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Edwin Moses

Profile on Sky now. Now THAT is dominance - ten years without losing. TEN YEARS!!!

Used to love watching him run - the most elegant, perfect runner ever.

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  • Huddersfields unbeaten run knocks that into a cocked hat surely? ;)
  • Great runner one of the few you never doubt cheated either, ruled
  • Great athlete, yes, but his profile and influence with promoters allowed him to not only hand-pick his opposition, but also his lane.

    Plus while Moses was the epitome of cool, his great rival Harald Schmidt of West Germany had a stereotypical porn-star mustache so there was only going to be one winner there.
  • Harsh. Whilst he undoubtedly had a lot of sway with promoters, there's no denying he was an absolute one off. More than that - for me, his running style was the best I think I've ever seen.

    No argument about Schmidt's tache though. Truly the stuff of legend.
  • Wasn't he the only runner who could keep same stride pattern between hurdles for the own race ? You can't pick the opposition or lanes in Olympics worlds or national championships.
  • MrOneLung said:

    Wasn't he the only runner who could keep same stride pattern between hurdles for the own race ? You can't pick the opposition or lanes in Olympics worlds or national championships.

    Yes he was - 13 strides - until Kevin Young started using 12 strides for the first part of his races - he took Moses WR and still holds it 21 years later.

    No you can't pick the oppo at the champs, plus he also had to negotiate the ruthless US trials. However, having a winning streak of xxx races has a psychological advantage. I'm sure he would have won those champ races anyway, but perhaps 'the streak' might have been a little shorter.

    Without the streak he's still the greatest 400m hurdler of all time, and one of the greatest athletes of all time too.

  • Profile on Sky now. Now THAT is dominance - ten years without losing. TEN YEARS!!!

    Used to love watching him run - the most elegant, perfect runner ever.

    You are soooo David Brent sometimes.......
  • Schmidht's porn tache is one thing, but to make a receding hairline, gold chain and glasses look cool, Ed Moses must be a God to most of the men who read this site :)
  • Speak for yourself not others m8 ;-)
  • Riviera said:

    Profile on Sky now. Now THAT is dominance - ten years without losing. TEN YEARS!!!

    Used to love watching him run - the most elegant, perfect runner ever.

    You are soooo David Brent sometimes.......
    That's funny.
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  • edited August 2013

    Riviera said:

    Profile on Sky now. Now THAT is dominance - ten years without losing. TEN YEARS!!!

    Used to love watching him run - the most elegant, perfect runner ever.

    You are soooo David Brent sometimes.......
    That's funny.
    Sorry, wasn't supposed to be.
  • Much the same as yourself, then.
  • Much the same as yourself, then.

    Why the comma? Doesn't make sense, much the same as yourself then. Oh well, (as you'd say) each to their own.
  • ...Whooooosh
  • ...Whooooosh

    Errrr....yeah right, of course. How daft of me? Your amusing incorrect punctuation and grammar went straight over my head. Are you actually Oscar Wilde?
  • It makes perfect sense, if you put it in the context it was meant. Your grasp on grammar is as poor as your attempts at mockery, and as opaque as your multiple personality disorder. In short, you fail.
  • In short? That's rich coming from a 5' 8" man.
    You're talking rubbish and you know it.
    What do you mean by multiple personality disorder?
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