The Overrated List

[Zombie]

Originally posted by nut
The only reason Kathy freeman won gold cause the world champ at the time was sent packing by the australian media. I cant remember her name, I think she was from spain? well she had a spanish name me thinks?

It was Perec and she is French, but that's not the reason she gets so much publicity. It is in part to do with her Aboriginality and in part to do with the fact she is a sprinter which is a glamorous event of which we don't have many top line participants in. But it is mainly to do with her being Aboriginal.

She is overrated, she is a great athlete, anyone that wins an Olympic gold medal is but she is far from being a champion. She doesn't hold a candle to the likes of Dawn Fraser, Betty Cuthbert, Ian Thorpe, etc.

 

[BluesBabe666]

Back to the topic:

TV SHOW : Dawsons Creek

FOOTBALLER: Shane Crawford

BAND: Any Pop Stars ensemble

SPORTSPERSON: Ian Thorpe

WOMEN: No woman can ever be overrated.

 

[Rohan_]

International Athletics is the toughest and most competitive sport at the Olympics. A bit of perspective with some of the sportsman you raise Zombie.

 

[PrideofSA]

Yeh it is, back in my athletics day, if u didn't throw up after a race, u were doing well.

 

[Zombie]

Originally posted by Rohan_
International Athletics is the toughest and most competitive sport at the Olympics.

Says who? You know Rohan you can't just make things up and expect others to agree with you, Cycling is a far tougher and more competitive sport than athletics is as is Gymnastics, Triathalon and plenty of other sports i'm sure.

 

[PrideofSA]

The amount of training that i had to do for Athletics was huge. Imagine what they would have to do at an elite level.

ALthough I've trained with triathletes, and generally they aren't as tough. (fitness wise) but sprinters are pretty soft too.

 

[Zombie]

How do you judge fitness though? Most middle distance to long distance runners have poor upper body fitness yet are aerobically very fit.

I would say long distance runners were very one dimensional when it came to fitness.

 

[saiak]

Originally posted by Ronaldo

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Does this mean "without soccer, there is no life"? Testing out my primary school Italian!

 

[Sydneyfan]

Originally posted by Zombie


Says who? You know Rohan you can't just make things up and expect others to agree with you, Cycling is a far tougher and more competitive sport than athletics is as is Gymnastics, Triathalon and plenty of other sports i'm sure.

I disagree, over 95% of the world's population have two working legs capable of running, that's why athletics is so competitive ... not all that many Africans have a velodrome or gymnasium in their village.

 

[Zombie]

Originally posted by Sydneyfan


I disagree, over 95% of the world's population have two working legs capable of running, that's why athletics is so competitive ... not all that many Africans have a velodrome or gymnasium in their village.

Who said anything about a velodrome? That's not real cycling.

 

[hilly]

Originally posted by BluesBabe666


SPORTSPERSON: Ian Thorpe

How can a man with about 72 gold medals be considered overrated?

 

[BluesBabe666]

tongue in cheek, good pick up hilly.... cathy freeman, overrated.....

 

[Rohan_]

On an International stage it's harder for an Australian to win a medal in Athletics at the Olympics then any other sport.

 

[Sydneyfan]

Originally posted by Zombie


Who said anything about a velodrome? That's not real cycling.

OK, bicycles ... wouldn't be all that many of them lying around in most African villages

Athletics have a pool of 5.5 billion+ worldwide to draw on, cycling be 3 billion at a stretch, more like 2 billion, hence why athletics is the most competitive event at the Olympics and most competitive sport, soccer be next on the list

 

[Zombie]

Originally posted by Sydneyfan


OK, bicycles ... wouldn't be all that many of them lying around in most African villages

Athletics have a pool of 5.5 billion+ worldwide to draw on, cycling be 3 billion at a stretch, more like 2 billion, hence why athletics is the most competitive event at the Olympics and most competitive sport, soccer be next on the list

More people have fingers than have legs, that doesn't make tiddlywinks more competitive than athletics though.

 

[Lockyer24]

Besides the TV Shows, youre on the money again Ronaldo!

 

[Sydneyfan]

Originally posted by Zombie


More people have fingers than have legs, that doesn't make tiddlywinks more competitive than athletics though.

Yeah ... you're right

 

[Zombie]

Originally posted by Sydneyfan


Yeah ... you're right

Yes I am, saying that everyone has two legs so that means that athletics is the most competitive sport in the world is just as idiotic as saying everyone has hands so tiddlywinks or marbles are the most competitive sports in the world.

Is is exactly the same as saying that everyone who owns a car is a competitor to Michael Schumacher.

 

[Falchoon]

Originally posted by Zombie


It was Perec and she is French, but that's not the reason she gets so much publicity. It is in part to do with her Aboriginality and in part to do with the fact she is a sprinter which is a glamorous event of which we don't have many top line participants in. But it is mainly to do with her being Aboriginal.

She is overrated, she is a great athlete, anyone that wins an Olympic gold medal is but she is far from being a champion. She doesn't hold a candle to the likes of Dawn Fraser, Betty Cuthbert, Ian Thorpe, etc.

I don't go with the Aboriginality thing. I think it is because Athletics is a glamour sport and she is the only one we have who represents us with any solid success.

Imagine Matt Shirvington won the 100m. Cathy Freeman wouldn't make the second back page.

 

[Sydneyfan]

You keep to your opinion, I'll keep to mine ...

What I'm implying is everyone exposed to a sport can become a potential competitor, many more exposed to athletes ie. many more potential competitors. Australian Football is competitive in Australia yet is largely unknown throughout the world whereas majority of the globe has run or been exposed to athletics.

Most people on Earth have run at one stage, many have kicked a soccer ball, not as many have rode a bike and fewer still have competed in a triathlon.

More athletic people round the world have been exposed to athletics than triathlons. How many Kenyan or Tanzanian triathletes do you know of? Whereas Kenya and Tanzania have a plethora of champion middle and long distance runners. I haven't seen many Moroccan gymnasts but have seen plenty of Moroccan middle and long distance runners.

 

[Lockyer24]

Imagine Matt Shirvington won the 100m. Cathy Freeman wouldn't make the second back page

Shirvo winning the 100m sprint is different to Shirvo winning the 400m race though...400m is a bit of a nothing race compared to the 100

 

[WoeyFanclub]

peter sumich was sooooo overated and so was modra

 

[fitzy's_eyes]

Originally posted by WoeyFanclub
peter sumich was sooooo overated and so was modra

Sorry disagree....Modra was never overrated in any shape or form in my books

 

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[wagstaff]

Originally posted by Ronaldo
TV SHOW : Friends, Everybody Loves Raymond

Agree but then again, they look good compared to how much crud there is on tv

FOOTBALLER: Chris Grant
Agree

BAND: Red Hot Chilli Peppers
Don't know their music well enough

SPORTSPERSON: Cathy Freeman
Not necessairly overrated (she did win two World Championships) but the most overhyped sportsperson in Australia (thanks to the media) and that's saying something

WOMEN: Kylie Monogue
Yes, again more because of the incessant media adoration from the Herald Sun then anything else. A lot of her recent songs sound as if they were sung by a computer.

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