Best non-football sporting moments.

[Magicpole]

I nearly caught one of the sixes he hit that day and was clearly seen on all the news bulletins that evening.

I’d also booked sick from work that day and unsurprisingly wasn’t kept on when my probation period ended a few weeks later.

Does the expression, Lucky White Heather, mean anything to you? What a day.

 

[MCFC1993]

2000 Olympics
Steve Redgrave's 5th gold.
Cathy Freeman's 400m gold.

2004 Olympics
Kelly Holmes double gold
Mens 4x100m relay gold

2008 Olympics
Usain Bolt 100m World Record

2009 World Athletics Championships
Usain Bolt 100m & 200m World Record

2012 Olympics
Mo Farah capping off 3 British athletics golds in 1 night (Ennis and Rutherford the other 2).
David Rudisha 800m World Record

2016 Olympics
Wayde Van Niekerk 400m World Record
Farah doing the double double
Andy Murray winning gold again against a partisan crowd

2020 Olympics
Women's 1500m Final (Muir finally getting a medal, running past Hassan for Silver)
Women's 800m Final (Keely Hodgkinson and Athing Mu)
GB Swimming exploits, particularly Peaty
Jason Kenny running away with the Men's Keirin in the most bizarre fashion
Beth Shriever winning BMX gold
Triathlon Relay

Tennis
Nadal v Federer Wimbledon Final
Raducanu winning the US Open

Cricket
Not a big fan but the England v New Zealand Final was a great spectacle.
2005 Ashes sticks in my mind as well

Cycling
Wiggins, Froome and Thomas' Tour de France wins.
Any of the Olympic golds.

Boxing
Fury getting up from that Wilder punch.


Probably missing loads but I love athletics and the Olympics.

 

[Mozzer]

2000 Olympics
Steve Redgrave's 5th gold.
Cathy Freeman's 400m gold.

2004 Olympics
Kelly Holmes double gold
Mens 4x100m relay gold

2008 Olympics
Usain Bolt 100m World Record

2009 World Athletics Championships
Usain Bolt 100m & 200m World Record

2012 Olympics
Mo Farah capping off 3 British athletics golds in 1 night (Ennis and Rutherford the other 2).
David Rudisha 800m World Record

2016 Olympics
Wayde Van Niekerk 400m World Record
Farah doing the double double
Andy Murray winning gold again against a partisan crowd

2020 Olympics
Women's 1500m Final (Muir finally getting a medal, running past Hassan for Silver)
Women's 800m Final (Keely Hodgkinson and Athing Mu)
GB Swimming exploits, particularly Peaty
Jason Kenny running away with the Men's Keirin in the most bizarre fashion
Beth Shriever winning BMX gold
Triathlon Relay

Tennis
Nadal v Federer Wimbledon Final
Raducanu winning the US Open

Cricket
Not a big fan but the England v New Zealand Final was a great spectacle.
2005 Ashes sticks in my mind as well

Cycling
Wiggins, Froome and Thomas' Tour de France wins.
Any of the Olympic golds.

Boxing
Fury getting up from that Wilder punch.


Probably missing loads but I love athletics and the Olympics.

Kelly Holmes' second medal run was probably the perfect race. She timed it to perfection.

 

[youngbob]

As someone who played cricket for Stockport Georgians kids teams between 2003 and 2009, the 2005 Ashes (and Freddie Flintoff) almost single-handedly saved the sport in this country, imo. We were really, really struggling for numbers by 2004 and it looked like the kids schemes might have to be shut down. It was a similar situation across the country, from what the coaches were saying. Then the 2005 Ashes happened. Four months later, when we went into winter nets training indoors at Stockport Grammar, so many kids from the local area turned up wanting to join our team that we had to turn them away because we didn't have the space. The 2005 Ashes provided this country with its next generation of cricketers who probably would have been lost had Australia won the series.

So for that reason, my favourite non-footballing moment has to be a combination of Harmison bowling Kasprowicz at Edgbaston, followed by Flintoff bowling Justin Langer and then immediately turning Ricky Ponting inside out during that same test. Flintoff served it up and, eventually, after that tense final day, Harmison (albeit fortunately) got the job done. When England won the series that was the icing on the cake. As a kid who was 100% football until I was about 10 years old, I could tell how happy my dad was that my idols were finally cricketers for once. That summer I dyed my hair bleach blonde down the middle and grew it out just so I could look like Kevin Pietersen. There were kids on my Sunday football team celebrating goals like Flintoff celebrated taking wickets.

It's sad to see English cricket drifting back towards the sense of malaise that gripped it during the 90s and early 2000s. I can't remember the last time I got invested in a test. Get it back on terrestrial, for fuck's sake.

 

[Deepest Blue]

Some Racing Highlights

1956 Devon Loch's collapse just short of Grand National winning post and Queen Mother's sporting acceptance of her horse's misfortune.

1968 Sir Ivor's duel with Connaught in The Derby

1970 Nijinsky wins the English Triple Crown. No horse has done it since.

1973 Red Rum's first National overhauling the gallant Crisp who gave him many pounds in weight.

1973 Secretariat wins the Belmont Stakes by 31 lengths to complete the American Triple Crown.

1977 Red Rum's third National. The only horse to win 3.

1990 54 year old Lester Piggott comes out of retirement to win Breeders Cup Mile on Royal Academy.

2010-2012 Frankel goes unbeaten in 14 races earning the highest rating for any flat racing horse awarded by Timeform.

 

[OnlyOneUweRosler]

Johnny Wilkinson's drop goal in the rugby World Cup in 2003

Derek Redmond being injured in the Barcelona Olympics but limping the whole race with his dad

Nadia Comaneci's perfect 10 at the Montreal Olympics

Muhammad Ali winning his title in the Rumble in the Jungle

 

[Ste1969]

For me it has to be the 2004 challenge cup final at the Millennium Stadium Cardiff. Saints v Wigan and 2 nephews playing one on either team. And one lifting the trophy as skipper for saints, it was a win win family day..... glad saints won though.

 

[lancs blue]

First one day game I can remember.
Black and white TV though.David Hughes.

That was my first pitch invasion, the only other one was when we clinched promotion at Bradford in '89.

 

[Cellarite]

Wilkinson's drop goal against Australia in '03.

Linford Christie winning the 100m gold at the Barcelona Olympics in '92 - me and my mate watched it live and were going loopy when he won it.

The cricket World Cup final win versus New Zealand.

Mo Farah on Super Saturday.

Morales versus Barrera part 1.

I also remember watching Jonah Lomu smash through England's team at the Rugby Union World Cup live and thinking that nobody would ever stop him.

 

[johnnytapia]

I hope he is picked. I would love for him to get one more stage win.

Almost certain not to ride. He was picked for the Giro and they’ve got Jacobsen as their main sprinter for the tour. That said, the stars aligned for Cav to get picked last year so don’t rule it out completely. My fave Cav win was on the Champs when he was led onto the sprint by Mark Renshaw and suddenly Cav just appears like a bullet and annihilates everyone.