Your most personally moving moment in sports history (apart from City)

This won't be popular, but Steve Waugh getting his century off the last ball before close of play in the 2003 Sydney Ashes test to save his career. Agnew commentating, building the tension brilliantly.

Also Mo Farah winning his second gold in 2012 and screaming "GO MO, GO MO" at the telly.
 
Cricket world cup - just an incredible finish.
Rugby world cup 2003 - see above.

Those moment were their own versions of our Aguero moment. Intense, times we were struggling, times we were looking like we would win and then late late drama.

For individual moments that caught me, I'd say Cathy Freeman winning 400m gold in Sydney. The whole stadium on their feet and an aboriginal woman winning an Olympic gold... it was incredible. So iconic even down to that speedsuit she was wearing.

For the complete opposite, I don't know if anyone saw the story about Schalke thinking they'd won the league in 2000. That really got to me. It was just like our Aguero moment but technology failed them and they wrongly thought Bayern's game had ended and the title was theirs. When the screens finally got a feed from the game the fans thought they were watching a replay, but were watching Bayern equalise late late on to snatch the title away from them.

Essentially it would be like us celebrating the Aguero goal, only to find out ten minutes later it had been ruled out by VAR. Shocking. The only difference being, for Schalke, at least it wasn't Dortmund winning it instead.
 
I had a pound win on Spartan missile and that would have been a momentous sporting achievement in it's own right for owner John Thorne who took up the reigns. If anyone remembers Thorne also bred and rode Spartan Missile’s dam Polaris Missile. John Francome offered to ride Spartan Missile but thorne refused and a possible outcome was that if Francome had ridden he would probably have won denying Aldaniti and Bob Champion of their fairytale ending. Allegedly of course.

But a fairy tail ending it was to be as Aldaniti and Bob Champion overcame adversity, displaying tremendous resilience by winning the 1981 Grand National Chase and what a brilliant ride it was.

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra with the immense Champion musical score and also the last minutes of the race.
 
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supercity88 said:
For individual moments that caught me, I'd say Cathy Freeman winning 400m gold in Sydney. The whole stadium on their feet and an aboriginal woman winning an Olympic gold... it was incredible. So iconic even down to that speedsuit she was wearing.
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Yes, great shout. Big moment for all Australians. I was really moved.
In that same area, Faní Halkiá winning the 400 metres hurdles in Athens, would have been up there. It was a great shame that she was caught cheating later on just before Beijing, but as I understand it, she was tested before Athens and passed. I don't think I've ever heard a crowd build to such a roar over fifty seconds or so. Except effectively Sydney and Freeman.
 
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