Just finished watching the Celtics/Lakers 30 for 30 and was wondering what the equivalent of in track and field?
Just finished watching the Celtics/Lakers 30 for 30 and was wondering what the equivalent of in track and field?
me vs. Island
bailey vs johnson
Komen / Haile or Haile / Bekele. If we are talking distance,
/ EOT
Geb vs Tergat
Viren vs Pre
Rupp vs Solinsky
Jennings vs El Guerrouj
Dan vs Dave
Jesse Owens vs Eulace Peacock
Dave Sime vs Bobby Morrow
Jim Hines vs Charlie Greene
Carl Lewis vs Ben Johnson
Hagg vs. Andersson
Rowbury vs. Simpson
Pavo Nurmi vs all comes
Al Oerter vs anyone in the Olympic Games
Edwin Moses vs anyone for 9 yr/9 months/9 days
Carl Lewis vs anyone LJ & Olympics
Jesse Owens vs Hitler
Serge Bubka vs anyone in PV
Roger Bannister vs the stop watch
Just to name a few on the men's side.
Ladies?
Shannon vs Jenny
GOATEST RIVALRY wrote:
Geb vs Tergat
Viren vs Pre
Rupp vs Solinsky
Jennings vs El Guerrouj
Dan vs Dave
Wrong (except the first one)
Hägg vs Andersson
Coe vs Ovett
Keino vs Ryun
Bannister vs Landy
At a stretch,
Abrahams vs Liddell
Walker vs Bayi
Coe vs Cram
Lewis vs Powell
Guerrouj vs Morceli
Guerrouj vs Bekele
Guerrouj vs Ngeny
Salazar vs USADA
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1600/800 guy wrote:
Komen / Haile or Haile / Bekele. If we are talking distance,
/ EOT
Those aren't even rivalries. You could have at least said Haile vs. Tergat
Carl Lewis vs Ben Johnson
Haile vs Tergat
GOATEST RIVALRY wrote:
Geb vs Tergat
Viren vs Pre
Rupp vs Solinsky
Jennings vs El Guerrouj
Dan vs Dave
Not much of a rivalry when there is only one winner
Coe vs Ovett
Anderson vs Hagg
Coe vs Ovett for the win
fisky wrote:
Coe vs Ovett for the win
Agreed, most of these I don't anyone would consider rivalries tbh
Haile vs Tergat would be another good one though imo
Keino - Ryun
1966 Ryun 2 mile win
1967 Ryun 1500m WR
1968 Keino Oly 1500 gold
Christian Taylor vs Will Claye
Decker vs Budd
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