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#1 Posted: 8/7/2012 11:59:42 PM As these olympics come near an end I thought it would be fun to list our greatest top 3 olympic moments. Heres mine
1. Aliya Mustafina winning gold on uneven bars with a perfect performance ( definetly an emotional moment to see the greatest gymnast win a gold after being questioned if she would even make it after her injury)
2. Miracle on Ice( I imagine this will make most people's list. Not much more to be said)
3. Phelps final race ( So amazing when he made his final turn and was able to win gold and how special it was for the people that swam with him in that relay)
Not easy with so many great olympic moments but these are my top 3. Look forward to seeing others top 3 moments in their olympic history moments. |
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#2 Posted: 8/8/2012 12:21:41 AM
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#3 Posted: 8/8/2012 12:26:28 AM
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#4 Posted: 8/8/2012 12:30:00 AM |
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#5 Posted: 8/8/2012 1:10:13 AM
Nastia Liukin scored a 17.1 a few years ago.
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#6 Posted: 8/8/2012 1:10:22 AM
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#9 Posted: 8/8/2012 1:22:06 AM  Steven Bradbury
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#10 Posted: 8/8/2012 1:28:18 AM The best Summer Olympic moment I can remember was Keri Strug's vault in the 1996 games. It won gold, and she did it on a badly injured leg, because she had to. |
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#11 Posted: 8/8/2012 7:02:32 AM Shawn Johnson winning gold on balance beam was so great also but I cant put it over miracle on Ice and certainaly not above the historic Mustafina gold medal on uneven bars. |
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#12 Posted: 8/8/2012 8:18:46 AM QUOTE Originally Posted by lovethedough: The best Summer Olympic moment I can remember was Keri Strug's vault in the 1996 games. It won gold, and she did it on a badly injured leg, because she had to. Me too. This one was great. |
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#13 Posted: 8/8/2012 9:24:07 AM 1) Jason Lezak coming from behind in the 4x100m relay to keep Phelps' gold streak alive (2008)
2) Keri Strug (1996)
3) Phelps win by .01 in the 100m fly (2008) |
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#14 Posted: 8/8/2012 9:35:45 AM
I just read the Wiki on him.
"Owens was allowed to travel with and stay in the same hotels in Germany as whites, while at the time blacks in many parts of the United States had to stay in segregated hotels while traveling. After a New York City ticker-tape parade of Fifth Avenue in his honor, Owens had to ride the freight elevator at the Waldorf-Astoria to reach the reception honoring him.[5]
Owens said, "Hitler didn't snub me – it was FDR who snubbed me. The president didn't even send me a telegram."[15] On the other hand, Hitler sent Owens a commemorative inscribed cabinet photograph of himself.[16] Jesse Owens was never invited to the White House nor were honors bestowed upon him by President Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR) or his successor Harry S. Truman during their terms. In 1955, President Dwight D. Eisenhower honored Owens by naming him an "Ambassador of Sports."" |
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#15 Posted: 8/8/2012 12:25:37 PM All mentioned above are great. Here are a few that might fly under the radar a bit:
Mary Lou Retton's vault to win the overall championship. 1984
Billy Johnson's gold medal in the downhill. 1984
Michael Johnson.....200M and 400M complete stud.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFKpZnok10s&feature=related
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#16 Posted: 8/8/2012 12:30:37 PM |
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#17 Posted: 8/8/2012 12:46:08 PM  nis cracks his head on the diving board in Seoul in 1988 and still wins gold. |
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#19 Posted: 8/8/2012 12:50:58 PM Bob Beamon breaking the world record in the long jump by nearly TWO FEET feet was pretty remarkable.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Beamon
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#21 Posted: 8/8/2012 12:55:15 PM |
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#22 Posted: 8/8/2012 12:58:33 PM
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#23 Posted: 8/8/2012 1:12:29 PM 
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#24 Posted: 8/8/2012 1:51:06 PM
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#25 Posted: 8/9/2012 3:18:16 AM
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