Nino Schurter & Kate Courtney Extend Contracts Until 2024 with Scott-SRAM MTB Racing

 Short-sighted mindset. She's young and wears the stripes on her sleeves for a reason. The last two years have been too odd to make any long-term assumptions.

 You're comparing someone with rainbow stripes to someone who's never won a World Cup.

 Both a hard working athlets. With such a strong competition, successful and less successful races are so close.
This shows that teams have not just short term visions and don‘t just value a race results.
Way to go!

 Kate still has huge upside, Would be shocked if Emily is a top 10 XCO racer again, it's physically possible but seems highly unlikely.

 The bike can make a difference between 1st and 3rd. But her issues the past two years have very clearly been bigger than the bike. She’s been minutes off the pace multiple times.

No hate, and I think she’ll be back on top eventually. The bike may be a factor. But there’s clearly some Kate issues to work through.

 @davidccoleman: Emily to her credit, had a very strong 2018 season and looked like she was about to break through for a World Cup win but completely tanked the following season and she's been a complete non-factor ever since.

 @GPP2117: when she says she's ready for worlds and the Olympics but finishes seven plus minutes down, you know she's delusional.

 Her struggles are self-made. Her dad, the stock broker venture capitalist, helps interpret her power files for god's sake.

 @Willikers: WTF is a struggling sponsored athlete supposed to say? “I suck, just assume I’ve given up on the year”?

Second, bad days happen. Especially when you’re not coming good they way you should be, one day you seem ready to compete and the next it’s like you’re riding in sand. And Courtney is still a fairly young athlete who has absolutely no experience with struggling the way she did last year, so expecting her to handle it perfectly on such a stage seems… delusional.

 @Blackhat: she actually said she is slow and that people yell you suck at her. That's of her own making - I know a lot of people who are sick of her spamming everything.

There are a ton of riders who get no respect or shine because they don't market themselves like she does.

Nobody in her team has any experience at this level except for Frischi but what can he do halfway across the world when she doesn't show up for training camps?

She is going to be so bad this year, having done zero team training camps whereas the Swiss have done like 14, one day with Kintner and zero sense.

I would love for Haley to wax her every race, a girl with basically no social following yet is higher ranked.

I would love to see Savilia blow by on the regular.

Gibson too.

The desire for people to hero worship only one writer at the expense of all others is bizarre. It's like you are not a fan of the sport.

 @mtb1101: it's cause she switched to a keto diet

 @Blackhat: she's not training properly

 @Willikers: lmao really?

 @Willikers: she has to say that for the gram
Anything for the gram

 I really don't tbh

 @bikefan88: she's not training properly
And she probs won't ever

 @GPP2117: nah man she ain't training for shit lmao

 @davidccoleman: her results are ass lol

 @Willikers: Damn dude. Are you a disappointed sponsor or something? Why are you so pissed that someone is doing things less than perfect (in your judgement)? How have you put this much time into studying all the ins and outs of someone you so deeply dislike?

Since you mentioned hero worship - which none of my comments even approach - the flip side to that is BS villain fabrication. If you look at someone with multiple WC wins, bands, a WC overall, who is still one of the 10 fastest women in the world when she’s down… and can’t find anything but shit to post about them? Well, it’s like you’re not a fan of the sport.

 @XCplease: needs everyone's sympathy and massive amount of likes.

 @Blackhat: if you insist.

I call a spade a spade; in this case she's a fake it till you make it type.

I like every other rider in the field because they do their work quietly and aren't narcissists.

Courtney is the villain I love to hate.

She sucks and not because she's 20th in the world.

 @XCplease: she's a one and done power meter champ.

 @Blackhat: actually if I were a sponsor she'd be a dream.

No results needed just sparkle!

 @Willikers: You think someone who has won a World Championship, 3 World Cups and World Cup overall is just faking it? Afraid there’s nothing more to say.

 @Blackhat: faked it, made it - Elizabeth Holmes

Reversion to the mean - she's where she belongs, 20th in the world.

 @Blackhat: she was fast when she was anorexic

Now she's mediocre because she's not

 @Willikers: There’s no faking an XC race. But you know that since you’re a real fan of the sport and not a pathetic troll.

 @Blackhat: now who's pathetic?

She's a total fake

You are correct, XC results don't lie that's why she's 20th and sucks.

Now if you have to resort to name calling I think you are in fact what you've named me

Sorry you are so hurt that someone would assail your beloved Kate

 @Blackhat: do look up the phenomenon fake it till you make it


It would be good for your continuing education

 @mtb1101: its because she switched diet

 @Willikers: why should I have sympathy for kate?

 @Willikers: no she just f*cked up her training she doesn't ride well

 @GPP2117: she wears the stripes because it was all about will and anorexia.

She is currently barely capable of not crashing every race. Every time I see XC coverage she is on the floor.

For someone who is a 26-year-old former world champ that is pathetic.

Anorexia is a cheat code; now that she is not she's the 21st ranked rider.

Sorry that's just the way it is.

 @XCplease: she CAN'T ride well. She's a poor athlete off the bike.

TSS scores are for those without any feel for the bike or terrain or what her body is doing.

She lives by faulty data.

 @Blackhat: to answer your question:

How have I put in so much time into studying someone I dislike? That's a great question.

She got me back into studying racing due to her mastery of the Instagram algorithm. No matter how many times I ignored her round head and sent my feedback to Instagram they kept recommending I follow her.

Eventually I did and didn't like what I saw.

Kind of like a train wreck you can't stop watching.

Additionally it doesn't require much study - she repeats the same things over and over and over, until she's confused herself then contradicts.

Currently she's telling people she's on the up and cares for results and placing whereas previously she's claimed her goal is to not necessarily place highly

I mean what else could the goal be then other than to Influence?

I've seen her take the shine off of competitors by leaving a comment that gets enormous traction on that person's Instagram account and becomes all about her. Either the competitor or she will then delete the comment

I've seen her throw fellow Red Bull athletes who are undergoing mental issues under the bus thoughtlessly by publishing their faces on her account, the video she then deleted.

The amount of stuff she says that is purely false and wishful thinking and the number of things she publishes and deletes is astonishing and tells me she's not quite right in the head.

I mean she'll publish a story with no less than eight self-help books to read on One vacation.

I don't know any more than anyone else about her I just see what she posts. I just looked past the crap and look at the real intent.

She no longer says publicly her goal is not to place highly because she realized that was a mistake. Instead she focuses on "the future" to give her fans like you hope.

I'm willing to cut her some slack but every time I think I like her a little bit she does something narcissistic, thoughtless or just plain dumb.

When other thing you might note is her social is full of her face filling the entire frame, all pictures in HDR.

No Rider male or female has such a literal in your face presentation.

In a Reddit AMA I came across one rider was asked specifically about her social, how it reflects on her true training, etc. The writer was extremely blunt and insulted by her messaging and that every competitor trains to that level.

Mind you I only know these things about you because of her pervasiveness - if I'm looking up another Rider inevitably she has to be mentioned. It's so fugin irritating.

I do my best to study all the top riders but for some of them there's not very much information.

You can be absolutely certain that I will catch somebody for saying something off base about a rider that is a lie, whether I like that rider or not, same as I'm calling her out for creating these huge expectations among fans with very little to back it up.

 @Willikers: I don’t know you or your life, but you might consider seeking help. This conversation is almost a month old and was well past spoiled when we left it yet for some reason you can’t let it go. Just like you can’t let go of some distasteful self serving behavior to see that she has earned legitimate results on course that can’t be diminished or dismissed by your opinion of her Instagram or character.

Similarly you persist with implying that I must be a hero worshiper for challenging your statements. But I have said absolutely nothing here or elsewhere implying that I’m a fan of hers simply stated incontrovertible facts. Frankly I’ve seen many of the same things you have and consider her to be an attention seeking princess leveraging a pretty face and the American flag for a greatly outsized profile. Just like you.

But to extrapolate that observation into the pure, persistent vitriol and hatred you’ve shown here is batshit crazy. To the point that it implies mental illness. 2+2 is 4, and a World Cup overall championship plus a rainbow jersey is anything but a fake achievement you can just hand waive away based on your perception they are fake.

Now please just let this abortion of a comment thread die.

 @Blackhat: for you to throw shade at me and call me mentally ill speaks more about you than me.

You can characterize my post any which way you want; I see your forte and other posts is to internally personalized and attack.

My posts are entirely factual and my deductions are from my interpretations are from them.

You seem to be more concerned with winning some argument than actually listening to the points I made, all factual and valid.

You are moderately good at streaming towards together but considering your moniker this sort comment is to be expected.

You really haven't looked up what I asked you to have you? Fake it till you make it.

You really have no idea beyond your subjectivity what the basis of the conversation is.

If you're throwing shade at me as a princess looking for attention.. you asked me a question and I answered it politely.

So that's what you do, worship Courtney as a girl, but call me a girl to cast aspersions..

Well which one is it.. is a girl a good or bad?

The only difference between me and her is she tries to influence people via mass
Indoctrination.

Did you not see the negative comments are hidden? You purposely went into them to start something. Of course we are going to talk about how she sucks because that's what the section is for.

If you're going to call someone mentally and assume everyone is mentally ill for having contrary opinions to yours..

Who are you to walk into the asylum?

Anyway I am perfectly sane and have answered all your questions politely with facts.

If you have to call people names I think essentially you need some growing up to do, to put it in a very mildest terms.

Also you don't need to respond to me if you think I'm a troll - you said you were done multiple times ago

You just like to fight by do it on an amateurish level by name calling

Again sorry you are so sensitive about your beloved Courtney. She really does suck

 @Blackhat: also to answer your first paragraph she is 21st in the world and going backwards

 @Blackhat: I forgot to address this..
As far as attention seeking that makes me laugh

Courtney has almost three quarters of a million followers and the only person paying attention to this thing I'm writing is you because you asked me questions and called me names

You are my only audience right now.

Again such a laughable conclusion

 @Willikers: let it go man. This is not normal.

 @Blackhat: and calling a stranger online a girl and not backing up your comments is?

I don't quit.

If you have something mentally going on my suggestion for you is to not indulge yourself by going into the hidden comments section

This is officially the Courtney sucks section.

You brought all of this upon yourself

 @Willikers: Perhaps you could point out where I called someone a girl? It sure would be ironic if you made an accusation you could not back up then followed it with “and not backing up your comments”.

 @Blackhat: that is one thing you are absolutely correct upon - I read your comment exactly the opposite as you wrote it about her being an attention seeking princess, thinking you called me a princess.
To be absolutely clear I don't think now you are a hero worshiper per se, but judging from my interactions with her zealot fan base they definitely don't know anything about racing and don't care to. A large majority of them are cult of personality people.
It definitely would have been ironic but I'll cop to any mistakes

 @Willikers: fair enough. Thanks for having the honesty to back off a mistake. Anyway, it’s obvious nobody’s mind is going to be changed here, so let’s let this conversation fade away now. Have a good day.

 Yeah, "Kate Courtney joined the Scott-SRAM team in 2019 and won her first three first World Cup races with the team and took the 2019 XC World Cup overall" definitely sounds like 'fastish' LOL.

 @Mac1987: it's like there may be NO CLUE

 @Mac1987: She used to be fast but shes not as fast now
kinda like Emily Batty when she switched to a ketogenic diet

 @flaflow: wym?

 Instablasting influencer. Without social she would be a wreck.