Greatest Olympian in History? -
August 8th, 2012, 09:29 PM
Some may say it's Michael Phelps. Others my say it's Carl Lewis. I submit its Jesse Owens. For those who don't know who Jesse Owens is, I link the following resources:
One of the problems with history, it's always being rewritten. Who knows what is truth anymore.
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August 8th, 2012, 09:37 PM
Jesse Owens is overrated. He participated in just one Olympic Games. That's not enough to be the greatest Olympian.
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Nadia Comaneci. Larisa Semyonovna Latynina. Lewis. Mark Spitz. Phelps. The US hockey team that defeated the USSR in 1980.
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For the British it is Sir Steve Redgrave, the only Olympain to win a gold in an endurance sport at 5 consecutive Olympic games. A very different achievement to that of Phelps
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August 9th, 2012, 09:26 AM
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Originally Posted by Saved.One.by.Grace
Some may say it's Michael Phelps. Others my say it's Carl Lewis. I submit its Jesse Owens. For those who don't know who Jesse Owens is, I link the following resources:
I also didn't say it had to be Summer Olympics, how about Ice Dancers Torvill and Dean? Their performance to Bolero is spectacular.
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August 9th, 2012, 10:09 AM
Eric Heiden was amazing at the 1980 Winter Games.
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What are you talking about? There is no such thing as the "Mafia"......it doesn't exist. Just a bunch of lies told to defame honest hardworking Italians like myself. - TomO
I will do you, let's see, goofy, wacky, and to the left side of the bell curve. -Ktoyou
I'm white. I'm not black. I can't convert to being black. It doesn't matter how much I want to become black. I could listen to rap and date fat white women all day; for all that, I'll still remain white.- Traditio
- TomO
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August 9th, 2012, 09:26 AM
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