

Indoor track and field is being renamed “short track”. ?https://t.co/pKao5pSuuE
? Travis Miller (@travismillerx13) May 23, 2023
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Further elaborating, Coe said,
“This change is designed to remove an unintentional barrier to competition innovation, by offering organizers the chance to explore solutions and opportunities which the current rules may discourage.” The name will also help to differentiate indoor and outdoor tracks. Reacting to this update, fans gave intriguing reactions.Read More: After Opting Out of Recent Race, Sha?Carri Richardson Shares Exciting News for FansFans strongly disapprove of the new name World Athletics proposed
A track fan gave an interesting perspective that very few track events are held indoors and implied how this new name was pointless.
Makes absolutely no sense. The only short races run indoors are the 60m and 60mh. And they do hep for men and Pen women. Every thing else is the same. Smh
? Lance-Jo Muir (@Muirj5) May 23, 2023
Later, a fan also opined how the new name was unattractive and awful.
this is ugly
? a khalia stan acct ? (@khaliaaaw) May 23, 2023
Afterwards, another fan bluntly criticized World Athletics and spoke about how short track was better associated with skating.
The only thing “short track” sounds good with is speed skating, WA getting ridiculous these days ???
? Rayban? (@rayjwillz) May 23, 2023
Post this, one fan named Kevin also recommended World Athletics take a strong decision instead of using the new term, ‘short track.’
Makes absolutely no sense. The only short races run indoors are the 60m and 60mh. And they do hep for men and Pen women. Every thing else is the same. Smh
? Lance-Jo Muir (@Muirj5) May 23, 2023
One fan also expressed surprise that World Athletics was focusing on this issue, hinting there were other important issues World Athletics needed to look into.
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So many issues with this sport..and this is what they focus on..?
? Esteban Quiyono (@QuiyonoEsteban) May 23, 2023
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Not only this,? tracks athlete, Michael Johnson,
who once complimented Jamaican athletes, gave a hard-hitting response about how World Athletics is ignoring serious issues and instead focusing on such a minor issue.Problem with this is the sport has a few glaring problems needing to be fixed but WA decides to ignore those (hard problems) and fix this (easy problem). It?s become a WA pattern, and the comments show people are tired of it. https://t.co/bbqo6aYfTC
? Michael Johnson (@MJGold) May 24, 2023
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