Jordan
Jordan
Lance Armstrong
Secretariat
Mr. Ed wrote:
Secretariat
His 31 length victory in the 1973 Belmont Stakes was the all time greatest performance by an athlete in a single event.
Good point..
But in this case, I have to counter with Pheidippides.
Yes..he died and there are times he may have walked..but over a millennium and a half later, the marathon ..became an event
DanM wrote:
Mr. Ed wrote:
Secretariat
His 31 length victory in the 1973 Belmont Stakes was the all time greatest performance by an athlete in a single event.
No it wasn't. That's what? 180 feet in a 1.5 or 2 mile race? BFD.
Never mind that its a horse not a human.
Lance is on the list. Maybe not at the top. Depends on your human (non horse) definition of athlete.
Noah Hansen wrote:
Discus
Kenenisa Bekele
Simone Biles.
End of thread.
Hobbs Kess
Michael Jordan
End of thread.
King James. Could’ve been all pro in any major sport.
Usain Bolt
St Symeon the stylite
PELE-Edison Arantes De Nascimento
Greatest Player in Greatest Sport.
What if the Modern Pentathlon included the following events....
Swimming the English Channel any style that gets you there the fastest.
Wrestling ancient Greece style...to submission and Battle Royal so no tournament or time limit.
Shooting something for distance/accuracy maybe at a moving target. Could be a live animal, medium sized. Then you have to field dress it and eat the heart.
The Barkley 60 hour Marathon.
Coopers Hill Cheese Roll.
Using a scoring system and attrition, i think we could figure out who the greatest athlete of modern/future times could be over all these one sport pansies you guys are putting out there.
I tbink I picked a variety of events that would express most major "athletic" characteristics.
What order should the events take place and how much time between needs to be considered.
Yes. Jim Thorpe.
Bolt.
Ozzie Smith
Shawon Dunston
Allen Iverson
Barry Sanders
Bo Jackson
Steve Austin. Proof here:
yahdidit wrote:
King James. Could’ve been all pro in any major sport.
The only GOAT James deserves mention for is for being the NBAs best ever Drama Queen