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Assemble your dream race

  • 20-08-2010 2:04pm
    #1
    ecoli
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    These Friday threads got me thinking of these so here we go - Any athlete - Any era - any event/discipline assemble what you feel would be the greatest race of all time(8 athletes). Talking hypothetically here with all the athletes at there peak so i will start with an example

    100m M
    Jesse Owens
    Usain Bolt
    Christophe LeMaitre
    Maurice Green
    Tyson Gay
    Donovan Bailey
    Yohan Blake
    Shawn Crawford


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  • #2
    shels4ever
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    Over 1500m

    Hicham El Guerrouj
    Noureddine Morceli
    Sebastian Coe
    John Walker
    Saïd Aouita
    Augustine Kiprono Choge
    Ray flyn
    Eammon Coghlan
    Me Just for the craic....


  • #3
    ecoli
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    shels4ever wrote: »
    Over 1500m

    Hicham El Guerrouj
    Noureddine Morceli
    Sebastian Coe
    John Walker
    Saïd Aouita
    Augustine Kiprono Choge
    Ray flyn
    Eammon Coghlan
    Me Just for the craic....

    Had the mile in mind myself

    John Landy
    Noah Ngeny
    Alan Webb
    Eamonn Coughlan
    Steve Cram
    Hicham El Guerrouj
    Wes Santee
    Noureddine Morceli


  • #4
    Gringo78
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    800m
    Seb Coe
    Wilson Kipketer
    David Rudisha

    That'd be enough


  • #5
    thirtyfoot
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    Delaney
    Coghlan
    O' Sullivan
    Flynn
    O' Mara
    Carroll
    Bruton
    Nolan

    1500m outdoors with them all in the full of their health. Holy sweet jesus, now that would be a race....


  • #6
    RandyMann
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    Tingle wrote: »
    Delaney
    Coghlan
    O' Sullivan
    Flynn
    O' Mara
    Carroll
    Bruton
    Nolan

    1500m outdoors with them all in the full of their health. Holy sweet jesus, now that would be a race....

    Coghlan who? Have they got surnames?


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  • #7
    ecoli
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    RandyMann wrote: »
    Coghlan who? Have they got surnames?

    Ronnie Delaney
    Eamon Coghlan
    Marcus O' Sullivan
    Ray Flynn
    Frank O' Mara
    Mark Carroll
    Niall Bruton
    James Nolan

    Its pretty much the who s who list of Irish middle distance athletics lore;)


  • #8
    RandyMann
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    ecoli wrote: »
    Ronnie Delaney
    Eamon Coghlan
    Marcus O' Sullivan
    Ray Flynn
    Frank O' Mara
    Mark Carroll
    Niall Bruton
    James Nolan

    Its pretty much the who s who list of Irish middle distance athletics lore;)

    Yes these Irish legends dont get the recognition they should.
    We could do with some more today.


  • #9
    TheRoadRunner
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    RandyMann wrote: »
    Coghlan who? Have they got surnames?

    Yep their listed, maybe it's first names your looking for! Bloody youth of today:cool:


  • #10
    myflipflops
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    Tingle wrote: »
    Delaney
    Coghlan
    O' Sullivan
    Flynn
    O' Mara
    Carroll
    Bruton
    Nolan

    1500m outdoors with them all in the full of their health. Holy sweet jesus, now that would be a race....

    Add in Frank Murphy & Gareth Turnbull (but no other St Malachy boys to pace make!) and you have yourself a perfect national champs.


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