Even though Mondo represented Sweden in youth competition, there was a lot of chatter that he might switch allegiance to the US after going pro. I was pretty sure that would never happen though because I had been in Sweden during Rio 2016 and saw how the country went nuts when Sarah Sjöstrom won 3 medals in swimming (1 of each). I felt like he'd be up there with the most famous Swedish athletes in a way that could never happen in America. He'd still be the best ever vaulter but he'd be less famous than the 5th best 200m runner in a country where the best track athletes are less famous than relief pitchers except for every 4 years.
Awesome stuff, Rodger. Obviously Crouser is a freak. (Anyone who's really thought about how much the shot weighs, and then really thought about how far Crouser throws it knows this.) But didn't realize he was one of those "maybe could've been Jon Ogden if he'd wanted to" kind of freaks
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Even though Mondo represented Sweden in youth competition, there was a lot of chatter that he might switch allegiance to the US after going pro. I was pretty sure that would never happen though because I had been in Sweden during Rio 2016 and saw how the country went nuts when Sarah Sjöstrom won 3 medals in swimming (1 of each). I felt like he'd be up there with the most famous Swedish athletes in a way that could never happen in America. He'd still be the best ever vaulter but he'd be less famous than the 5th best 200m runner in a country where the best track athletes are less famous than relief pitchers except for every 4 years.
Awesome stuff, Rodger. Obviously Crouser is a freak. (Anyone who's really thought about how much the shot weighs, and then really thought about how far Crouser throws it knows this.) But didn't realize he was one of those "maybe could've been Jon Ogden if he'd wanted to" kind of freaks