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Matt_Westby  |  Jun 6 2007, 10:26 AM |
 Group: Member Posts: Joined: Wed Jun 6 2007 Status: Offline | I keep having an argument with a friend about who the best sportsman in the world is right now, and it always ends with us agreeing to disagree. My opinion is that it is Roger Federer. He always seems to be in such perfect sync with his sport and it always impresses me when he blows people like Andy Rod**** and Lleyton Hewitt off the court by three sets to love at Wimbledon. If he wins the French Open in the coming days it will only strengthen my opinion. My mate, though, thinks it is Tiger Woods. He says he has revolutionised golf and points out that his many tournament wins have come by beating 150-plus opponents, whereas Federer only beats seven to win his titles. I can see his point and I'm beginning to give into his argument. What does everyone else think? Federer or Woods, or someone else altogether? Here are a few names to get you thinking... Steven Gerrard - has probably the best all round game of any footballer in the world. Floyd Mayweather - has fought all the top fighters and, barring Oscar De La Hoya last month, nobody has ever got near him. Valentino Rossi - seven-time MotoGP champion, enough said. Dan Carter - rugby players always get my respect for their strength and athleticism, but Carter has skill in abundance too. He is sure to be the All Blacks' key cog in this autumn's World Cup. Peyton Manning - possibly the best NFL quarter-back since Joe Montana. Is as intelligent as he is talented. Michael Phelps - won six swimming gold medals at the 2004 Olympics and is a good bet to break Mark Spitz's long-standing record of seven golds in one Olympics in Beijing next year. |
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| rogereast | Jun 6 2007, 11:39 AM |
Group: Member Posts: Joined: Wed Jun 6 2007 Status: Offline | I would have to agree with your friend Mr Westby. Tiger Woods' dominance of the sport and perfection puts him in a league of his own. Though I think by the end of next year's Olympic games, Michael Phelps will be roundly renowned as the world's greatest living sports person. I think he just needs a really good Olympic games which will put him on that platform. |
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| fisheye | Jun 8 2007, 09:03 AM |
 Group: Member Posts: Joined: Mon May 14 2007 Status: Offline | I think it's Tiger for me but there's no doubt Federer is a class apart. Valentino Rossi as well is a great shout...that man is consistency personified. What about Ricky Hatton and Joe Calzaghe though...they've got to be up there from these shores at least. Going back a few years I would have said Michael Johnson - he was a machine!! |
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| tim_tucker | Jun 12 2007, 11:13 AM |
 Group: Member Posts: Joined: Tue May 15 2007 Status: Offline | After Federer's poor showing against Nadal on Sunday i dont see how you can say he is the best. What about Ricky Ponting? Great batsman, great captain, great player  |
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| Nathan_Hilton | Jun 12 2007, 12:51 PM |
Group: Member Posts: Joined: Mon Jun 11 2007 Status: Offline | Without a doubt the best sportsman in the world is Michael Phelps. At the recent world champs he won seven gold medals breaking five world records along the way only being denied an eighth gold & sixth world record by one of his team mates getting the medley relay team disqualified in the heats (All of this in just 7 seven days covering 17 races in this time a hell of a work load). The two most impressive world records were his 200 freestyle being the first man to go under the 1 min 44sec(1.43.76) mark beating Ian Thorpes seemingly impossible 1.44.06 and his 200 fly dropping his own world record by nearly 2 seconds to 1.52.09 nobody else in the world can go under 1.55 for this event!!!! This was all in pre olympic year when athlete's are still in heavy training & not fully rested. He is the most versatile athlete on the planet being able to achieve world class times in any event. Without a doubt the best athlete in the world!!! |
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| fisheye | Jun 12 2007, 14:30 PM |
Group: Member Posts: Joined: Mon May 14 2007 Status: Offline | What about Phil Taylor - 13 World Darts titles and still going strong. Lance Armstrong anyone? Not only a supreme master at his sport but all this as well as fighting cancer! |
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| sydbarrett | Jun 19 2007, 11:11 AM |
 Group: Member Posts: Joined: Thu May 31 2007 Status: Offline | I would have said the great Ethiopean runner Bekele before he blew it in this year's World Cross Country Championships in Kenya. Bekele's one of the all time running greats. |
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| Boshells_Right_Foot | Jun 19 2007, 11:34 AM |
Group: Member Posts: Joined: Wed May 16 2007 Status: Offline | As far as running goes....Yifter the Shifter was the man!! |
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| tim_tucker | Jun 19 2007, 13:16 PM |
Group: Member Posts: Joined: Tue May 15 2007 Status: Offline | If you're going down the athletes road what about the Russian pole-vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva? Everytime I watch athletics she breaks her own world record. |
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| fisheye | Jun 19 2007, 13:17 PM |
Group: Member Posts: Joined: Mon May 14 2007 Status: Offline | People like Daley thompson and Denise Lewis do it for me. To be so disciplined in so many different sports is immense   |
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| sydbarrett | Jun 20 2007, 14:24 PM |
Group: Member Posts: Joined: Thu May 31 2007 Status: Offline | Not currently playing as such - but retired only this year. Brian Lara. Despite being in a poor West Indies team ,still shone. He broke the world record for highest test innings score twice - and also the highest first class score. In a better team, he would have been regarded even more highly than he was.  |
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