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T&FN Favourite Athletes THE RESULTS No1 Haile GebrselassieRe: T T&FN Forum Favourite Athletes: THE RESULTS 32nd-28th
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Dibaba was my #1, and I was thinking how popular she was compared to Defar... Anyway, I chose her for the same reason I chose Allyson. She is such a beautiful runner to watch. If you ask me whose running form I wish I had, my #1 pick would be her. I also wish I could run like Allyson, but I have never been a sprinter. And I will comment on Lagat when his ranking is posted.
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i will but not till we get to the end of the list
I'll have to go back to people's original lists and start from scratch Sorry 
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I'd love to see a return too, but I know it's unlikely. He's got a lovely family and is getting into coaching from what I understand; there are far worse outcomes than that. I spoke to him only once, in the waiting area for the 4x400m relay at the DIII Championships. It was my first time there and I was frankly very intimidated by the moment; he at that point was a regular at the top of the podium. I simply mumbled "good luck". I was sheepish about being starstruck, while he was surely equally sheepish about being seen as a star.
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Moses Bolt Johnson Gebrselassie Bannister.... Thats 5.... Only 4 remaining.... does not compute
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Wow!! Obviously you can count. If I add in David Rudisha to that list then .....Thats 6..and with only 4 remaining that doesn't compute either. What I find puzzling is I have not noticed anyone having listed those 5 names as being the remaining favourites to be listed. A few of us (Daisy, Marlow and me) have made it known that we are guessing the last 4 will be Moses Bolt Johnson Gebrselassie. Didn't see anyone mention Bannister as being in the final 4 which will be a huge surprise if he does miss out given the great importance the English speaking world placed on the 4 minute mile. Arguably the greatest iconic milestone in TnF history.
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I have 4 left (my #5,9,14 &19). 
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And a bit ironic given how many here think he should be lighting the Olympic flame despite the brits not jumping on that bandwagon Kuha had both Landy, Bannister and Santee in his list. But he, along with Conor, were DQ'ed on page three or four 
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This is very strange because Valerie Villi was one of my picks and I remember her being mentioned very early on. I'm pretty certain mump voted for her as well so she had at least 2 votes.
I'm sure I saw her placed at one point 
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There are people mentioned above who have already left some of them i remember entering others have just been left off i'm afraid.
I've found my list so i can confirm that 202ndChristine Ohourogu (1 vote 16 points) 144th Roger Bannister (2 votes 17 points) 75th Tirunesh Dibaba (3 votes 48 points) 47th Valerie Villi (5 votes 50 points) * 28th Bernard Legat (7 votes 81) ** *not actually 47th i'll count back when we get to the end ** not actually 28th etc etc I'll give you a while to discuss these before posting No4
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I added all of them to the list. To make additional adjustments will not be a problem. I had the Babyface assassin on my list, now it is concluded.
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sorry i wrote her in as Deratu !! If anyone else voted for people who really should have appeared by now please PM me and i'll see wheer they have disappeared to I added all of them to the list. To make additional adjustments will not be a problem. Last edited by mump boy on Wed Mar 21, 2012 5:00 am, edited 1 time in total.
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The following is taken from posting 1 which lists the results down to 21st place
So, as you can see Christine Ohourogu is not listed as 202nd Roger Bannister is not listed at 144th Tirunesh Dibaba is not listed as 75th - it is her cousin Deratutu Tulu Deratutu Tulu has been listed twice at 144th and again at 75th I can see how she can be mixed up with her cousin Tirunesh but really she doesn't look like Roger Bannister by any stretch of the imagination Valerie Vili (not Villi) is not listed at 47th. Actually it is now Valerie Adams and she insists on being referred to as Valerie Adams. It could be dangerous to ones health to refer to her as Vili (or Villi) Bernard Lagat (not Legat) is not listed at 28th. And he doesn't look like Irena Szewinska. So, what is going on here??? I have gone back through the lists, used the "search" function. Checked mump's oposting of 20 January. Given the comments from some others besides mump who are confirming Bannister, Dibaba, Adams (Vili) and Lagat; do we have a second secret list operating somewhere? Love to hear the explanations. And more importantly after 4 months I would love to know who the favourite 4 are - especially as so many great athletes have missed out, been doubled dipped, or put on a different list.
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Lagat was one of my picks. He is one of the athletes who really "grew on" me over the years. I appreciate his longevity in the sport, but I appreciate his passionate but relaxed attitude even more. Quite honestly, I was rooting for El Guerrouj in 2004, because I thought he deserved an Olympic gold medal as the best 1500m runner of his generation. But now one of my two biggest wishes for the London Olympics is Lagat winning the gold in 5000m. (The other is Allyson winning the gold in an individual event.)
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This is from the spread sheet I have right now. Hopefully up to date with duplicates removed.
392nd (1 Vote 1 Point) Adhemar Ferreira da Silva Anthony Famiglianni Asha Hanson Charles Kilpatrick Craig Mottram Dallas Long Dick Fosbury Fermin Cacho George Woods Ingrid Kristiansen Joe Green John Pennel Kemal Thompson Larry Myricks Lj Van Zyl Luis Delis Meserat Defar Monica Cabbler Norwood Ewell Ray Ewery Reiko Tosa Ricky Branch Sammy Wanjiru Shingeru So Steve Barnes Trine Hattestad 378th (1 vote, 2 points) Barbel Wochel Bob Deines Brittany Reece Chi Cheng Dennis Carr Javier Sotomayer Jessica Augusto Kayoko Fukushi Marion Kolosa Mark Richardson Paul Wilson Tatyana Kotova Thomas Wessinghage Tom Pukstys 364th (1 Vote, 3 points) Armin Harry Christian Taylor Francis Obikwelu Leamon King Lopez Lomong Marcuss O'Sullivan Mark Plaatjes Mike Carter Perdita Felicien Quincy Watts Sergie Litvinov Skip Sheaffer Ted Corbey Walter Dix 346th (1 Vote, 4 Points) Agnes Samaria Al Cantello Alberto Salazar Anke Behmer Bridget Foster Browning Ross Chris Solinsky Dionne Hemmings Emma George Kim Batten Lauren Williams Murry Halberg Natalya Antyuk Paul Ereng Rob Milburn Sally Gunnell Sydney Maree Tom Courtney 331st (1 Vote, 5 Points) Bob Kennedy Jerome Drayton Jiri Shobla Jutt Heine Kip Javonin Lorraine Fenton Mike Boit Milt Cambell Mondo Duplanis Peter Blank Phil Brown Rutger Smith Sohn Kee-chung Willie Davenport Yerelis Barrios 311th (1 Vote, 6 Points) Andrey Perlov Anisora Stanciu Arthur Wint Eddie Southern Hayden Jones Jan Johnson John Carlos John Landy Jordan Hassay Lazaro Borgia Llewlyn Herbert Lynn Davies Nikki Xanthou Phillips Idowu Rosie Ackerman Ruis Silver Sean Crawford Sunder Nix Vladislav Kozakiewicz Yuriy Sedyk 294th (1 Vote, 7 Points) Alain Mimoun Carlo Thranhart Donovan Bailey Dwight Phillips Heidi Rosenthal Herb McKinley Illona Slupienek Jessie Stewart John Smith Justin Gatlin Kevin Little Lydia Simon Olga Kaniskina Percy Williams Renauld Levellanie Robert Harting Werner Gunthur 271st (1 Vote 8 Points) Adulf Plummer Anne Packer Asafa Powell Betty Cuthbert Bob Beamon Bob Schull Chante Howard Dave Wottle Dwain Chambers Eva Glescova George Rhoden Inga Babakova Ionel Tirlea Iva Prandzeva Jen Barringer Jenn Suhr Jeurgen Shult Kris Akabusi Lawrence Myers Natasha Kaiser Brown Quentin Cassidy Rick Wolhouter Tony Jarret 258th (1 Vote 9 Points) Alan Pascoe Andrew Wheating Astrid Kumbernuss Harold Connelly Inger Miller Irving Saladino Jen Rhimes Katrin Krabbe Kylie Hutson Mike Connelly Patrick Sjoberg Paul Drayton Robert Korzeniowski 250th (1 Vote 10 points) Carrie Tollefson Don Bragg Jo Dial Johnny Kuch Mike Marsh Miruts Yifter Olga Fitova Connoly Romain Barras 235th (1 Vote 11 points) Alvin Kraenzlein Chris Brasher Daniel Komen Dayron Robles Doug Olmstead Ellen Van Langen Gordon Pirie Hasna Benhassi Janis Lusis Jeurgen Hingsen Kate Schmidt Randy Matson Shiela Hudson Steve Hooker Yargelis Savigne 222nd (1 vote 12 points) Butch Reynolds Chandra Stirrup Drew Fucci Dylan Armstrong Fabianna Murer Fernando Ribiero Francoise Mbango Henry Carr Joe Faust Lolo Jones Otis Davis Suzie Favor Hamilton Walter George 217th (1 vote 13 points) Harry Jerome Jim Brewer Russel Adams Saif Saaed Shaheen Tina Lilaak 208th - (1 vote 14 points) Briana Glen Dawn Harper Ernie Shelton Gerry Moro Helena Fibingerova Jeff Williams Joseph Plachy Lee Evans Maxim Dyaldin 201st (1 vote 15 points) Auden Boysen Bruce Jenner Eliud Kipchoge Fumni Jimoh Jonni Myrra Vladamir Kuts Wim Slijkhuis 189th (1 vote 16 points) Christine Ohourogu Dana Zatopekova Falilat Ogunkoya Mehdi Baala Moses Kiptanui Nick Rose Ollie Matson Sanya Richards Thierrry Vigneron Vladimir Yashchenko Wang Junxia Wolfgand Schmidt 184th (1 Vote 17 points) Kelly Sotherton Leatitia Vriesde Pat Matzdorf Richard Attlesey Roger Kingdom 177th (1 vote 18 points) Alexandra Chudina Igor Potapovich John Godina Kim Smith Lillian Board Olga Kotylarova Pekka Paivarinta Steve Williams Tina Paulino 168th (1 vote 19 points) Anatoly Bonderchuk Carla Sacramento Christina Obergföll Dieter Baumann Grit Breur Mal Whitfield Radion Gataullin 163rd (1vote 20 points) Brian Diemer Gabo Szabo Jim Bolding Shirley Strickland Yordanka Donkova 162nd (2 votes 4 points) Livio Berruti 161st (2 votes 6 points) Sonia O'Sulivan 160th (2 votes 8 points) Heike Henkel 158th (2 votes 9 points) Sandra Farmer Patrick Tatyana Samelenko 157th (2 votes 10 points) Ulis Williams 154th ( 2 votes 11 points) Christophe Lamaitre Connie Price Smith Shelly Anne Fraser Price 153rd (2 votes 12 points) Jearl Miles 151st (2 votes 13 points) Dwight Stone Kim Collins 148th (2 votes 14 points) Babe Didrikson Bob Richards Colin Jackson 146th (2 votes 16 points) Caster Semenya Uwe Holm 143rd (2 votes 17 points) Christine Arron Deratu Tulu Roger Bannister 142nd (2 votes 18 points) Jean Galfione 135th (2 votes 19 points) Al Feuerbach Billy Mills Eamon Coghlan Erki Nool Felix Sanchez Kenenisa Bekele Steve Cram 132nd (2 votes 20 points) Ashton Eaton Ato Boldon Marty Liquori 127th (2 votes 21 points) Harrison Dillard Jarmilla Kratochvilova Lance Deal Larry James Lee Calhoun 126th (2 votes 22 points) Stephan Diagana 123rd (2 Votes 23 points) Charlie Green Joaquim Cruz John Walker 121st (2 votes 24 points) Mary Rand Staņislavs Olijars 119th (2 votes 25 points) Adam Nelson Brian Clay 116th (2 Votes 27 points) Bert Cameron PT Usha Viktor Saneyev 113th (2 votes 28 points) Jim Beatty Seppo Ratty Veronica Campbell Brown 112th (2 votes 29 points) Steve Scott 111th (2 votes 30 points) Svetlana Masterkova 110th (2 votes 31 points) Dave Sime 109th (2 votes 32 points) Igor Ter Ovanesyn 108th (2 votes 40 points) Sonia Lannerman 107th (3 votes 5 points) Sally Pearson 106th (3 votes 10 points) Linford Christie 105th (3 votes 12 points) Koji Murofushi 104th (3 votes 14 points) Jacko Gill 103rd (3 votes 16 points) Bob Mathias 102nd (3 votes 18 points) Willie Banks 101st (3 votes 20 points) Bill Rodgers 100th (3 votes 21 points) Yelena Isinbyeva 98th - (3 votes 25 points) Calvin Smith Susannah Kallur 96th (3 votes 26 points) Bob Seagran Hicham El Guerrouj 94th (3 votes 28 points) Gerry Lindgren Mac Wikinson 93rd (3 votes 29 points) Romain Mesnil 91st (3 votes 30 points) Ivan Pedroso Tyson Gay 90th (3 votes 31 points) Doina Melinte 87th (3 votes 33 points) Blanka Vlasic Mike Powell Tessa Sanderson 86th (3 votes 35 points) Jeremy Wariner 84th (3 votes 36 points) Paul Tergat Stefan Holm 82nd (3 points 37 points) Fiona May Tatyana Lebedeva 81st (3 votes 38 points) Denise Lewis 80th (3 votes 40 points) Kathy Cook 79th (3 votes 42 points) Parry O'Brien 77th (3 votes 44 points) Andreas Thorkildsen Gwen Torrence 76th (3 votes 47 points) Frankie Fredericks 75th (3 votes 48 points) Tirunesh Dibaba 74th ( 3 votes 55 points) Glenn Davis 73rd (4 votes 16 points) Wilma Rudolph 72nd (4 votes 33 points) Jan Zelezney 71st (4 votes 38 points) Ralph Boston 69th (4 votes 39 points) Marie Jose Perec Stacy Dragila 68th ( 4 votes 40 points) Irina Privalova 67th (4 votes 43 points) Said Aouita 66th ( 4 votes 44 points) Allyson Felix 64th (4 votes 46 points) Charles Austin Dean Macey 62nd (4 votes 47 points) Jim Thorpe Mary Peters 61st (4 votes 50 points) Virgilijus Alekna 60th (4 votes 51 points) Don Quarrie 59th (4 votes 54 points) Joan Benoit 58th (4 votes 56 points) Fanny Blankers Koen 57th (4 votes 58 points) Bob Hayes 56th (4 votes 60 points) Marlies Gohr 55th (4 votes 67 points) Bobby Morrow 54th (5 votes 32 points) Greta Waitz 53rd (5 votes 38 points) Mo Farah 52nd (5 votes 39 points) Lasse Viren 51st (5 votes 41 points) Alberto Juanterena 50th ( 5 votes 46 points) Henry Rono 49th (5 votes 47 points) Lui Xiang 48th (5 votes 50 points) Valerie Adams 47th (5 votes 58 points) Brian Olfield 46th (5 votes 62 poiints) Ron Clark 45th (5 votes 85 points) Tommie Smith 44th (5 votes 88 points) Marita Koch 43rd (6 votes 45 points) Mary Slaney 42nd (6 votes 54 points) Allen Johnson 41st (6 votes 56 points) Jonathon Edwards 39th (6 votes 62 points) Dan O'Brien Sergie Bubka 38th (6 votes 63 points) Roman Sebrle 37th (6 votes 70 points) Carolina Kluft 36th (6 votes 72 points) Renaldo Nehemiah 35th (6 votes 74 points) Kip Keino 34th ( 6 votes 87 points) Abebe Bikila 33rd (7 votes 66 points) Wilson Kipketer 32nd (7 votes 67 points) Gail Devers 31st (7 votes 72 points) Herb Elliot 30th (7 votes 78 points) Florence Griffiths Joyner 29th (7 votes 79 points) Irena Szewinska 28th (7 votes 81) Bernard Lagat 26th (7 votes 82 points) Kelly Holmes Paavo Nurmi 25th (7 votes 98 points) Jesse Owens 23rd (7 votes 108 points) Frank Shorter Steve Prefontaine 22nd (7 votes 110 points) Valeriy Brummel 21st (8 votes 71 points) Jessica Ennis 20th (8 votes 107 points) Ana Quirot 19th (9 votes 82 points) Heike Drechsler 18th (9votes 91 points) Peter Snell 17th (9 votes 106 points) Jim Ryun 16th (9 votes 108 points) Seb Coe 15th (9 votes 117 votes) Steve Ovett 14th (10 votes 112 points) Al Oerter 13th (10 votes 120 points) Maria Mutola 12th (11 votes 129 points) Daley Thompson 11th (11 votes 134 points) Emil Zátopek 10th (11 votes 138 points) Paula Radcliffe 9th (11 votes 146 points) Merlene Ottey 8th (11 votes 148 points) Cathy Freeman 7th (13 votes, 149 poiints) Evelyn Ashford 6th (13 votes 186 points) Carl Lewis 5th (13 votes 189 points) Jackie Joyner Kersee Last edited by Daisy on Wed Mar 21, 2012 2:09 pm, edited 4 times in total.
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If the list that Daisy just posted is now the correct list then that is great. However, I am somewhat puzzled as I thought this was mump's project. As such I have based my postings on what has been posted as the "official" results from mump. With regards to the duplicates you have listed arethe following possibilities? Jim Beatty 3 - 58 Steve Cram 3 - 39 Larry James 3 - 38 Bob Mathias 5 - 30 If your listings are the correct ones then can I suggest that mump replace the first posting on this thread with these results so that we are all working off the same blackboard.
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As mump gave us the results pego and I were independently compiling our own versions. The list above is based on mumps postings in this thread including his updates to correct mistakes.
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Definitely possible. But I suspect that mump miscounted and then announced them a second time with the correct higher score. So I think that 2/28, 2/19, 2/21 and 3/16 are more likely.
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Thanks for that Daisy. That explains a few things - so I guess you are all poms. Just like my Mum, I might add. So, tell mump to hurry up and put us out of our misery. My guess for #4 - Edwin Moses.
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I am, what gave it away? I live in Wisconsin. Pego is definitely not pom.
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Oops - for some reason I thought that during the past 4 months on this favourite marathon I had read that mump was a pom. So you are a snow bound Badger.
The only Wisconsin Badger for TnF I can think of is Pat Matzdorf.
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Bolt and Geb both def fit the bill of faves for either performances or performers, in terms of likablity/chrarisma, etc. I'm not so sure about Moses and Johnson. Brilliant performers both, but I don't recall reading any paens to their human sides from a personal standpoint, although both of their careers are well-chronicled by now. No gushing paragraphs of praise like the recent A. Rock post, which I think resonates with almost all of us to some degree.
But I could be wrong....and probably am.
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Agreed.
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Normally, yes. But this year we have the magnolia already.
You probably know of Suzy Favor Hamilton. And more recently Matt Tegenkamp and Chris Solinsky.
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It's got to have been difficult to track this throughout and if you're disorganised, like me, it could end up being a nightmare! But mump's doing a good job thus far and there's bound to be some errors.
I don't think JJK was on my list, but she should have been (like many others when you sit down and re-think properly) She had a great career and her achievements speak for themselves. On a predominantly US forum you'd expect her, Ashford, Devers, Lewis and Johnson to be right up there and they've all been ranked high. But what stands her out against the others? She definitely appeared to have a likeable personality and had a great, warm smile. But it was her competitive spirit and technical ability that stands her out. Her greatest achievement, for me, was Atlanta 96 when she secured the bronze medal with her last jump when injured. This personified grit and determination. Her life long adversary/friend Drechsler pin pointed this as THE performance of the Games (alongside MJ) because of the circumstances (DNF the heptathlon and being injured and below par in the LJ) And I guess that really is what sets her apart from most. Like many she suffered a loss of form as we entered the 1990's and come Stuttgart she was 413 points down on her best, and that was her last great year in the heptathlon. But she'd set such a ridiculously surreal, high standard she could never keep it up and was approaching 30. Again though, in 93 she showed her grit, Sabine Braun was in fighting form and leading into the 800, leaving JJK in a position she'd hadn't been in for many years; 2nd place going into the 800m. The difference was that JJK believed she could win, whereas Braun probably never did. Again, it's that confidence in her ability that stands out. She had trouble with some events as she got older, in particular the HJ and JT and unusually her SP marks went down as she approached 30 whereas most gain strength ; her best of 16.00m was aged 26 in 1988, but she struggled to get over 14m in Barcelona and Stuttgart. But she still had two great LJ seasons in her in 1994 and then 1996. That 94 season was oen of the best ever, behind HD's 86 and 92 seasons. As is clear, I was always a Heike fan, and it annoyed me in 88 and 91 when JJK did just the US trials LJ/hept and didnt compete in a LJ again, then would come out in great form having not competed. 1991 was especially bizarre as there was no inkling she would be in 7.3+ form in Tokyo at all. But perhaps that's part of her skill, being able to produce something special from just training and no competition. Her core years between 1986 and 1988 were quite surreal when you look back, those marks being set a quarter of a century ago now. Like 10.49, 21.34 & 47.60, I don't think we'll ever see 7,291 broken and it will take the introduction of the decathlon to remove the mark, it's just so amazing and out of this world.
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In my northern Badger garden, snowdrops, early crocus and a few Scilla sibiricas are blooming, the earliest in my memory, the hyacinths and tulips coming out, daffodils not quite yet. What is a pom? Should I feel honored or scream bloody murder  ?P.S. Once mump completes the list, I will re-post the alpabetized thing again, complete with corrections.
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I know they weren't listed at those positions, that's why i've just posted them !! What happened is i messed up
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Thanks for this Daisy, when we do this again next winter i will be coming to you for your spread sheet skills  I can confirm the correct places for those above are Jim Beatty (2 votes 28 points) Stve Cram (2 votes 19 points) Larry James (2 votes 21 points) Bob Mathias (3 votes 16 points) As they are all the higher figure the only explanation i have is that i accepted a late entry after already posting or something
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First, mump I applaud your work here. Not trying to correct you just trying to help compile the final list. This thread has been a great way to learn more about the athletes. Such as gabriella's post on JJK above.
Normally heard in the context of 'that pommie bastard' when the NZ's and Aussies describe the English  The American slang equivalent is 'limey'. POME refers to prisoners of mother england, in other words, all those trade unionists that were causing trouble and shipped to the other side of the world. Specifically, those fresh off the boat.
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I wish someone would all help is appreciatedBill Rodgers also needs to be added (sorry TN1965) Bill Rodgers (3 votes 20 points)
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A couple of days ago I wrote:
The "one" was Rodgers, whom Mump has now informed us got two votes in addition to mine. That makes a lot more sense than seeing him in the top 4! I had Billy 15th. I turned 20 in 1976. For many distance runners in my generation, Shorter was an icon; Rodgers was an example. He showed us what someone with relatively modest college accomplishments could become a bit later in life - and he did this while running with joy and freedom. Injured in Montreal, boycotted out of Moscow, and past his prime by the time the World Championships began, he never had a shot at an Olympic or World Championships medal. But T&FN ranked him world number 1 in the marathon in 75, 77, and 79 - and those rankings were well-deserved. Thanks, Billy. It was a joy to watch you run.
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Sorry for not posting him earlier. What you have just wrote is very interesting to me as before this thread i had never heard of him before Which was the whole point
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If you figure out their respective overall placement (Rodgers, too), I could correct the list.
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I think the one above is current for placement, including Rodgers.
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No, that does not describe me that well .Yes mump, I do appreciate your work too and if there is anything we can help with, say so.
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