Greatest Double of All Time?

One time in high school I won the 800 and the 1600 at a dual meet.

The Rocket. wrote:

Usain Bolt 2009 World Champs Berlin

9.58 WR

19.10 WR

That was pretty impressive, however, it is manageable to be in good shape for both events. 5000/Marathon is way harder.

Nutella1 wrote:

The Rocket. wrote:

Usain Bolt 2009 World Champs Berlin

9.58 WR

19.10 WR

That was pretty impressive, however, it is manageable to be in good shape for both events. 5000/Marathon is way harder.

5000/Marathon is arguably harder but nobody has done it in the modern era.

People saying Lewis have a point, especially if they throw in his 200m in '84.

People I'm intentionally disregarding:

Slaney (no, she probably wasn't doping that early, but if you dope at any point, you're out in my book)

Most East Germans

There's no evidence on the Chinese in '93, but those times are so mind-boggling I can't deal with them. If they are legit, then they win, hands-down. I just can't buy it though. And there were enough suspicious events later on to make me doubt them.

actually, there is evidence that the coach of the chinese team was giving them a special mushroom that grows somewhere in china known to contain performance enhancing chemicals. the coach was kicked off the team when this was discovered. shortly after, wang junxia was retired from the sport.

Whoever voted for Blankers-Koen as the female athlete of the century had it correct, IMHO.

Not only did she do what she did in London in '48, she could likely have had 2 more gold in completely different events in which she was the WR-holder: LJ and HJ.

Not to mention that she had to bring her own food to London, and get her own a$$ to Olympic stadium by train and foot.

Not only that, but she didn't have the opportunity to compete in 1940 or 1944.

She probably also would have cleaned up if she had been in a modern heptathlon.

She was the real deal:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/modern/olympics_1948_gallery_06.shtml

Wow.

And as far as actual doubles go, the 200m and 80mH has never been, and probably never will be, duplicated (yes, I know they're 100mH now), unlike say 10,000/5,000, or 10,000/marathon.

Fanny Blankers-Koen. Wow.

Maybe not the greatest, but right up there - Ben Jipcho's TRIPLE at 1974 Commonwealth Gsmes:

8:20 Steeple

13:14 5,000

3:33.2 1,500

Think in 1974 terms, not 2012.

Wendell Gee wrote:

People I'm intentionally disregarding:

You can add Flo Jo also. Her 3 Golds at Seoul '88 were made possible through creative chemistry.

Not enough time to look thru the posts, but I would put Mary Decker-Slaney's 1500/3000 double at the 83 WC's among one of the best.

ca-moooon wrote:

Winning the 100m dash and the marathon in the Olympics would be the most impressive double I can think of!

I would think 100M Breaststroke and Archery would be the hardest double

El Caballo!

Look at Juantorena's stride at 0:30 in this video...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYK9E1XAzdI&feature=related

It's poetry in motion! You'll never see such a powerful stride again! Wow!

Speaking of women, although FBK is #1 IMHO, JJK should also be mentioned, with gold in both LJ and HEP.

To win any individual event while training for the multi is totally impressive.

I know that the Olympic schedule was changed to accommodate MJ's double which puts an * on it from my perspective. We don't know how rare it would have been if previous Olympians had the same possibility to complete the double. I wonder if the schedule was changed to accommodate any others such as El G?

Meanwhile, Dane Rauschenberg ran 2:59:43 at the Mississippi Blues Marathon on 1/8/2011 and 2:58:39 a week later in the First Light Marathon. 2 marathons in 7 days under 3 hours.

To read more go here:

http://www.danerunsalot.blogspot.com/

The greatest sporting double entendres of all time.

Here are 12 of the finest double-entendres that were aired on TV & Radio

1. Pat Glenn, weightlifting commentator - "And this is Gregoriava from Bulgaria. I saw her snatch this morning and it was amazing!"

2. New Zealand Rugby Commentator - "Andrew Mehrtens loves it when Daryl Gibson comes inside him."

3. Ted Walsh - Horse Racing Commentator - "This is really a lovely Horse. I once rode her mother."

4. Harry Carpenter at the Oxford-Cambridge boat race 1977 - " Ah, Isn't that nice. The wife of the Cambridge President is kissing the Cox of the Oxford crew."

5. US PGA Commentator - "One of the reasons Arnie (Arnold Palmer) Is playing so well is that, before each tee shot, his wife takes out his balls and kisses them ..... Oh my god!! What have I just said??"

6. Carenza Lewis about finding food in the Middle Ages on 'Time Team Live' said: "You'd eat beaver if you could get it."

7. A female news anchor who, the day after it was supposed to have Snowed and didn't, turned to the weatherman and asked, " So Bob, where's that eight inches you promised me last night?" Not only did HE have to leave the set, but half the crew did too, because they were laughing so hard!

8. Steve Ryder covering the US Masters - "Ballesteros felt much better today after a 69 yesterday."

9. Clair Frisby talking about a jumbo hot dog on Look North said: "There's nothing like a big hot sausage inside you on a cold night like this."

10. Mike Hallett discussing missed snooker shots on Sky Sports: "Stephen Hendry jumps on Steve Davis's misses every chance he gets."

11. Michael Buerk on watching Phillipa Forrester cuddle up to a male Astronomer for warmth during BBC1's UK eclipse coverage remarked: "They seem cold out there, they're rubbing each other and he's only come in his shorts."

12. Ken Brown commentating on golfer Nick Faldo and his caddie Fanny Sunneson lining-up shots at the Scottish Open: "Some weeks Nick Like to use Fanny, other weeks he prefers to do it by himself."