I’m surprised by the reviews: Controversy with Allyson Felix’s name leaves American legend perplexed

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Olympic gold medalist Michael Johnson recently gave his unfiltered take on a controversial tweet comparing Britton Wilson to Allyson Felix. Wilson is known for her outstanding performances in 400m races and recently wowed fans with her performance at the SEC Outdoor Championships. On the other hand, Allyson Felix delighted the fans with her performances in the 400m races and won 16 World Championship medals. In response to this tweet from World Athletics on Twitter, Johnson said the comparison should not be viewed in a negative light.

The track and field champion also gave his honest view that the comment posted by World Athletics should not be considered a hateful comment against Allyson Felix. Johnson further hinted that he and Usain Bolt have also faced such comparisons. So what was the comment from World Athletic that prompted Johnson to react?

Michael Johnson gives his direct opinion on recent message from World Athletics

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Informing track fans that Britton set a record by finishing her 400m race in 49.13 seconds at the SEC Outdoor Championships, World Athletics congratulated her. The caption on that Twitter post read, Wilson has run under 50 in all three of her outdoor races this year and at 22 she is already faster than @allysonfelix. This post drew criticism from fans who considered it a hateful post and said there was no need to mention Felix. Fans also defended Felix who had won 11 gold medals at the Olympics for his performance in the track events.

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

It’s not the only time Johnson has given his candid opinion on track athletes. Earlier, he also reacted to the interesting and phenomenal statistics of the 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’ Incredible Stats

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

While Fraser-Pryce had reached this milestone 78 times, Ottey had completed this task 68 times. On the other hand, Thompson-Herah performed this task 58 times and Campbell-Brown 49 times. In response to these accolades from Jamaican athletes, Johnson said: The 100m is Jamaica’s national SPORT.

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Johnson’s opinions describe how he views the world athletics comparison of Felix and Britton in a positive light. Do you agree with Johnson’s take on this controversial World Athletics tweet? Share your thoughts in the comments section.

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