...of the above, what would it be?
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If you could change one outcome of the Olympics
0Sanya Richards wins the 4000%0Lolo Jones wins the 100mH0%0Bernard Lagat wins the 15000%0Jeremy Wariner wins the 4000%0Tyson Gay is healthy and runs in the 100m final0%0Brad Walker wins the pole vault0%0Liu Xiang is healthy and runs in the 110mH final0%0None, it is what it is0%0"Long may you run"- Neil YoungTags: None
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Originally posted by ASonly two of those seem vaguely fair... the ones where someone runs in the final and the current winner could still be the winner...
I voted for Lagat myself. Would have really liked to have seen him get the Olympic Gold. Reminded me of watching Kipketer come up short which was tough to watch."Long may you run"- Neil Young
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seems like a no brainer to me... Beijing olympics with Liu out was like the 1968 Superbowl with Joe Namath out.. like the los angels olympics with King Carl out... like the 80s celtics v lakers with Bird and Johnson out. ... you get the idea.
secondly all of the choices that suggest a change in who won are downright strange,... or even unamerican.
... nothing really ever changes my friend, new lines for old, new lines for old.
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Originally posted by paulthefansecondly all of the choices that suggest a change in who won are downright strange,... or even unamerican.
Było smaszno, a jaszmije smukwijne...
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Originally posted by paulthefanseems like a no brainer to me... Beijing olympics with Liu out was like the 1968 Superbowl with Joe Namath out..
Like a fish without toilet paper, a cup without a pencil, bacon without apple pie ...you get the idea... oh stop me!
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Originally posted by tandfmanOriginally posted by paulthefanseems like a no brainer to me... Beijing olympics with Liu out was like the 1968 Superbowl with Joe Namath out
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Originally posted by MarlowLiu is the obvious answer, but Lolo 'shoulda' won, so can we have a do-over there, please?
Of the hundreds of hurdle races that she's competed in her lifetime, she has run fast enough to win the Olympics only twice, and fast enough to win a medal 14 times. How does that compare to the others who competed?
Golds, Medals, Name
4, 21 Bridgitte Foster-Hylton (6th)
3, 15 Delloreen Ennis-London (5th)
3, 11 Damu Cherry (4th)
2, 14 Lolo Jones (7th)
1, 5 Sally McClellan (2nd)
1, 2 Dawn Harper (1st)
0, 5 Pricilla Lopes-Schliep (3rd)
0, 0 Sarah Claxton (8th)
Even Susanna Kallur, who didn't make it to the final, has run fast enough to win Beijing three times! What about her "do-over"?
But if you want "do-overs" perhaps the most deserving is Michelle Perry? Care to take a guess how many times she's run fast enough to win in Beijing? Where's her 15 minutes of fame?
If compelling stories matters more than performance when it counts, then I'd take Sarah Claxtons story any day of the week. It exemplifies what the Olympic movement is all about.
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