My top 3 sporting moments.
1. Winning the Americas Cup (or when the yanks lost the cup).
2. Steve Waugh's last ball century in Ashes test at SCG 2003 (yes, I rate it that much).
3. Mens 4x100 free relay at Sydney Olympics.

IMO of course.

Watching my 6yo son throw about 5m in shotput at his school sports, only to be ripped off by 1.5m (the teacher wasn't paying attention & marked it way short), then him still winning by about 1m.

Same day - watched him come 2nd last in the 200m, then walk up to the winner & give him a smile & a high-5 & saying "good running, wow you run really fast!"

1 year later, watched my prep daughter winning easy at hurdles, and about 10m before finish line stop & kneel down to pull her shoe back on...she got 2nd place.

I just can't get into mainstream sports anymore...

Ali defeating foreman .
Cathy 2000
Perkins 1500 win
Gary Ablett kicking 9 goals in 89 Granny

Steven bradbury winter 2002 beats them all

Cadel Evans 2011 tour de france

Sam Stoser 2011 us open

2 out a 3 aint bad

watching Joel Garner, the lowest order batsman of the West Indies hit 6 sixes on the final innings on a one day international back in 81/82, this was the team no one could beat, West Indies made a joke out of everyone. Desmond Haynes, Clive Lloyd, Vivian Richards, Joel Garner and Larry Gomes were legends and unbeatable

teatrea said...

Cathy 2000

The most overrated sporting moment ever. The most overhyped athlete ever.

Legion said...

teatrea said...

Cathy 2000

The most overrated sporting moment ever. The most overhyped athlete ever.

I have never rated Freeman's gold medal at Sydney 2000. Perec didn't even show up. Freeman was always going to win without Perec competing. If Perec had raced and it was a photo finish to Freeman, I would rate it highly-but that didn't happen.

BabaORiley said...

see if ya can name all my top 3?
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1. Makybe Diva winning 3rd consecutive Melbourne Cup.
2. I live in Sydney.
3. I'm guessing TC winning 2nd world consecutive world title in 85

2nd one is Clives 7 goals after half time to get up and win by a point over the enemy

Legion said...

teatrea said...

Cathy 2000

The most overrated sporting moment ever. The most overhyped athlete ever.

Yeah she only carried a nation on her back , she handled the pressure quite well , perec didnt show up because she didnt handle the pressure very well.

^^^ As opposed to Cathy who should have?

theDoctor said...


Steven bradbury winter 2002 beats them all

Gold!

Scotty88 said...

1. Winning the Americas Cup (or when the yanks lost the cup).

lol

"Any boss who sacks anyone for not turning up today is a bum. "
BOB HAWKE, after the historic victory of the yacht Australia II in the 1983 America's Cup

you need to fast forward to 25 seconds...

teatrea said...

Legion said...

teatrea said...

Cathy 2000

The most overrated sporting moment ever. The most overhyped athlete ever.

Yeah she only carried a nation on her back , she handled the pressure quite well , perec didnt show up because she didnt handle the pressure very well.

"Carried a nation", pshaw. I hate that phrase. Check this:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_multiple_Olympic_gold_medalists

No Cathy Freeman anywhere on that list. You can sort by country, then have a look at Australia. How does Cathy Freeman compare to Betty Cuthbert or Shirley Strickland? The amount she was feted sickens me. Not to mention the elephant in the room - would she have been as celebrated if she wasn't Aboriginal? Everyone loves an underdog and she was at the height of the push for "sorry". Why'd she get to light the Olympic flame? At the time she'd won one silver.



For me, Cadel's win is the greatest sporting moment. The nature of that event makes most others pale into insignificance. The sustained mental and physical torture as well as a large amount of luck. Nothing else comes close.

Albert Ernest Clifford "Cliff" Young was an Australian potato farmer and athlete from Beech Forest, Victoria, best noted for his unexpected Westfield Sydney to Melbourne Ultra Marathon win at 61 years of age in 1983.......watching that unfold was WTF?

Pat Cash Australian professional tennis player who won the men's singles title at Wimbledon in 1987............that was a defining win in my memory, just sensational to watch live.

Eddie "The Eagle" Edwards
Michael Edwards (born 5 December 1963), better known as Eddie "The Eagle" Edwards, is a British skier who was the first competitor to represent Great Britain in Olympic ski jumping. At the time, Edwards was the British ski jumping record holder, the world number nine in amateur speed skiing (106.8 mph) and the stunt jumping world record holder (10 cars/6 buses) To realize his Olympic dream he decided to switch to ski jumping for reasons of cost and easier qualification with no other competing British ski jumpers he was totally self-funded. Another problem was that he was very farsighted, requiring him to wear his glasses at all times, even though when skiing they fogged to such an extent that he could not see. Eddie was informed of his qualification for the Games whilst working as a plasterer and residing temporarily in a Finnish mental hospital due to lack of funds for alternative accommodation
Edwards was the best ski jumper in the United Kingdom, setting a British record of 73.5 m in one of his Calgary jumps in 1988 Olympics
Edwards finished last in both the 70m and 90m events.......what a legend!

Scotty88 said...

BabaORiley said...

see if ya can name all my top 3?
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3

1. Makybe Diva winning 3rd consecutive Melbourne Cup.
2. I live in Sydney.
3. I'm guessing TC winning 2nd world consecutive world title in 85

Its TC teachin Bob how to surf and Bob teachin TC to do all the things Bob did.
Plus winnin a WT