions and those who don't have the expenses and find it hard to travel as much as the higher paid athletes. Maybe if Sydney and some of the other Americans were European or European-Based, they would likely compete in the Diamond League more regularly because transportation in between Europe is more quicker than travelling from one continent to the next.

[@TheFinalLeg]

Agree that every athlete, coach and team is going to be different so the number of races is going to vary based on their needs. And yea Rai has spoken openly about the complexities of traveling from Los Angeles to Europe is not easy and it does not make much sense when you can stay local. Its very similar for certain European based athletes, as they are not traveling to the USA very often unless its for Pre Classic or another really big meet. Great points!

[@Tadaia]

That list is enlightening. It’s annoying when people expect Sydney to adhere to choices another athlete is making for her own career. Especially one that has never even beat her. Rai and Quincy are great racers and gold medalists but I don’t see anyone complaining about them not racing. Their races are at least competitive.

[@dpwr96]

Olympic year is different. Athletes do as few races as possible depending on their financial circumstances. Syd doesn’t need the appearance money.

[@TheFinalLeg]

True to a degree. But as noted, she ran more in 2021 and 2024 than she did in any other years. So she actually is racing pretty more during Olympic years. But yea Sydney of course does not need appearance fee/prize money

[@thegreatdel9679]

This speaks to, we need more America leagues, we need to create more opportunities here so our athletes don’t have to go to other countries for peanuts. Hopefully Michael Johnson event can be something like that, where athletes can race here, make good money, & bring out a crowd.

[@TheFinalLeg]

Completely agree, would love to see GST and other potential leagues grow in the USA and then also run parallel with those in Europe. But will be interesting to see how things play out next year!

[@Tyshaune1122]

When does Grand slam track start? I think she's doing just fine with her races, shes working smarter not harder so she produce great times because of this she's able to be an incredibly athlete breaking records left and right.

[@sportsgod-c2d]

Grand Slam Track starts in April 2025. Sydney will be competing in GST, and we'll see where she goes from there.

[@hoybezy]

It doesn't matter what u think can't believe in actually responding. She accomplished what she set out to do and minus 49 sec 400 hurdles.

[@dpwr96]

It’s not just Syd. For me it’s the lack of competing against top talent. The untaken path to sub 48 is not just PEDS. I’m almost 60 so I remember the 80s. The Eastern Bloc women competed against each other multiple times per month. 4x400 happened ALL the time. How many times have we seen Syd vs Paulino vs el Nasser vs Bol ? 0. Imagine a year where they competed 3 or 4 times. Plus add in a few 300s with Gabby and Sherica. Does anyone think a sub 48 wouldn’t happen?

[@edabakah]

I think the biggest issue are the deescalators in most of the athletes contracts. Losses can mean not getting the pot from the meet but also less money from their sponsors. One of the reasons I am a fan of the Grand Slam Track idea is the racers get fixed comp to go along with place bonuses. Hopefully between GST, DL and Duael we get Syd, Paulino, Naser and Femke in a race...throw in Price, Kaczmarek, Adeleke, Holmes and that's a race I'll pay to watch 3-4 times a season

[@TheFinalLeg]

Your correct that its lack of competing against top talent. Thats what we want to see every year. I dont know if sub 48 would happen, but it could if they were running head to head more often. I'm certain that Shaune in 2018 ran sub 49 because Naser pushed the pace, and then the same thing in 2019 in Doha, both pushed each other to crazy times

[@richardgallimore5976]

I agree, but I'll also add in taking PEDs allows athletes to compete more often.

[@dpwr96]

Agree but…I think the top performers are as a group extremely clean. Or, enhanced. PEDS WORK. A “clean” 11.00 woman can become a a 10.6 performer in one season. Meaning, a person off can’t compete with a person who is on.

[@brandonalfonso8406]

She doesn't help the sport at all

[@thegreatdel9679]

She’s a bigger brand than most athletes so it has to be worth it for her. She’s apart of MJ new league so that’s good. But Sydney is a big dog in the sport & dominating she’s needs it to be worth it.

[@inappropriatejohnson]

Seriously? After going 50.37 I think she ran exactly the right number of races. That WR gonna last longer than Bolts' 9.58......unless she goes even faster. Give her a break.

[@Astro2024]

10:35 "literally everywhere around the world" in Europe*. She lives the Netherlands so she's close to every European meet. She doesnt race elsewhere

[@TheFinalLeg]

it was bit of hyperbole to say that Femke just races a lot in all the big meets (which are mostly in Europe) while Sydney is not there. Syd is racing at most of the big meets in the USA, except for Pre. But yea, you know what I meant haha

[@AlexanderNeilson]

It sounds as if you’re trying to justify SMcL few races! I’m certain each athlete performs per their contractual obligations, health and needs! Those parameters does differ for each, so there is no ax to grind here!

[@Track4all]

At LA Grand Prix Sydney ran the 200m in 22.07 and had a .5 reaction time, what can she do with some work on that event?

[@sportsgod-c2d]

A 0.5-second reaction time is crazy! With some work in the 200m, I think Sydney can run in the 21.8-range at least.

[@TheFinalLeg]

She would of course be sub 22, I really hope we see her do it a few more times in 2025 so get under that 22 second barrier!

[@Astro2024]

She's the first to sign with Grand Slam Track so idk how this video is 15 minutes long

[@TheFinalLeg]

This video is about her 2024 season though, not Grand Slam Track in 2025. But I could be misinterpreting your comment, maybe you can clarify?

[@Edgar-uj9fh]

Nope. I disagree! When Sydney ran the Diamond League exhibition, other than to win, she had no specific goals in mind. She had no intentions of setting a record, or even a personal best. The Diamond League made a concession so that she could run, and so she did.

[@IiDHOPE]

My problem with Sydney is, she doesn’t have competition at the 400mh and she’s afraid to commit to the flat. I’m happy she signed up for grand slam track, but their concept is horrible. If Paulinho was to sign up, we won’t get to see her and Sydney in the same 400m race.. it makes no sense at all

[@TheWayWithKhuwayne]

I don't think Sydney is afraid of competition. She has faced some of high profile names in many events inside and outside of the 400mh including Gabby Thomas. Personally, I think she wants break the 50 sec barrier in 400mh before submitting herself completely with the 400m. Her schedule seems to be on the basis of managing the body and peaking accordingly for the US Trials and World or Olympic Games. I think that's fair plus she's in a comfortable position both in athletic career and financial needs where she's doesn't need to compete so often and so much like other racers.

[@TheFinalLeg]

Funny enough...Paulino was announced to run in GST today in the 400/200. So your right, we wont see Sydney vs Paulino.

[@SuperKamiGuruu]

​@@TheFinalLegthat's wack

[@Astro2024]

​@TheFinalLeg has it been confirmed that SML will only do the 400 - 400h?

[@TheFinalLeg]

@@Astro2024 yes she is in the 400H/400 group along with Shamier Little, Jasmine Jones and Rushell Clayton

[@AJT127]

No-one had an issue when Karsten Warholm declined a huge payout to go to Prefontaine 2 years ago or with Femke & Jakob saying Grand Slam Track doesn't interest them because they don't want to travel that far to compete. Meanwhile Sydney has to travel that same distance to compete in the DL and if she was doing that regularly she probably wouldn't be running 50 low in the 400H. She competed more than enough this year but people still act as if she was at 2 meets so I've realised they'll only be happy when she's in the Diamond League specifically. I honestly have no interest in seeing her win every 400mH on the DL circuit, I'd rather she stuck to 200s and 400s if she started running DL more. It's also funny that there are 5+ top athletes that competed less than Sydney this year and have received 0 criticism (because it's not actually that big of an issue and people are just predisposed to criticise Sydney based on her low activity from previous years) I made this comment before watching, you definitely touched on that last point. Well researched as always. I'm gonna screenshot that spreadsheet of race count next time someone brings it up on Twitter 🤣

[@TheFinalLeg]

hahaha legit you and I thinking alike! Completely agree that its a bit unfair criticism based on her last 2 years. Someone the other day told me that Sydney didn't run as much as Faith Kipyegon, but Faith ran less than Sydney in 2024, it was simply impulse based on the common narrative. (and to be clear, not comparing Faith vs Sydney this just came up in conversation). But yea I'm not even sure I want to see every athlete competing 20+ times a year, especially if it does not work for them as an individual athlete. Call me crazy, but if Sydney ran more each year but could only run 51 seconds, but competes less and is dropping 50 sec multiple times, I'll take the latter. I need to get back on twitter, but its too toxic 🤣

[@jolinecharlton2795]

She doesn't race alot... you counted a 1 - 4x4 Paris 1 - 4x1 ???? where (noboday is paying to see her run a sprint relay) 3 - 400mh @USA trials 3 - 400mh @Paris olympics 2 - 200m and 400m Diamond League Finals - Non Diamond League Not on TV 1 - 400mh in Atlanta Edwin Moses Meet on KZbin 1 - 200m LA Grand prix 2 - ??? I'm not even sure I guess these would be 400mh races...hopefully at a meet on TV I get she lives in LA but you can't be the face of anything when no one sees your face.

[@Asahel17]

The thing is that Syd like Rai does not race often in Big races outside of championships. Some fans could care less about Syd running against mid tier athletes in American meets and dont count that as a "race". If Syd competed in the diamond league with the same amount of races i bet no one would complain.

[@Astro2024]

Those "mid tier" US athletes are better than 99% of the lane fillers that compete at diamond league

[@Asahel17]

@@Astro2024 Not true. For example Women's 400m in America is very underwhelming to say the least but in the diamond league it's way more competitive. Smh idk how it can be more clear...

[@TheFinalLeg]

I think your making the point I noted at the end. Sydney runs as much as other pro athletes, but fans want to see her on the diamond league. I bet if she only ran 3 diamond league races this year, then only did the 6 rounds at USAs and Trials for a total of 9 races, people would say she raced a lot despite that being way less than the 15 she did this year. Also I think because she didin't run the diamond league final races and instead ran the promo events, that skewed the perception as well.

[@Asahel17]

@@TheFinalLeg Yeah I agree with that point you made in the video. I must have forgot that part. Always good to see your balanced analysis!

[@sweetangelplus]

Sydney doesn't race consistently. Heats from trials and Championships should not be included. The only understandable reason for lack of racing is injuries. She is mostly healthy. I do know the sport suffers from lack of exposure and financial benefit. However, athletes like Sydney doesn't make those issues any easier. Why should investors spend their money in a sport when its top athletes is not competing consistently? It seems that Bobby athletes don't compete. It works for Sydney but look at Athing, due to her lack of running she wasn't race sharp and suffered at the trials in 2024. This is the only sport that makes excuses for a lack of competing. Hopefully, she will compete more because of the Grand Slam league in 2025.

[@AllInTheGame01]

Would assume that following what happened to Cofil resulting in the severe weakening of DOM's Mixed 4x4 & W4x4 Teams that Paulino this yr & going fwd will automatically have fewer relay races to run every yr @Global Champs resulting in less than the 21 races a season she averaged from '21 - '23. Running just TWO DL Meets between Aug '19 - Sep '24 is understandably going to skew ppl's perceptions re Syd not running often enough cos to the vast majority of the viewing public it means they never see her compete outside of USAs & Global Champs.

[@TheFinalLeg]

Yea DOM will unfortunately not have a good relay for a few years unless another young athlete pops up in the next year or 2 and is fast enough to add to a quality relay team. And yea she barely ran on the diamond league after 2019. But I wonder what the perception will be like after GST next year where she is running at least 8 times in addition to USAs and Worlds

[@AllInTheGame01]

@@TheFinalLeg 8 races max @GST plus a likely 3 races max @USAs plus a likely 4 races max @WC is her typical 15 races a season in '25. Qn is how many other races will she run? Can she run 5 more races throughout the yr inc at least a couple in the DL to get to 20 races for the season for the 1st time ever?!

[@TheFinalLeg]

@@AllInTheGame01 Maybe, I could imagine her doing some early April meets like Oxy and Mt Sac like she always does. But personally, I dont think I need to see her 20+ times. Personally, I think her doing 15 races was a good amount this year and I felt like I saw her a perfect amount of times. Also next year worlds ends in mid september, so we'll probably see another evenly spread out amount of races from April/May to September across different events. But well see how things play out

[@AllInTheGame01]

@@TheFinalLeg And many more fans around the world feel differently which I understand, it's part of the reason why last time I checked she's nowhere close to winning the public vote for Female Track Athlete of the Year for example. Why not run a couple of DL races inc the Pre Classic @Eugene in place of a couple of her usual low level US meets esp during the likely big break between GST early in the outdoor season & USAs/WC later in the yr?! A good mix of both wouldn't be the end of the world, so I hope she does exactly this!

[@TheFinalLeg]

@@AllInTheGame01 It will be interesting to see when the Grand Slam track meets are on the calendar for 2025 which is already packed. I would bet money she does not run any of the 4 Diamond League's in Europe after USAs because the travel to Europe then either back to Los Angeles or over to Tokyo within a month does not make sense. So she will likely run early in LA (mt Sac/Oxy) then do Grand Slams the USAs and Worlds. Especially since Grand Slam to 2 races back to back each weekend, as opposed to just a one off. But we'll see, it'll be interesting to see how all athletes manage the schedule, especially with World indoors Diamond League and World Relays in China ealry in the year

[@bloodlinekennelclub]

Julien ran and won, 60m world, 100m olympic, 100m diamond league final and silver 200m olympic. Come on bro. That's easy. If we look at noah and tebogo who are leading for the votes on the men's side they run the same meets and she had a slightly better outcome than even them. Noah got bronze and gold, tebogo got gold and a 4x400 shared silver. Come on. Easy bro. No one is underplaying Sydney. She is overrated

[@jessegoodman9462]

How does Sydney's season compare to Faith Kipyegon's? Answer: It doesn't!

[@TheFinalLeg]

Faith Kipyegon had a shorter season with less races than Sydney. But I was only comparing sprinters and hurdlers here

[@sportsgod-c2d]

Both Sydney and Faith continued their winning streaks in the 400mH and the 1500m respectively. Both broke their own Olympic records in Paris that they had set previously set in Tokyo. Both broke their own world records in their respective events this season. Both won every race they entered for their aforementioned respective events, not including Faith's 1500m heat in Paris (where she clearly conserved energy for the later rounds as she would be an automatic qualifier anyway). Both have been shortlisted for the World Athletics Female Athlete of the Year Award, and so both are on course to win it for the second time; it would be two-in-a-row for Faith. And coincidentally, Sydney won the award in 2022 and Faith in 2023. They have each pushed the limit in their events -- Sydney almost breaking 50 in the 400mH, and Faith breaking 3:50 in the 1500m. So, it would be great to see what more Sydney can do in the open 400m, and Faith in the 5000m or a longer distance, but both women have had stellar seasons.

[@AllInTheGame01]

Beatrice Chebet started the yr winning the XC World Champs, then destroyed the 10K WR @Pre Classic by a huge 7s & was literally the only T&F Athlete to win Individual Double OLY Golds in Paris (5/10K)! Also ran the 7th & 8th fastest 5K times ever in addition to the 3rd fastest time in history that she ran last yr.

[@sportsgod-c2d]

@@AllInTheGame01 Beatrice was one of my favourite athletes to watch near the end of the season. It’s a shame she didn’t break the 5000m WR in any of her attempts in the Diamond League, but that sub-14 is coming next year! I was also impressed by Winfred Yavi, who was so close to the 3000m SC WR in the Rome DL. On this note, who do you think will / who do you want to win World Athletics Athlete of the Year for each category, in light of the named nominees?

[@AllInTheGame01]

@@sportsgod-c2d Would love to see peak Chebet/Kipyegon/Tsegay going at it next yr in a DL 5K to be the 1st to run that sub 14m WR :) Felt sorry for Yavi missing that 3K SC WR by just 0.08s! Re WA Noms, I like the lists so far, but wouldn't have minded seeing both M&W Field Lists expanded to 6 to match the number of Track Noms to include Camryn Rogers & Arshad Nadeem to highlight their achievements this yr. Think both awards will very likely go to Mondo & Mahuchikh given their OLY Golds & WRs despite Yaroslava's surprise Silver @World Indoors which unfortunately prevented the 'perfect season'. Re Female Track Noms, even as a Gabby fan & with both winning 1 Individual OLY Gold each, I think Keely should've had that nom instead having had the stronger season by staying unbeaten in her primary 800m event while Gabby lost a couple of her 200m races. Keely also ran a 1.54.61 NR moving her up the notoriously difficult 800m all-time list to #6 just behind Semenya's 1.54.25 & Quirot's 1.54.44 which is very impressive! It's the most competitive category so far but I'm leaning towards Beatrice just over Syd & Faith who I think had a slightly stronger season last yr & should've won the overall AoTY Award imo! Re Male Track Noms, can't decide between Grant & Letsile, wouldn't mind either one winning it.

[@adriancox4012]

Not with you on this one; especially when compared to the athletes who she is up against for athlete of the year. Other athletes ran 3 disciplines at three major tournaments and major events like the Diamond league. The truth is outside of the years where Sydney had trials and a major championship she has hardly ran!

[@TheFinalLeg]

I respect the opinion! But I think "outside of years she had trials and major champs" is just the off years. I'm not sure those years matter too much anyway. Also, in her pro career, she has never had an off year yet. But all respect and appreciate you watching!💯

[@adriancox4012]

@@TheFinalLeg- I think all and all everyone knows that Sydney is a goat athlete. I think though most people have issue with the fact the she really only runs trials, WCs and Olympics! Outside of that she hardly ever does a DL event but instead chooses to run the smaller events in the US as per Bobby Kersey! Sadly in my view I think it is the latter which disqualifies her for AOTY!

[@AlexanderNeilson]

AoY! I detect some bias… go look at the women’s 1500 for the true AoY!

[@bloodlinekennelclub]

Smh, this video comes to make a case for her for athlete of the year. Let's face the facts, all this talk about all rounder is overrated. She is not a top 3 200m or 400m worldwide. When u talk about Jamaicans you don't mention Jamaican trials or any solely Jamaican events because it doesn't reflect compared to the rest of the world. So as far as I'm concerned this year she has only and only Excell in the 400m hurdle

[@bloodlinekennelclub]

Also julien had more world class opposition

[@Astro2024]

Wow what an idiotic comment.

[@bloodlinekennelclub]

@Astro2024 only idiots make comments with no substance. Oh yea, sounds like what u just did. Lol. It's one thing to make a so call idiotic comment yet another thing to just be an idiot. Don't you think? Oh no. Don't think ,please don't, I don't want to force your mind to try to have reason.

[@nateoliver2372]

​@@Astro2024very. Even went as far as saying she's overrated in another comment.

[@TheFinalLeg]

AOY for the sprints jumps and hurdles which is what I cover on my channel (I already did a video on woman's athlete of the year). Both Beatrice Chebet and Faith Kipyegon had better years than Sydney IMO. But I respect the opinion and thanks for watching!