People are waiting to see if former Valorant streamer and online personality Darren “IShowSpeed” Watkins Jr. will take Olympic medalist Ewa Swoboda up on her offer to race the next time he’s in Poland. The runner recently suggested iShowSpeed could prove he’s unbeatable by joining an RMF FM radio contest in her home country later this month.
A fan of Watkins Jr. recently told him on a YouTube livestream that Swoboda was one of the fastest women alive and the content creator should offer to compete against the 60-meter gold medal winner. “I’m being dead-ass,” the streamer responded (via Dexerto ).
“There was no point in my life where I ever lost a race...
that’s why people call me Speed.” 🚨| NEW: Polish Olympic runner Ewa Swoboda has challenged Speed to a race and invited him to compete against her in Poland on August 24 👀 pic.twitter.
com/4vBsuiRz6e — Speedy HQ (@iShowSpeedHQ) August 6, 2024 The runner responded in a separate video noting that her parents had mentioned Watkins Jr.’s dismissiveness when calling them to celebrate her recent performances. “Well, if he comes to Poland and he competes in the RMF FM radio contest, maybe I’ll run with him,” she said, before noting it seemed unlikely he would actually do so.
Speed jumping over two cars in a row 🤯😳 pic.twitter.com/25JX2UyVrZ — Complex (@Complex) August 3, 2024 IShowSpeed, who was banned from Valorant in the past for toxic behavior and has more recently spent his time barking a.