Best race you've ever seen?

Honestly, it's pretty hard to top this one. youtube.com/watch

As amazing a swimmer as Janet Evans is, I cringed every time she breathed. Talk about a lope in her stroke... :D

Almost any swim by Ian Thorpe. He has such a magnificently clean and efficient style, that I'd rather watch him lose a race than an ugly (style-wise) swimmer break a World record. www.swimshare.com/play.php Like that one :)

Billy Mills 10k Mexico City Actually, Mills was 1964 in Tokyo. I met Mills about 24 years ago at the world premiere of his autobiographical movie "Running Brave." My God, what a nice, decent, humble and wonderful person. Sometimes the good guys first first. -LBJ

Athens Olympics. Men's 200m Free final I thought of that one too. I can't remember ever seeing another race that had four titans duking it out like that.

I imagine the intent was to limit this to swimming, but I don't know that I have a clear favorite. So I'll go with this one instead. I don't care how tarnished the sport has become, I still get goosebumps. The man just refused to lose.

Athens Olympics. Men's 200m Free final Almost any swim by Ian Thorpe. He has such a magnificently clean and efficient style, that I'd rather watch him lose a race than an ugly (style-wise) swimmer break a World record.

www.swimshare.com/play.php Like that one :) Thanks for the link. The guy's not even a sprinter and he finishes 3rd.........

Misty Hyman's 200 Fly gold-medal swim in the 2000 Olympics. :cheerleader:

Athens Olympics when Klete Keller held off Thorpe to win 800 Free Relay.