What is your favorite memory.The most amazing race I ever saw was the 200 Breaststroke in the 1968 Olympics. The only gold medal won by a Mexican at the Games Was by Felipe Munoz. Every time he breathed the crowd screamed MEXICO, I have never experienced such passion for a swimming event,(I only saw it on T.V. I can't imagine what it was like in person.)
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I've heard Linford did, but that is speculation, not proof, so not worth much. I'd take Daley's trap muscles. I'm pretty much willing to substitute anatomies with lots of folks who didn't swim 200 flys in their youth. Don't you have an Olympic breaststroke moment you love? What about when John Moffet, the world record holder at the time, torn a muscle in prelims, couldn't swim in the finals and still cheered on his teammate Steve Lundquist? You said you like underdogs...
He was banned in 99...he protests his innocence and has offered to take a lie detector test. My issue with picking one out for a test result it is that I believe they have probably all messed with gear they should not have at one time or another, or been given something by a coach that may not be illegal but possibly questionable or later made illegal. So maybe Linford did take stuff, but it can't be proven that he did or didn't in 1992. Do you believe Lance Armstrong took drugs or not? His gold was still for me a great moment...if the original question was about our personal memories.
If you want to talk about outright great olympic moments I'd go With Hilter walking out on Jesse Owens' debunking his "master race" theory in front of the world.
Breaststroke is easy. Wilkie.
I'm not a huge olympics person I watch it if I am not doing something else but I don't know who is who. I don't really know half of the swimmers everyone goes on about either, but that is just me. I'm more of a "do" not "watch" guy with my sports. I don't mean that I do tons but I watch less.
On a side note I know a guy who turned down going to Seoul as a last minute reserve. The BOC wanted to basically ship him out there give him a few hours rest then have him swim. Call me silly but I think I'd have gone and just busted my ass and see what happened...there's always a "Rudy" tale at every games...
I've heard Linford did, but that is speculation, not proof, so not worth much. I'd take Daley's trap muscles. I'm pretty much willing to substitute anatomies with lots of folks who didn't swim 200 flys in their youth. Don't you have an Olympic breaststroke moment you love? What about when John Moffet, the world record holder at the time, torn a muscle in prelims, couldn't swim in the finals and still cheered on his teammate Steve Lundquist? You said you like underdogs...
He was banned in 99...he protests his innocence and has offered to take a lie detector test. My issue with picking one out for a test result it is that I believe they have probably all messed with gear they should not have at one time or another, or been given something by a coach that may not be illegal but possibly questionable or later made illegal. So maybe Linford did take stuff, but it can't be proven that he did or didn't in 1992. Do you believe Lance Armstrong took drugs or not? His gold was still for me a great moment...if the original question was about our personal memories.
If you want to talk about outright great olympic moments I'd go With Hilter walking out on Jesse Owens' debunking his "master race" theory in front of the world.
Breaststroke is easy. Wilkie.
I'm not a huge olympics person I watch it if I am not doing something else but I don't know who is who. I don't really know half of the swimmers everyone goes on about either, but that is just me. I'm more of a "do" not "watch" guy with my sports. I don't mean that I do tons but I watch less.
On a side note I know a guy who turned down going to Seoul as a last minute reserve. The BOC wanted to basically ship him out there give him a few hours rest then have him swim. Call me silly but I think I'd have gone and just busted my ass and see what happened...there's always a "Rudy" tale at every games...