baggy
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Gazza, semi finals v Germany at Italia 90.
I was 12yr old and in absolute pieces...
I was 12yr old and in absolute pieces...
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Your most personally moving moment in sports history (apart from City)
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jimharri
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And? Why is that relevant?Moving, but when all said and done; it was rowing.
kaz7
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When i won cross country gold medal , hated running but i was made to, or it might be the runner with the bare feet, forget her name
metalblue
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When i won cross country gold medal , hated running but i was made to, or it might be the runner with the bare feet, forget her name
Zola Budd
Nebuchadnezzar
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United fluking their way to winning the CL in 99. In the very last minutes, having been battered all game. I was moved… with fury!
That match remains as one of two occasions where I have cried over football. I was 8 when they won the CL and truth be told, my interest was really only beginning to grow properly at that point. I was in floods of tears. The other was after a replay of some obscure cup game v Ipswich in late 2000ish/early 2001 maybe. It got called off for rain and I think we lost the rescheduled game to a very late goal.
GaudinoMotors
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Not much skill involved. People have won gold medals after transferring from similar body mass sports they weren't quite good enough at, only months before.And? Why is that relevant?
Granted, it's great cardio fitness and the clip is moving.
metalblue
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United fluking their way to winning the CL in 99. In the very last minutes, having been battered all game. I was moved… with fury!
My brother in law (rag) was round at ours watching that game. I was taking the piss for most of the game but as soon as the scum equalised I turned the TV off and told him to fuck off and watch it round his.
All eclipsed by our heroic playoff victory. Stick your treble up your arse
FogBlueInSanFran
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Watched this when I was 8 years old and I STILL get chills even now . . . "He is moving like a TREMENDOUS MACHINE." One of the most famous calls in the history of American sports. The most dominant performance in the history of American sports too, outside Tiger Woods at the US Open in 2000.
jimharri
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The thread is about a moving sporting moment. No mention of skill involved. You could level a similar accusation at athletics, at least track running. What skill is involved there, out from being faster than your rivals. Yet those Coe/Ovett duels in the late 70s/early 80s were brilliant television.Not much skill involved. People have won gold medals after transferring from similar body mass sports they weren't quite good enough at, only months before.
Granted, it's great cardio fitness and the clip is moving.
Two years ago would rival it; Stokes and Leach.
Not for me. We were playing arguably the greatest side ever in 2005.
Fast forward to 2019, we only managed a scrappy 2-2 draw against the likes of Paine, Wade, Head and Bancroft. There were memorable moments (Archer’s spell to Smith being a standout) but overall it was a disappointing performance by England. Our batting was a joke for the most part.
GaudinoMotors
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Although in some track events it is very tactical.The thread is about a moving sporting moment. No mention of skill involved. You could level a similar accusation at athletics, at least track running. What skill is involved there, out from being faster than your rivals. Yet those Coe/Ovett duels in the late 70s/early 80s were brilliant television.
Point taken.
I don't think she had run an 800 before the olympics. A French woman was clear favourite but Packer smashed her.Watching Ann Packer win a Gold medal in the 800 meters final, Tokyo Olympics 1964.She later married Bobby Brightwell and her 2 sons played for City.
In those days, the 800 was the longest race permitted for women, poor things would die if they had to go further. Amazing blazers.
metalblue
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Although in some track events it is very tactical.
Point taken.
As is rowing, setting your stroke rate and when/if to increase it, setting the boat right, staying out of the puddles as much as possible, technique of the stroke the rowers have to repeat 30+ times a minute.
It’s not like going out on the lake in Heaton Park
kaz7
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Thats the oneZola Budd
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That was unbelievable. I turned the Tv over at half time of City v Palace match and we were 8 wickets down, turned over at full time and he was still there with Jack Leech.In recent years, the Stokes innings that won edgbaston
xgorton
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She also won a silver in the 400,same games.I don't think she had run an 800 before the olympics. A French woman was clear favourite but Packer smashed her.
In those days, the 800 was the longest race permitted for women, poor things would die if they had to go further. Amazing blazers.
GaudinoMotors
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I spend hours setting the boat and avoiding puddles in Heaton Park.As is rowing, setting your stroke rate and when/if to increase it, setting the boat right, staying out of the puddles as much as possible, technique of the stroke the rowers have to repeat 30+ times a minute.
It’s not like going out on the lake in Heaton Park
Ah, yes. She had been expected to win the 400 but was disappointed to come second. When she crossed the line to win 800, Coleman said:She also won a silver in the 400,same games.
"What a consolation".
I've seen a few mentions of Damon Hill, but the most agonizing was the 1997 Hungaroring (normally the most boring race on the circuit at that time), when he drove for the extremely uncompetitive Arrows the year after his Championship victory with Williams and 'I'll have to stop there as I've got a tear in my eye' from Murray Walker.
Denied a victory on the last lap by a hydraulic failure (loss of all gears but 3rd and intermittent throttle) - caused by the failure of a washer worth 50p.
Denied Arrows their maiden victory (never close again)
Denied Yamaha their maiden victory (never close again)
Denied Bridgestone tyres their 1st victory
Brit
Ex champion
Complete underdog team
Defeat snatched from the jaws of victory by a dodgy 50p washer.
Denied a victory on the last lap by a hydraulic failure (loss of all gears but 3rd and intermittent throttle) - caused by the failure of a washer worth 50p.
Denied Arrows their maiden victory (never close again)
Denied Yamaha their maiden victory (never close again)
Denied Bridgestone tyres their 1st victory
Brit
Ex champion
Complete underdog team
Defeat snatched from the jaws of victory by a dodgy 50p washer.
yerwot?
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Watched this when I was 8 years old and I STILL get chills even now . . . "He is moving like a TREMENDOUS MACHINE." One of the most famous calls in the history of American sports. The most dominant performance in the history of American sports too, outside Tiger Woods at the US Open in 2000.
after he died, the autopsy revealed that Secretariat had a heart double the size of a normal horse, ... just sayin'