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OT: THE world's most dominant athlete of the last 5 years

eebmg said:
Sydney McLaughlin maybe moving up this ladder shattering her own 4th consecutive WR 50.68 breaking her 51.41 Lordy.
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She has a chance to become the greatest woman sprinter of all time. The switch over she's contemplating would be unprecedented. Her win at the world's today was called Beamon-esque by the commentator.
 
Talk about leaving your opponents for dead
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JordyG said:
She has a chance to become the greatest woman sprinter of all time. The switch over she's contemplating would be unprecedented. Her win at the world's today was called Beamon-esque by the commentator.
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She is only 22, whatever she decides to do she will dominate for quite some time.
 
baggerbob said:
She is only 22, whatever she decides to do she will dominate for quite some time.
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I suppose it is not possible to do both 400m free and hurdles at the same time but in her post game comments, it sounds like she will go after that 400 meter record. I would like to see her first bring the 400m hurdles record below 50 seconds. That is a real nice sounding number
 
I understand the attraction of track and field, but I'm sold on the greatest free style swimmer ever: Katie Ladecky, who has dominated all but the women's 100 for ten years and when I say dominated she has won events by as much as 33 seconds. She recently lost one of the shorter events to a Aussie.
 
JordyG said:
She has a chance to become the greatest woman sprinter of all time. The switch over she's contemplating would be unprecedented. Her win at the world's today was called Beamon-esque by the commentator.
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They were talking about Mu moving down to the 400. Having both of them at the 400 would be really interesting.
 
meyers7 said:
They were talking about Mu moving down to the 400. Having both of them at the 400 would be really interesting.
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Those 2 are going to set many records in the next 8 years. It will be interesting to see what events each of them will choose to run.
 
eebmg said:
I suppose it is not possible to do both 400m free and hurdles at the same time but in her post game comments, it sounds like she will go after that 400 meter record. I would like to see her first bring the 400m hurdles record below 50 seconds. That is a real nice sounding number
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Hasn’t she often run the hurdles and 4x400 in the same meet(with rather spectacular splits)?

I don’t see any reason she shouldn’t start running the 400 or 200.
 
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This thread is like a compilation of my favorite (non-basketball) athletes. Janja (who's also an Olympic gold medalist) definitely belongs in the list for me. Otherworldly athleticism, strength and flexibility over a huge range of movements.

I don't think I can choose one as the best because the sports themselves are so different. But I sure do feel blessed as a fan.
 
ShmiCO said:
This thread is like a compilation of my favorite (non-basketball) athletes. Janja (who's also an Olympic gold medalist) definitely belongs in the list for me. Otherworldly athleticism, strength and flexibility over a huge range of movements.

I don't think I can choose one as the best because the sports themselves are so different. But I sure do feel blessed as a fan.
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I can't imagine a sport more demanding than riding a grand tour. If Tadej Pogacar was gonna win the Tour de France tomorrow, which would be his third in a row, I'd vote for him, but barring any weird circumstances, Jonas Vingegaard has it wrapped up.
 
No doubt McLaughlin’s progression is extremely impressive as she destroyed the 400 meter hurdles record but surely there are others in that conversation. Whoever has signed endorsement deals with Sidney just hit the jackpot. She looks clean ( no chemical enticements ) which may be particularly helpful to her career but it’s hard to see how she has advanced so quickly. That 18 year old male sprinter from the USA looks to be huge also.
 
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Janja is amazing. I can't really argue with the choice of her as most dominant lately, but I'll throw out another transcendent athlete: mountain biker Brandon Semenuk, first 4-time winner of Red Bull Rampage
 
cometjo said:
Janja is amazing. I can't really argue with the choice of her as most dominant lately, but I'll throw out another transcendent athlete: mountain biker Brandon Semenuk, first 4-time winner of Red Bull Rampage
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Yikes! Brandon and his fellow competitors must have huge amygdalae with amazing connectivity with the medial prefrontal cortex. In other words their brain is structured for greater risk tolerance. Of course someone such as myself would be tempted to say such a brain structure has no ability to assess risk! ;):rolleyes: Brandon and Janja both compete in a sport where a mistake does not just mean losing a competition but possibly losing their life or use of a limb. I have watched Janja doing some fun free climbing on rock faces with no ropes. Not my definition of fun! There are amazing athletes in the world competing on another plane other than "simply" basketball, baseball, football, and track.
The first time I watched a video of a cyclist hurtling down a mountain trail; I actually started to become ill. The vantage point was from a GoPro strapped to the rider's helmet. I was sitting safely in my office and I was terribly uncomfortably. Yet as a teenager and a 20 something I did some really nutsy things. I guess my amygdala has shrunk considerably.
Thanks for this video. I must watch more a Brandon ... hopefully without nausea. :eek:;)
 
SVCBeercats said:
I love the picture of Janja as a child climbing a door jamb
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I tried this when the local climbing gym shut down a couple years back. Fortunately it was early in the pandemic so the lumber prices for repairing the doorway weren't too bad. :oops:

Great picture of young Janja! She's such a natural athlete.
 
ShmiCO said:
I tried this when the local climbing gym shut down a couple years back. Fortunately it was early in the pandemic so the lumber prices for repairing the doorway weren't too bad. :oops:

Great picture of young Janja! She's such a natural athlete.
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This is the trail riding video I watched.
This dude is not right in the head. I watch this and think ... WHY?!
I want to know who first came this way and thought this would make a great trail ride. :eek::confused::oops:
 
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SVCBeercats said:
Yikes! Brandon and his fellow competitors must have huge amygdalae with amazing connectivity with the medial prefrontal cortex. In other words their brain is structured for greater risk tolerance. Of course someone such as myself would be tempted to say such a brain structure has no ability to assess risk! ;):rolleyes: Brandon and Janja both compete in a sport where a mistake does not just mean losing a competition but possibly losing their life or use of a limb. I have watched Janja doing some fun free climbing on rock faces with no ropes. Not my definition of fun! There are amazing athletes in the world competing on another plane other than "simply" basketball, baseball, football, and track.
The first time I watched a video of a cyclist hurtling down a mountain trail; I actually started to become ill. The vantage point was from a GoPro strapped to the rider's helmet. I was sitting safely in my office and I was terribly uncomfortably. Yet as a teenager and a 20 something I did some really nutsy things. I guess my amygdala has shrunk considerably.
Thanks for this video. I must watch more a Brandon ... hopefully without nausea. :eek:;)
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A lot of what Branson does are edits rather than competitions at this point—3 or 4 minute segments that might take a month to film and in his case they rise to the level of poetry. Here is one:
 
SVCBeercats said:
This is the trail riding video I watched.
This dude is not right in the head. I watch this and think ... WHY?!
I want to know who first came this way and thought this would make a great trail ride. :eek::confused::oops:
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That was actually insane. I mean I can see where the trail itself would be fun if you had the skills, but I don't see any ereason to do anything that sketchy over that much exposure.
 
I've always been amazed at the speed, strength, and jumping ability shown by decathletes. Attention to this first happened back in my youth, seeing teenagers Bob Mathias and Milt Campbell in the '48,'52, and '56 Olympics. That said, the Kevin Mayer of France would have my vote for best athlete. He set the record for points, 9126, back in 2018, beating Ashton Eaton's mark. The points don't tell me the story, though. His times and distances when he set the record ,over 2 days, are just crazy:
100m- 10.55, long jump- 25'7", high jump-6"9", pole vault-17'10", 400m-48.4, javelin-235'10"
just to name a few. And, again, they do this back-to-back days! In the recent World Championships, the Olympic champion, Damian Warner of Canada, might have beaten Mayer and the record, had not he injured himself in the 400m.
 
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