I'd throw in the 10K @ Munich and the the W3K @ Helsinki. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, October 25, 2002 11:25 AM Subject: Re: t-and-f: Meanwhile back at the hall of fame....
> Beamonesque has to take the cake. Flojo's 10.49 is not > anywhere to be found on any list. Haye's anchor is big, > but so is 19.32, but so are Warnerdam, Zatopek, Owens, > Bubka, but for pure adreneline, nothing tops Wottle > running down Arzanov in cold war 1972. > > Bob Hayes' 4x1 anchor in Tokyo > > Beamon's LJ in Mexico City > > FloJo's 10.49 > > Rafer Johnson vs CK Yang > > Wilma Rudolph in Rome > > Jesse Owens in Berlin > > 1952 4x4 Jamaica vs US > > Lindgren defeats Russians at 10k > > US-Russia dual at Stanford during Cuban missile crisis > > Lusis vs Wolfermann in Munich '72 > > Mills's win over Clarke and Gammoudi in Tokyo > > Ryun vs Liquori in Philadelphia > > ... > > What else? > > JP > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >aka, what happens when the public gets involved: > > > > > >Today's local paper had a "nasty" article about the choosing of baseball's > > >all-time 10 greatest moments by the fans. Obviously that's an exercise in > > >futility, and one with a lot of subjectivity involved. The most telling > > >point in the article was that in a sport more than 100 years old, 5 of the > > >10 moments happened in the last 17 years. > > > > > >How does this relate to track's HOF (my favorite rant at the moment)? I > > >wrote a column on the subject for next month's issue of T&FN and in it I > > >noted that while all four of the people who will be inducted this year had > > >bona fide credentials for so going, of the 11 people who were nominated, the > > >4 who got in came from the group of the 5 youngest. > > > > > >If you're incapable of voting for anything that happened before your time, > > >then don't vote. > > > > > >gh > >
