Deanouk wrote:
Opinions vary wrote:El G , Borza and Kipketer were all smoother. Try to follow the basic premise and not get sidetracked by your fanboyism.
I am just as much of a fan of Coe as you are but also realistic.
It isn't 'fanboyism', it's a general held consensus by many commentators and experts for many years.
Kipketer I'll give you, smooth as silk and certainly one of the best looking movers in the history of T&F.
El G and Borza, I don't think so.
Here is an interesting thread from 2012, discussing the issue in abstract, with no athlete's name mentioned in the original title of the thread.
http://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=4455835Interestingly, there are many posters on there that bring up Coe as having "Best Running form you ever seen"
Of course it is a subjective question, but this thread does seem to be going a long way into naming practically all Coe's rivals as having better form.
As another poster wrote in the 2012 thread, which I think best sums up the topic,
"Coe's form will always be iconic. The blue print for all other middle distance runners. Seldom matched, never bettered."
I'd say Mary Decker on the women's side.