Flo Jo 100m in 10.49?? With an approximately 4 m/sec following wind as everybody knows? you must be kidding.
What about the long jump duel (Lewis-Powell) at the 1991 World champs in Tokyo?! Note that Lusis vs. Wolferman's JT duel in Munich 1972 is the only event where non-US atheltes were involved that makes your list. No feat by a Paavo Nurmi ot an Emil Zatopek, or a win+WR by Herb Eliot in the 1960 Rome Olympic does. This leaves one wondering whether it is worlwide track and field you are alluding to. UG ==================================== Quoting Jack Pfeifer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >i couldn't agree more, gh. i grew up with cal ripken but was shocked > >to see his passing gehrig chosen #1. it doesn't even belong in the > >top 5. my personal choice for #1, the 1951 Shot Heard Round the > >World, apparently merely dates me (even though I was too young to > >have known about it when it occurred). What are some nominees for > >Top Moments of the Century in T&F? A few possibilities (in no > >particular order): > > 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 >
