Mundo Duplants with the WC gold and the WC world record in Eugene.
And now Emma Sarala and JVM gold after the second longest throw of her career in Cali, Colombia.
Two Swedes with dual passports, raised in the US with a winning instinct and the ability to be the best when it counts.
I hope he catches.
There is an inherited mentality in sports in North America that is only about winning.
Being second is just being the ultimate loser.
I can’t help but love this approach, even if most of them end up on the edge of the woods.
But it is not a modern approach to sport with all its mental demands and pressures.
Today there is great emphasis on mental illness and those who cannot afford to participate in the quest for success with all its internal and external demands.
Very important questions, of course, which have been overlooked in the past and have been difficult for those affected to be open about.
play house on gold
Sport is far from being a game when it comes to tournaments and in many cases it is quite the opposite. With some notable exceptions.
Mundo Duplantis really played gold at the World Championships in Pole Vault in Eugene a few weeks ago, setting a new world record of 6.21, without really planning for it.
But he took the opportunity because the conditions were good, but far from perfect.
He was the best when it mattered, and he even had to just beat himself up, that’s how he did.
Just like Emma Sarala when she threw her JVM gold in Kali.
She didn’t throw her best throw ever, but she was as close as possible with her 56.15.
The second longest distance after the Swedish junior record in the spring of 56.39.
But she also made the third and fourth longest throw of her life there in Cali.
It’s certainly not the easiest, after a long season of high school in the United States.
I can’t help but love this ability.
driven by longing
It is not enough to be good enough, but only to be the best in the big moments.
It is, of course, a clear necessity if we want to do well in the tournament.
What excelled all the great gentlemen.
Usain Bolt’s top five in the 200m were all from the World Cup or Olympic finals.
His three best times in the 100m were from the 2009 Berlin World Championships, the 2012 London Olympics and the 2008 Beijing Olympics, where the big breakthrough came.
It made him a legend.
I know Mundo Duplantis is driven by the same longing.
To achieve great achievements in the major tournaments.
This gave him world records at both the indoor world championships in Belgrade in March and in Eugene just over a week ago.
It is not the easiest thing in the world and requires a unique talent,
But it’s also that mental strength and focus that makes history.
He has all the requirements
Whether Emma Sarala can enter this category, I don’t know yet.
But it started well.
She is the best rookie in the world, although she is still only 17 years old in a tournament that can be as young as 19.
It has all the requirements.
She’s already better than Sandra Berkowicz of the same age, the Croatian who has dominated women’s discus for the past decade with two Olympic and two World Cup golds and a World Cup silver as in Eugene. He is 32 years old.
But no conclusions can be drawn yet.
Athletics is one of those sports in which the transition from beginner to adult is the longest and most demanding.
If you look at the history of JVM stars, the majority have not become adults.
But in Sarala’s case, I feel this is just the beginning.
Are there more talents with dual passports in the US?
One now wonders when the talented giants Mondo and Surila chose Sweden over the United States.
In Mondo’s case it was obvious, I asked him a hundred times, and he wasn’t even the first in the family.
Big Brother Andreas competed in both JEM and JVM for Sweden, before retiring.
Emma Sarala already told us that she was inspired by choosing Mondo. Emma, who also spent the summer in Sweden, has a Swedish mother and an American father.
But they are far from the start.
Brothers Niklas and Leif Arrhenius competed in discus throwing for many years and in numerous tournaments without raising any questions about the national selection.
He was born in the United States to a Swedish father and an American mother.
They got the most attention because they were Mormons.
Thinking about this is that I can think that Swedish athletes can be content with a little bit about the little things.
Many bets have been raised in Eugene’s last restroom to the sky that she did not deserve.
But this is another side of the coin.