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Greatest British Sports Stars



Hugo Rune

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Feb 23, 2012
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Watching the breath taking performance of Mo last night got me thinking. Are we living through a period of having a lot Britian's all time greatest sports stars doing the business?

If so who are they?

I'll start with three.

1. Mo Farah - Britian's greatest ever long distance track athlete

2. Andy Murray- Britian's greatest ever tennis player

3. Lewis Hamilton - Britian's greatest ever motor racing driver.
 


Stat Brother

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Jul 11, 2003
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This comes up every few years depending on what sports on the telly, with one obvious exception.
 










Berty23

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Jun 26, 2012
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Watching the breath taking performance of Mo last night got me thinking. Are we living through a period of having a lot Britian's all time greatest sports stars doing the business?

If so who are they?

I'll start with three.

1. Mo Farah - Britian's greatest ever long distance track athlete

2. Andy Murray- Britian's greatest ever tennis player

3. Lewis Hamilton - Britian's greatest ever motor racing driver.

Mo and Murray? Yes.

Hamilton? No. too much about the car I.e. Not a level playing field.

Redgrave and Daley T from the relatively recent past.

Adam peaty has taken his sport to a new level.
 


























WATFORD zero

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Jul 10, 2003
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Daley Thompson
Geoff Capes
Ian Botham

I may be doing him a dis-service (and I probably picked the worst bloke to do it to), but I thought Geoff Capes was more your 'Good British Trier' rather than multi medal winning greatest ?
 


Hugo Rune

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Feb 23, 2012
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Hamilton? No. too much about the car I.e. Not a level playing field.

Adam peaty has taken his sport to a new level.

If not Hamilton - then who? Great drivers tend to have the best cars (see Schumacher Championship years in the Ferrari).

Peaty is a good shout.
 








Taybha

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