PC Board OT Thread Take 4 [No Politics]

[eminence]

Ryan Crouser is the greatest athlete of all-time.

The pole vaulter will be taking that title

Nah, pole vaulting is fringe garbage only available to the affluent.

Throwing rocks is the sport of the proletariat.

[jalengreen]

Ryan Crouser is the greatest athlete of all-time.

The pole vaulter will be taking that title

Nah, pole vaulting is fringe garbage only available to the affluent.

Throwing rocks is the sport of the proletariat.

Tbh this is why I think Bolt is the actual GOAT. What athletic activity is more core to the human condition than running?

[Doctor MJ]

The pole vaulter will be taking that title

Nah, pole vaulting is fringe garbage only available to the affluent.

Throwing rocks is the sport of the proletariat.

Tbh this is why I think Bolt is the actual GOAT. What athletic activity is more core to the human condition than running?

I’d say it’s our hands that really make us us, so let only sports like running and soccer are essentially anti-human.


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[eminence]

The pole vaulter will be taking that title

Nah, pole vaulting is fringe garbage only available to the affluent.

Throwing rocks is the sport of the proletariat.

Tbh this is why I think Bolt is the actual GOAT. What athletic activity is more core to the human condition than running?

The Big 4, no order:
-Run real fast for a short distance (Bolt)
-Run pretty fast for a long distance (Bekele)
-Lift a rock (??? I dunno on this one)
-Throw a rock (Crouser)

[Special_Puppy]

The pole vaulter will be taking that title

Nah, pole vaulting is fringe garbage only available to the affluent.

Throwing rocks is the sport of the proletariat.

Tbh this is why I think Bolt is the actual GOAT. What athletic activity is more core to the human condition than running?

I know Hockey is significantly less widely played, but in terms of distance from the field…the greatest athlete ever might be Gretzky. Don Bradman also deserves a shout too for similar reasons

[jalengreen]

Nah, pole vaulting is fringe garbage only available to the affluent.

Throwing rocks is the sport of the proletariat.

Tbh this is why I think Bolt is the actual GOAT. What athletic activity is more core to the human condition than running?

I’d say it’s our hands that really make us us, so let only sports like running and soccer are essentially anti-human.


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Well running was pretty core to survival for a long while there. Whether it be hunting (chasing down prey is a big part of what made humans apex predators - though in fairness this is less to do with sprinting, so eminence separated it out wisely) or escape.

Hand usage is definitely a fair point though lol, bad for soccer's case

Nah, pole vaulting is fringe garbage only available to the affluent.

Throwing rocks is the sport of the proletariat.

Tbh this is why I think Bolt is the actual GOAT. What athletic activity is more core to the human condition than running?

The Big 4, no order:
-Run real fast for a short distance (Bolt)
-Run pretty fast for a long distance (Bekele)
-Lift a rock (??? I dunno on this one)
-Throw a rock (Crouser)

Isn't Kipchoge the long distance GOAT? I just remember him as the marathon guy

Side note, they ought to make a triathlon where cycling is replaced with climbing. Running, swimming, and climbing gets you all natural forms of locomotion.

[jalengreen]

Nah, pole vaulting is fringe garbage only available to the affluent.

Throwing rocks is the sport of the proletariat.

Tbh this is why I think Bolt is the actual GOAT. What athletic activity is more core to the human condition than running?

I know Hockey is significantly less widely played, but in terms of distance from the field…the greatest athlete ever might be Gretzky. Don Bradman also deserves a shout too for similar reasons

I think the more sports you look at, the more guys you find who were so absurdly dominant that they are kind of hard to compare to one another

Two random examples that come to mind are squash players

Jahangir Khan won 555 consecutive matches from 1981-86 ("the longest winning streak by any athlete in top-level professional sport as recorded by Guinness World Records")

On the women's side, Heather McKay was unbeaten from 1962 thru 1981, having lost just two matches in her entire career before going on to win 16 consecutive British Open titles.

[Jaivl]

Nah, pole vaulting is fringe garbage only available to the affluent.

Throwing rocks is the sport of the proletariat.

Tbh this is why I think Bolt is the actual GOAT. What athletic activity is more core to the human condition than running?

The Big 4, no order:
-Run real fast for a short distance (Bolt)
-Run pretty fast for a long distance (Bekele)
-Lift a rock (??? I dunno on this one)
-Throw a rock (Crouser)

Savickas is widely considered the greatest strongman ever by a margin, although he was more dominant on static strength and overhead events and not the best at "lifting rocks" (stones). Hafthor Julius Bjornson peaked the highest.

If you mean the best at *only lifting a rock*, then Iñaki Perurena, I'd wager.

Isn't Kipchoge the long distance GOAT?

[jalengreen]

Isn't Kipchoge the long distance GOAT?

Well a no probably would have sufficed

[eminence]

Isn't Kipchoge the long distance GOAT?

Well a no probably would have sufficed

Kipchoge is a competitor for #2 (with Geb/El G and maybe a few others), so don't feel bad about bringing him up. Certainly the marathon GOAT, but considering distance running as a whole I think it's got to be Bekele.

-The best combo of times/championship dominance on the track
-Almost certainly the best cross country runner ever
-Not GOAT tier, but one of the best road/marathon runners ever as well (2x major champion, #5 time ever, #2 at the time, #3 PR)

If you think Mikan is the GOAT maybe you can make a case for Nurmi as well.

[eminence]

Tbh this is why I think Bolt is the actual GOAT. What athletic activity is more core to the human condition than running?

The Big 4, no order:
-Run real fast for a short distance (Bolt)
-Run pretty fast for a long distance (Bekele)
-Lift a rock (??? I dunno on this one)
-Throw a rock (Crouser)

Savickas is widely considered the greatest strongman ever by a margin, although he was more dominant on static strength and overhead events and not the best at "lifting rocks" (stones). Hafthor Julius Bjornson peaked the highest.

If you mean the best at *only lifting a rock*, then Iñaki Perurena, I'd wager.

The lifting one is tricky because there's no dominant league/variant of the core principle, nobody really dominates across the disciplines (unlike distance running). Strongman/powerlifting/olympic lifting, who knows. Don't really follow any of them very closely.

Big Z certainly came to mind. Lasha.

Hadn't heard of Perurena, pretty neat stuff.

[eminence]

A false start and a photo finish in the Men's Marathon this year, everybody wants to be the 100M.