Olympic gold medalist Michael Johnson recently gave his unfiltered opinion to a controversial tweet comparing Britton Wilson to Allyson Felix.  Wilson is known for her exceptional performances in 400m races and recently amazed fans with her performance in the SEC Outdoor Championships.  On the other hand, Allyson Felix has thrilled fans with her performances in 400m races and has won 16 World Championship medals.  Responding to this tweet by World Athletics on Twitter, Johnson indicated that the comparison shouldn’t be viewed in a negative light.

The athletics champion also gave his honest perspective that the comment posted by World Athletics shouldn’t be viewed as a hate comment against Allyson Felix. Johnson further implied that he and Usain Bolt had also faced such comparisons. So what was the World Athletic comment that triggered Johnson to react?

Michael Johnson gives his blunt opinion on World Athletics’ recent post

Updating track fans that Britton had created a record by finishing her 400m race in 49.13 seconds in the SEC outdoor championships, World Athletics complimented her. The caption of this Twitter post read, “Wilson has run sub 50 in her three outdoor races this year and at the age of 22 she is already faster than @allysonfelix.” This post led to criticism from fans who regarded it as a hate post and said that there was no need to mention Felix. Fans also defended Felix who had won 11 gold medals in the Olympics for her performance in track events.

Responding to fans’ harsh comments on this post, Johnson reacted, “I’m surprised by the criticism of this tweet. Allyson’s greatness makes her a standard by which others are now judged. It’s a compliment.” 

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This is not the only time Johnson gave his blunt opinion on track athletes. Earlier, he also reacted to interesting and phenomenal stats of Jamaican and American athletes. Interestingly, Jamaican athletes had better stats than American athletes according to this list.

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Michael Johnson’s heartwarming compliment after witnessing Jamaican athletes’ unbelievable stats

The retired American sprinter posted the stats given by Kadeem Barret in an earlier Twitter post. Four Jamaican athletes, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Merlene Otty, Elaine Thompson-Herah, and Veronica Campbell-Brown were at the top of the list. The names of American athletes like Marion Jones, Carmelita Jeter, Gwen Torrence, and Gail Devers names were featured after the names of these Jamaican athletes. This list was of the women who had completed track races in less than 11 seconds.

While Fraser-Pryce had achieved this milestone 78 times, Ottey had accomplished this task 68 times. On the other hand, Thompson-Herah completed this task 58 times and Campbell-Brown 49 times. Responding to these accolades by Jamaican athletes, Johnson stated, “The 100m is the national SPORT of Jamaica.”

Johnson’s views depict how he views the World Athletics comparison of Felix and Britton in a positive light. Do you agree with Johnson’s views about this controversial tweet by World Athletics? Share your thoughts in the comments section.

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