ok you have a point. i am not saying she is not a good athlete, she indeed is. it is only that i still believe that the biggest athletes of all time are that because they achieve that huge success that of course goes beyond normal human limits.
3 time world champion (I'm counting the double Gold in 1993, as I refuse to recognise the Chineese performaces, something the IAAF should do aswell, Sonia was the true champion of those 2 races),2 time World CC Champion, a 3 time European Champion and a European 3000m Record Holder for 8 years(WR, ignoring the Chineese times).
Yeah i agree ireland is wicked at rugby, O'Driscoll is arguably the best or one of the best outside centre's in the world. I guess in perspective when you don't produce a large amount of athletes each one has a high amount of pressure which sonia says in the video, but equally every athlete may feel exactly the same pressure, again as sonia says.
She was sick in Atlanta. Believe me its not an excuse. If it wasnt for that, she would have won the 5000m in 1996. There is no guarantee that she would have won the 1500m though as Svetlana Masterkova was in great form.
Fernanda Ribeiro was european, world and olympic champion in the 10 000m. It's true, Radcliffe has a better personal record but on the big occasions, Fernanda Ribeiro was at her best, and she wasn't. She's the greatest 10 000m runner of the 90's!
ok, i agree with the fact that we just have different opinions. however, i think you are wrong when you say paula will never win an olympic medal. people thought the same about a world championship in the marathon and she did here in helsinki in 2005. she will do it man, you will see!
That's right. I might just give Szabo the benefit of the doubt. Szabo has always been a precocious talent, Botezan hasn't. Botezan was also tied up in a more recent doping scandal. Szabo has always protested against drug taking but it does look a bit iffy nevertheless. Look at Botezan's 10000m record 1998 35:26.45 1999 34:33.01 2000 34:00.27 2001 31:45.06 and 5th at the World Champs
that means they can overcome all that huuuuge preassure and still find success. take a look at haile gebrselassie for instance, he always had enormous ammounts of preassure, yet he not only performed as expected but even better. i understand they are humans, but if she is one of the biggest why didn't she try again, that's what i meant with paula, she tried and tried and she is at the top right now. besides, her problem was related to health not to nerves
3 time World Champion (nullifying all chinese performances), 3 time European Champion, 2 time World Cross-Country Champion, and Olympic Silver (and robbed of Bronze in 92 by the russian cheat Samolenko). Cant get a whole lot better than that to be honest!
shouldn't a great athlete win the olympic gold? if she is so great, why did she performed so poorly in the most important race of her career?? radcliffe also had a disappointing day in athens but she will be back in beijing and she will win it all, she is the real best of all times!!
Yes she did make us proud !
Regardless of this close loss,SOS has proved time again to be a pure"thoroughbred"!!She had a fantastic career,raced and beat the best!!*****
Absolute hero! Best Irish Sportsperson ever.
Legend
And Szabo was found with what amounted to a pharmacists shop of drugs in the boot of her car after. That was the greatest injustice to my view
Let's Go Nova!
Actually if anybody out there has any other footage of her races, could you please upload it. :)
ok you have a point. i am not saying she is not a good athlete, she indeed is. it is only that i still believe that the biggest athletes of all time are that because they achieve that huge success that of course goes beyond normal human limits.
Sonia Queen of Munster! Cork a hotbed of athletes: Keano O'Rourke and O'Sullivan
3 time world champion (I'm counting the double Gold in 1993, as I refuse to recognise the Chineese performaces, something the IAAF should do aswell, Sonia was the true champion of those 2 races),2 time World CC Champion, a 3 time European Champion and a European 3000m Record Holder for 8 years(WR, ignoring the Chineese times).
Ya can't even spell Chinese. Good lad
Yeah i agree ireland is wicked at rugby, O'Driscoll is arguably the best or one of the best outside centre's in the world. I guess in perspective when you don't produce a large amount of athletes each one has a high amount of pressure which sonia says in the video, but equally every athlete may feel exactly the same pressure, again as sonia says.
She was sick in Atlanta. Believe me its not an excuse. If it wasnt for that, she would have won the 5000m in 1996. There is no guarantee that she would have won the 1500m though as Svetlana Masterkova was in great form.
whats the name of the first song?
Check out my Sonia O'Sullivan tribute video!
Fernanda Ribeiro was european, world and olympic champion in the 10 000m. It's true, Radcliffe has a better personal record but on the big occasions, Fernanda Ribeiro was at her best, and she wasn't. She's the greatest 10 000m runner of the 90's!
She did a Declan Moffat !
ok, i agree with the fact that we just have different opinions. however, i think you are wrong when you say paula will never win an olympic medal. people thought the same about a world championship in the marathon and she did here in helsinki in 2005. she will do it man, you will see!
That's right. I might just give Szabo the benefit of the doubt. Szabo has always been a precocious talent, Botezan hasn't. Botezan was also tied up in a more recent doping scandal. Szabo has always protested against drug taking but it does look a bit iffy nevertheless.
Look at Botezan's 10000m record
1998 35:26.45
1999 34:33.01
2000 34:00.27
2001 31:45.06 and 5th at the World Champs
that means they can overcome all that huuuuge preassure and still find success. take a look at haile gebrselassie for instance, he always had enormous ammounts of preassure, yet he not only performed as expected but even better. i understand they are humans, but if she is one of the biggest why didn't she try again, that's what i meant with paula, she tried and tried and she is at the top right now. besides, her problem was related to health not to nerves
but anyway i didn't mean she is not good, she was but i wouldn't consider her as one of the greatest, just my opinion dude.
3 time World Champion (nullifying all chinese performances), 3 time European Champion, 2 time World Cross-Country Champion, and Olympic Silver (and robbed of Bronze in 92 by the russian cheat Samolenko). Cant get a whole lot better than that to be honest!
How lazy is she?
shouldn't a great athlete win the olympic gold? if she is so great, why did she performed so poorly in the most important race of her career?? radcliffe also had a disappointing day in athens but she will be back in beijing and she will win it all, she is the real best of all times!!