denzel
County: All
Posts: 134

151696 Surely the top 5 come from competitors at the recent Olympic games in which an amazing 70% of those competing were suffering from Asthma

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Ouch! .........lol

Lifford Gael (Donegal) - Posts: 1925 - 27/11/2008 19:55:13    151899

Watch out for those asthmatics!

TheMaster (Mayo) - Posts: 16187 - 27/11/2008 20:46:32    151938

teebear
County: Westmeath
Posts: 32

golf.. only one tiger woods

You've never heard of Jack Nicklaus then? Tiger probably is the greatest ever, but until he matches the Golden Bear's Major haul it will only be probably. Golf didn't start in 1997

black&white (Sligo) - Posts: 1628 - 28/11/2008 10:03:03    152172

maybe so but competion is alot stronger than in jacks time.. he will surpass the golden bear. put each of the players up against each other in there prime tiger was win easy.

teebear (Westmeath) - Posts: 48 - 28/11/2008 15:23:08    152497

The most talented always display sporting perfection which only these 5 have (Modern Day)

Tiger Woods (1997-Masters youngest ever winner and by finishing 12 strokes ahead of the runner-up, won by the largest margin of all time and won all four grand slams at just 24)
Ian Thorpe (Dominated true swimming events: 50m, 100m... and was always miles ahead in these unlike Phelps)
Joe Canning (Vs Cork this year he outshone 7 All-Star forwards on his real championship debut to give one of hurling's finest ever performances and has reinvented the art of sideline taking with 100metre cuts)
Usain Bolt (When only 15 ran faster than the Irish 200m and is the biggest phenomenen of 2008)
Dan Carter (His three games vs the Lions in '05 and tri-nations performance vs South Africa this year were as close to flawless as I have seen.)

Honorable mentions:

Zinedine Zidane-Soccer
Rodger Federer-Tennis
Colm Cooper-Football
Kenenesa Bekele-5000m,10000m
Glen McGrath-Cricket
Michael Phelps-Swimming
Lionel Messi-Soccer
Henry Shefflin-Hurling
Michael Jordan-Basketball

Neelo77 (Galway) - Posts: 1 - 07/12/2008 00:34:09    158720

usain bolt
lionel messi
lebron james
tiger woods
michael phelps
they all exceed in their sport, lots of great sportspeople but theses are the cream.

mayolight (Mayo) - Posts: 79 - 07/12/2008 13:56:14    158787

Surely Katie Taylor should get a mention, European champion and twice world champion in boxing and plays for Irelands senior womens soccer team. And had womens boxing been included in this years olympics, she could have an olympic gold medal to add to her tally.

jimbob (None) - Posts: 91 - 07/12/2008 14:19:04    158790