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  1. PGFWhite

    PGFWhite Well-Known Member

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    Correct. It depends on which criteria you use, so everyone will have a different opinion.
     
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  2. aswan_dam

    aswan_dam Well-Known Member

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    A question for anyone who might know:

    Team GB competes at the Olympics.

    The UK is the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

    Is team GB therefore just England, Wales & Scotland. And if so, which 'country' does anyone from Northern Ireland compete for?
     
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  3. Taffvalerowdy

    Taffvalerowdy Well-Known Member

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    People from Northern Ireland compete for GB - Mary Peters won Heptathlon Gold for GB
     
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  4. Jager

    Jager Well-Known Member

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    Yep that's right, it should be team UK to be correct
     
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  5. ValleyGraduate12

    ValleyGraduate12 Aberdude's Puppet Forum Moderator

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    For me, hands down, Phelps must go down as the greatest Olympian ever - 26 medals, with 22 of them being gold.

    Nobody else has a record that comes close.
     
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    neveroffsidereff Well-Known Member

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    Yep 100% Valley!!
     
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  7. Kifflom!

    Kifflom! Well-Known Member

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    It's actually "Great Britain and Northern Ireland" but it's been shortened.
     
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  8. Taffvalerowdy

    Taffvalerowdy Well-Known Member

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    Like the British (& Irish) Lions

    The England (& Wales) Cricket Board
     
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  9. ValleyGraduate12

    ValleyGraduate12 Aberdude's Puppet Forum Moderator

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    Anyone watching the women's 10,000m? What a performance this is!
     
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    seabreeze Well-Known Member

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    The times defined Jesse Owens achievements .
    Cassius Clay's achievements defined the times .
    Owens went stale after the Olympics , Clay ......not so much .
    Owens Olympic achievements were awesome , but used for propaganda which made his legendary status .
     
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    ValleyGraduate12 Aberdude's Puppet Forum Moderator

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    Why? He was just an amateur boxer at the time. Ali is being labelled by some as the greatest Olympian based on his career as a pro boxer.

    In terms of Olympians, he doesn't make the top 10 for me.
     
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  12. seabreeze

    seabreeze Well-Known Member

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    Go around the world and ask your average person who Jesse Owens is , or Mark Spitz , or Michael Phelps .
    Then ask who Muhammad Ali is .
    Over a lifetime , Cassius Clay is the most famous Olympian .
    This is only my opinion . To me , it's what Ali did with his Olympic status that puts him miles ahead of them all .
     
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    "Over a lifetime , Cassius Clay is the most famous Olympian ."

    No he's a famous person who happened to be an Olympian early in his career. Phelps & Owens embody the Olympian spirit and are famous because of them. Big difference.

    Ali's achievements were remarkable but the Olympics was only a small part of what he did.
     
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  14. ValleyGraduate12

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    Phelps, Bolt, Adlington, Redgrave, M. Johnson, Farah, K Holmes, Hoy, Pinsent - that's just 9 who are more worthy of the accolade as they are multiple Okympic champions.

    In fact, if you create a list, I'd argue that Ali would struggle to make a top 40.
     
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    ValleyGraduate12 Aberdude's Puppet Forum Moderator

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    Ali's achievements in the Olympics were no different to Audley Harrison ;)
     
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    And these are your opinions , no better than anyone else's and no worse .
     
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    Who said otherwise? People disagreeing makes for healthy debate, don't you think?
     
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    seabreeze Well-Known Member

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    You two did .
    I stated my opinion , you guys said it was basically wrong .
     
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    Ali was a great sportsman there's no doubt about it, but he earned his greatness when he turned pro imo, he was a legend. But in the Olympics I think those worthy are above. I would say that Daley Thompson should be at the top as well, winning the decathlon in two Olympics is remarkable, let's not forget they do 10 different events for this.
     
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  20. Kifflom!

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    No. 'Basically' I said I disagreed and why. It's a forum, see. Kind of goes with the territory.

    If you're going to get spiky every time that happens this is going to be a long, long season.
     
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