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Poll Question: Which one is the best/most influential?
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Originally posted by Tony R Tony R wrote:

Originally posted by akamaisondufromage akamaisondufromage wrote:

Originally posted by Tony R Tony R wrote:

Yeah, what an astonishing performance!!

9.58, new world record, destroyed Tyson Gay who ran a "paltry" 9.71.

Phenomenal.

Bring on the 200m


 
I feel a bit sorry for Tyson (not for being called Tyson) for a National record bu still being a metre or so behind - and he seems such a nice chapBig smile
 
But Bolt is unbelievable.  WAs funny watching Michael Jonsons reaction on BBC  LOL


Yeah, he knows something remarkable could happen in the 200m. As it stands Bolt's 19.30 WR is just 200th of a second faster than Johnson's best. By the end of the week he could be tenths of a second faster!



First of all: 100m - 9.58 - words cannot describe it.

Bolt's 200m record second correction (with full power running) makes me believe the limits of that distance remain around those two times achieved by him and Johnson (gah, I was actually pissed he erased Johnson from the Golden Book there). So maybe we'll see another correction, but not by much.

I fully wish, though, to stand corrected. Big smile
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Originally posted by akamaisondufromage akamaisondufromage wrote:

Originally posted by Tony R Tony R wrote:

Yeah, what an astonishing performance!!

9.58, new world record, destroyed Tyson Gay who ran a "paltry" 9.71.

Phenomenal.

Bring on the 200m


 
I feel a bit sorry for Tyson (not for being called Tyson) for a National record bu still being a metre or so behind - and he seems such a nice chapBig smile
 
But Bolt is unbelievable.  WAs funny watching Michael Jonsons reaction on BBC  LOL


Yeah, he knows something remarkable could happen in the 200m. As it stands Bolt's 19.30 WR is just 200th of a second faster than Johnson's best. By the end of the week he could be tenths of a second faster!
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Originally posted by MovingPictures07 MovingPictures07 wrote:

Roger Federer.



Jo-Wilfred Tsonga. LOL
 
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The Swiss tennisman , not only a first rate athlete but by all accounts (ALL) an absolute gentleman . That alone deserves the highest marks !
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Originally posted by Tony R Tony R wrote:

Yeah, what an astonishing performance!!

9.58, new world record, destroyed Tyson Gay who ran a "paltry" 9.71.

Phenomenal.

Bring on the 200m


 
I feel a bit sorry for Tyson (not for being called Tyson) for a National record bu still being a metre or so behind - and he seems such a nice chapBig smile
 
But Bolt is unbelievable.  WAs funny watching Michael Jonsons reaction on BBC  LOL
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Yeah, what an astonishing performance!!

9.58, new world record, destroyed Tyson Gay who ran a "paltry" 9.71.

Phenomenal.

Bring on the 200m
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The best baseball player of all time was definitely Ruth, and you could argue that he was, compared to the talent around him, the most dominant single-sport athlete of all time.  However, I think it's safe to say that he would get his ass kicked in a sport that required more athleticism than baseball.  

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Originally posted by JJLehto JJLehto wrote:

Impossible to determine.
But since this is for fun:

Babe Ruth


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Roger Federer
 
 
On the other hand , how can Pele be the best sportsman when he isn't even the best at what he does???Wink
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Originally posted by manofmystery manofmystery wrote:

Rocky Marciano was the greatest boxer of all time, not ali


Marciano fought mainly has-beens and light-heavies. As Larry Holmes once famously commented Marciano was not fit to carry his jockstrap, never mind Ali's.


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Originally posted by MovingPictures07 MovingPictures07 wrote:

Roger Federer.



Jo-Wilfred Tsonga. LOL
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Roger Federer.
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Originally posted by manofmystery manofmystery wrote:

best all around athlete of all time was probably Jim Thorpe
Rocky Marciano was the greatest boxer of all time, not ali
as for....
Baseball: you got it right with Ruth but arguments can also be made for Ty Cobb and Ted Williams in the greatest hitters category
Golf: at least for a few more years Jack Nicklaus will hold on to the "greatest to ever play" title while no one, and I don't care how popular Tiger is , no one will ever surpass Arnold Palmer's importance to the game
Football and Hockey were left off while Tennis and Soccer were included?
this polls silly
 
tsk tsk!  You know nothing manofmystery. Wink 
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best all around athlete of all time was probably Jim Thorpe
Rocky Marciano was the greatest boxer of all time, not ali
as for....
Baseball: you got it right with Ruth but arguments can also be made for Ty Cobb and Ted Williams in the greatest hitters category
Golf: at least for a few more years Jack Nicklaus will hold on to the "greatest to ever play" title while no one, and I don't care how popular Tiger is , no one will ever surpass Arnold Palmer's importance to the game
Football and Hockey were left off while Tennis and Soccer were included?
this polls silly


Edited by manofmystery - August 15 2009 at 10:52


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Ali
Jordan
Federer

Honorable mention: Enzo Francescoli
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Originally posted by BaldJean BaldJean wrote:

how about Paavo Nurmi? or Jesse Owens?
and how about some sportswomen? my vote goes to Steffi Graf there
 
I mentioned both (Owens & Nurmi) in my post and asked for a sportswomen poll too. Smile


Edited by Atkingani - August 15 2009 at 08:00
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^^ A vote for Steffi for the ladies from me (Or maybe Anna Kournikova Wink)
 
Ali from the list, but I've always thought Michael Johnson was the greatest but maybe not anymore?
 
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how about Paavo Nurmi? or Jesse Owens?
and how about some sportswomen? my vote goes to Steffi Graf there


Edited by BaldJean - August 15 2009 at 04:54


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what no crosscountry skiiers, where is Bjoern Deahli or Ole Einar Bjoerndhalen? they are and where miles aheed of ther game in there sports, Ole Einar have 91 world cup victories in Biathlon a sport combining Skiing and shooting . http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biathlon

but from the list it gotte be Pele aka Edison Arantes do Nascimento


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