Hot take (i think)

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Marty

Track and Field is the best sport in terms of everything.

Now hear me out, in track and field the entire repertoire of sports and events is so broad you can appeal to any audience.

All the sports are exciting af and watching athletes push the absolute limits of themselves is amazing to watch. From the 100m to the marathon, each display is exciting to watch and gets hype every year with returning athletes new young guns and developing athletes.

The 200m this year was phenomenal with Noah Lyles crushing the American record and shooting up to the 3rd fastest time ever. And eryion Knighton coming in with the fastest time in the season and battling it out against him despite only being 18.

It doesn't stop there. You get to see balance of strength and endurance in the events like the 400m hurdles, the 800m, the 400m and the 1600m.

And methodical events like pole vault, shot put and discus show strength and phenomenal technique. Events like long jump triple jump and high jump also show incredible displays of strength and explosive power.

Sprints are a funnel for talents of the NFL and help young athletes show exactly what they can offer.

Feel free to discus or downvote like the other 2 sports threads.

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Marty

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Not Italy and either way track and field is dominated by Americans, Kenyans and Ethiopians

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RickyIndian

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stopped reading at track and field

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Marty

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Unlucky. It's got the best display of strength speed and technique out of all sports

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RickyIndian

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strength no

speed probably

dw about the downvotes, people just don't feel like hearing that their favorite sport isn't as good as it's made out to be

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Marty

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Read the last sentence lol, i just wanted to do my own thread and see how patronizing each sport rn is. NFL, NBA, and TF are getting rolled.

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RickyIndian

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the really cool thing is that a fair amount of college football players also do track

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PeterGriffin

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didnt read

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Mjtchell

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Gymnastics has the best athletes and you can't change my mind

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Marty

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Gymnasts are built different I agree. There was a guy in my league who was a gymnast and could pole vault like 13 feet. The boy seb was a beast

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Mjtchell

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I think after gymnasts is wrestlers
But gymnasts are 100% imo #1 athletes

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Marty

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Climbers tho 😳 crazy af

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didnt read but good for you

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well track and field games are designed specifically to showcase speed and strength, so I don't think you're wrong in that sense, but...
I don't think speed and strength are the only thing that would make a great athlete. There's practically no showcase of creativity that sports like football (the real one) or basketball have. Stuff that someone like Messi does in the pitch is hard to measure on any speed/strength statistic. They also generally have very little teamwork and communication needed. Another fundamental aspect that forms a great athlete imo.
Finally I also disagree with your statement, "in track and field the entire repertoire of sports and events is so broad you can appeal to any audience."
I've never ever had any interest to watch track and field sports personally, but I don't think they appeal to "any audience" in any way close other sports that bring so much passion to the scene.