Ashton Eaton or Kevin Mayer, but Jim Thorpe was incomparable in 1912

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Jul 3, 2024
3:32:38pm

Archaea Intervention Needed

Ashton Eaton or Kevin Mayer, but Jim Thorpe was incomparable in 1912

but there is a German who is a threat to win it in Paris.

Jim Thorpe should be considered given his dominance back in the day.

Read about Thorpe here.

He won the decathlon and the pentathlon, and some regular track events.
https://olympics.com/en/athletes/jim-thorpe

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A gymnast won't ever qualify in my book as greatest athlete and here's why

Archaea

Jul 3, 3:15pm

Heiden went on to cycling as well.

O Gaucho

Jul 3, 3:16pm

Yeah, but what about Kim Jong-Il's as an athlete? He shot a 38 under including 11 holes in one.

TN_Coug

Jul 3, 3:17pm

He has killed several birds with one just one bomb

Archaea

Jul 3, 3:18pm

But what if the athlete is named, Ditka?

EEcougar

Jul 3, 3:19pm

Who is the greatest Decathlete of all-time? That might be my vote for the

jreid191

Jul 3, 3:23pm

Here:

O Gaucho

Jul 3, 3:25pm

Was going to make a comment about that, but don't want to get the category

jreid191

Jul 3, 3:29pm

Side note, I won a Big Mac when Bruce Jenner won the event. McD had some kind

O Gaucho

Jul 3, 3:34pm

those promotions were awesome

Jul 3, 3:37pm

Yes, and you wanted the US men's swimming in 76. The US men swept a lot of event

Archaea

Jul 3, 3:44pm

Ashton Eaton or Kevin Mayer, but Jim Thorpe was incomparable in 1912

Archaea

Jul 3, 3:32pm

I couldn't disagree more.

gangbusters

Jul 3, 3:35pm

Can an average gymnast put the shot or throw a discuss, hit a major league base-

Archaea

Jul 3, 3:40pm

Now flip your argument over

Jul 3, 3:45pm

You're missing the point as are many others. If the purpose is to compare

Archaea

Jul 3, 3:56pm

My goodness this is absurd.

gangbusters

Jul 3, 3:47pm

"comical" because you don't agree with it?

Archaea

Jul 3, 3:53pm

RE: "comical" because you don't agree with it?

gangbusters

Jul 3, 3:55pm

Comical b/c your definition of athlete is myopic and ridiculously narrow,

gangbusters

Jul 3, 3:57pm

Authors do it all the time, so I'm applying a definition and metric that makes

Archaea

Jul 3, 4:00pm

Honestly, I think gymnasts are the group that is most likely to be able to...

cougarBee

Jul 3, 4:09pm

How many 200lb gymnasts do you know? A former gymnast picking up football?!

Archaea

Jul 3, 4:13pm

Gymnasts have all of the qualities of athleticism: strength, fitness, agility.

JodyGenessy

Jul 3, 4:39pm

This take is nuts and wildly misinformed. Gymnasts are the best athletes on the planet.

Haysom Till

Jul 3, 3:37pm

Define "best" and "athlete"?

Archaea

Jul 3, 3:43pm

Here's my definition, and this may shock you,

gangbusters

Jul 3, 3:55pm

I don't even know how you would apply your definition and if

Archaea

Jul 3, 3:58pm

Try reading my post again, or have it read to you if that helps.

gangbusters

Jul 3, 4:01pm

So you just came up with one to fit gymnasts. Where would you put pole vaulters?

Archaea

Jul 3, 4:03pm

No I didn't come up with one "to fit gymnasts." Pole vaulting IMO does not come

gangbusters

Jul 3, 4:06pm

I don't know what your definition of technically difficult is.

Archaea

Jul 3, 4:12pm

You purport to be smart and an attorney. If you're being genuine, you should

gangbusters

Jul 3, 4:17pm

You haven't ridden in a velodrome, because you don't understand the technical

Archaea

Jul 3, 4:28pm

or cyclists, road or track?

Archaea

Jul 3, 4:04pm

I think I've read that book:

foofcoug

Jul 3, 3:44pm

So, Mariano Rivera, best closer ever, is not a great athlete? Um, ok.

Jelly Man

Jul 3, 3:47pm

Well duh, if he can't do a 100m hurdles than of course not.

gangbusters

Jul 3, 3:50pm

False metric. A great athlete isn't the greatest across all other sports.

Archaea

Jul 3, 3:55pm

So, according to your definition, Danny Ainge is the best athlete ever at BYU.

Jelly Man

Jul 3, 3:59pm

Danny Ainge is probably BYU's greatest athlete ever.

Archaea

Jul 3, 4:01pm

I think your definition of an athlete is one of semantics that most would not

Jelly Man

Jul 3, 4:04pm

What a horrible take

YLifer

Jul 3, 4:40pm

Great athletes are frequently very good when they try other sports. Danny Plater

Archaea

Jul 3, 4:43pm

The same argument

YLifer

Jul 3, 4:51pm

RE: A gymnast won't ever qualify in my book as greatest athlete and here's why

Baron

Jul 3, 5:02pm

RE: A gymnast won't ever qualify in my book as greatest athlete and here's why

russkiejedi

Jul 3, 5:05pm

How are you still thinking about this?

benny1982

Jul 3, 5:15pm

Easily distracted.

Archaea

Jul 3, 5:55pm

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