The best sportsman of all time!

Tony R wrote: akamaisondufromage wrote: 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 chap   But Bolt is unbelievable.  WAs funny watching Michael Jonsons reaction on BBC  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.

Usain Bolt

Sure, maybe he's not the greatest sportsman ever....but he's a runner....and his last name is Bolt!!

EDIT: Damn, someone beat me to it....I love Bolt though!


Edited by JJLehto - August 16 2009 at 17:14

This Guy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wftuosM4KIk&feature=PlayList&p=5E8B1C7D0EBB36DE&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=55

Although, the 500 era riders were much more "crazy" considering they had no electronics on their bikes.


Edited by KoS - August 16 2009 at 18:59

manofmystery wrote: Football and Hockey were left off while Tennis and Soccer were included? this polls silly

Chris H wrote: Ricochet wrote: MovingPictures07 wrote: Roger Federer. Jo-Wilfred Tsonga.   Zing!

timothy leary wrote: Walter Payton.......Chicago Bears running back

Well, no doubt he was the beast football player ever.
Not to mention an athlete that was TRULY a good human being.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yelena_Isinbayeva

I think the stats speak for themselves: 2 olympic gold medals, 2 world championships + one soon to come, 3 indoor championships, European indoor + outdoor champion, youth + junior champion and 26 World records.

Oh, and unlike in swimming, in other sports you don't get a gold medal from every mouse you run over while riding the bus to the swimming hall!

Edited by Passionist - August 17 2009 at 10:44

True. Quite true. But I don't see anyone else do that. I mean, a lot of people have broken a world record, but not their own so many times. Could be different with the sport in question though. Bubka's got his hands deep in pole vault nowadays though, he's making it sure, that no-one will have the equipment, nor the possibility to top his records. I mean, he's basically the leading act and the one who decides how the poles are made and used these days

Edited by Passionist - August 17 2009 at 11:19