Posted on 07/08/2019 7:52:34 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Waving the Chinese national flag above her head, face ecstatic, Yao Miao sprints through thick, cheering crowds lining the streets of Chamonix, France. It’s September 2, 2018, and the 23-year-old runner is about to win one of the world’s premier mountain ultras—the 62-mile division of the Ultra Trail du Mont Blanc (UTMB). She crosses the finish line in 11 hours, 57 minutes, and 46 seconds. The second place woman, American Katie Schide, is more than 30 minutes behind her.
Despite a race that’s infamous for its high-altitude passages and grueling weather conditions, Yao Miao’s stride and posture betray no signs of fatigue; she runs full speed through the finish line, almost as if she wants to barge through the line of photographers and run right back into the Alps. As she finally slows to a stop, she’s clearly embarrassed by the attention, and gives a timid, awkward wave.
The French crowd loves her. This graceful, virtually unknown Chinese runner has won in brutal style, taking the lead from the first seconds of the women’s race, and ultimately beating the female course record by nearly 20 minutes. She misses out on overall top 10 placement, men and women included, by just a little more than five.
Two months later, she’ll top the Ultra Trail World Tour rankings, an amazing feat for a newcomer. But now, at starting lines, elites from around the world know and respect her. The Salomon International Team rushed to sign her to its pro team, luring her with a generous salary and racing opportunities worldwide. yet was that she could dominate the sport.
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ooh-la-la The cats miao.
A lot more feminine than the Maoist AmeriKKKan Soccer Sodomites.
AFAIK, there’s only one known “sodomite” on the AmeriKKKan women’s soccer team. Distinctive purple hair and a bitter, hate-America attitude.
That’s a guy.
Cover up the rest of the face and look separately at the eyes, the nose, the mouth and the chin.
Is she coached by Ma Junren?
They forgot to include Kelly O’Hara who came out after the world cup win. I frankly don’t care about their sexuality. I do care about most of the team’s anti-Americanism and hatred for anybody who doesn’t think like them.
How many ultrarunners have I heard of?
She’s actually coached by her SO, an (male) ultrarunner named Qi Min.
I know two of them personally, but they’re not ones that make the magazines, even though one of them won at least a couple of (non-famous) ultra races.
Shows how little I pay attention to the sport of soccer be it male or female, let alone the sexuality of the players. But honestly it wouldn’t surprise me nor concern me if they are all lesbians. 8>)
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