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re: Your all-time favorite Olymic athlete?
Posted on 8/16/08 at 2:31 am to silkyjohnson
Posted on 8/16/08 at 2:31 am to silkyjohnson
who ever wins the race walking this year.
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Posted on 8/16/08 at 2:32 am to heartbreakTiger
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who ever wins the race walking this year.
Posted on 8/16/08 at 4:40 am to smyce
Sir Steve Redgrave.
Only five people have ever won gold at 5 consecutive olympics, and only two in endurance events, and Redgrave is one of them!
Only five people have ever won gold at 5 consecutive olympics, and only two in endurance events, and Redgrave is one of them!
Posted on 8/16/08 at 5:12 am to Mephistopheles
Jesse Owens.
Posted on 8/16/08 at 7:01 am to MStreetTiger
Eric Heiden (speed skating)
The guy won gold in every event in his sport in Lake Placid in 1980--from 500m sprint to 10,000 meter endurance.
I don't think there's a person in the world who could do that these days....except maybe Michael Phelps.
The guy won gold in every event in his sport in Lake Placid in 1980--from 500m sprint to 10,000 meter endurance.
I don't think there's a person in the world who could do that these days....except maybe Michael Phelps.
Posted on 8/16/08 at 10:13 am to LuckySo-n-So
My favorite? Dan Jansen. He just kept coming back after disappointment after disappointment until he finally won the gold. Just an inspiring guy who showed the value of perserverence.
Oh, and Amanda Beard. Because she's hot.
Oh, and Amanda Beard. Because she's hot.
Posted on 8/16/08 at 10:16 am to heartbreakTiger
Rulon Gardner
Posted on 8/16/08 at 10:32 am to Lester Earl
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Rulon Gardner
Hell ya!
Posted on 8/16/08 at 10:33 am to LSUTANGERINE
Michael Johnson. I don't think I'll ever be as krunk again as I was watching the 96 olympics.
Posted on 8/16/08 at 10:36 am to LSUTANGERINE
Michael Johnson
Carl Lewis
Carl Lewis
Posted on 8/16/08 at 11:22 am to H-Town Tiger
Michael Johnson
Maurice Green
Maurice Green
Posted on 8/16/08 at 11:23 am to H-Town Tiger
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Michael Johnson
Carl Lewis
I do think these are the greatest guys I've ever seen. Watching Johnson race was like watching an alien. I can't believe we're both of the same species he was so damn good.
Posted on 8/16/08 at 11:50 am to Baloo
What Michael Johnson did in Atlanta was unreal, that and Lewis in 84 were the most dominate track performances I've ever seen.
Oh and good choice with Amanda Beard, I'll add Katarina Witt, she made HS dudes watch figure skating.
Oh and good choice with Amanda Beard, I'll add Katarina Witt, she made HS dudes watch figure skating.
Posted on 8/16/08 at 11:55 am to H-Town Tiger
I was in England for the Atlanta games and let me tell you, Johnson was not some construct of NBC marketing. Everyone was simply flabbergasted by the guy.
That 200 meters he ran was the greatest race I have ever seen. It was unbelievable.
That 200 meters he ran was the greatest race I have ever seen. It was unbelievable.
Posted on 8/16/08 at 12:08 pm to silkyjohnson
Johann Olav Koss
Pirmen Zubriggen
Pirmen Zubriggen
Posted on 8/16/08 at 12:11 pm to MStreetTiger
i got to go with Owens myself.
Posted on 8/16/08 at 12:21 pm to Baloo
I have to go with Edwin Moses. No one in any sport will ever equal his decades-long dominance of winning 122 consecutive races at the very highest level of competition.
Also, his innovative and purely scientific training methods have carried over to many other sports. Certainly one of the smartest Olympians of all time.
Also, his innovative and purely scientific training methods have carried over to many other sports. Certainly one of the smartest Olympians of all time.
Posted on 8/16/08 at 1:30 pm to LSUTANGERINE
The Korean boxer who sat in the ring for like three hours after he lost in '88 or '92 
Posted on 8/16/08 at 1:42 pm to LSUTANGERINE
Michael Johnson and his gold spikes. 
Posted on 8/16/08 at 2:46 pm to tylercsbn9
Dan Gable
Bruce Baumgarder
John Smith
Kurt Angle
Kevin Jackson (Last All American wrestler @ LSU)
Bruce Baumgarder
John Smith
Kurt Angle
Kevin Jackson (Last All American wrestler @ LSU)
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