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Agreed! Didn't know it was in Japan though.

Not worse than your grammar I hope.

Random comment but I'll take it, cheers.

Thank you so much for your comment! Glad you enjoyed it!

Thank you so much! I happen to read this comment after finishing a race so your comment hits twice!

Ride on!

Agreed. All she wanted was becoming a great athlete but this wasn't enough for a lot of people..

Thank you for pointing out this was a mistake on my part. Well, F1 is one of my favorite sport but it as had some very dodgy decisions which decided who became world champions. On the top of my head I can think of 1989, 1990, 1994, 1997, 2007, 2008, 2021 and I'm sure we could find many more. Still an amazing sport if you ask me.

Hi MistressOP. First of all, thank you very much for taking the time to comment on my video. To make my point clear, I agree that the measures against South Africa, including banning them from international sporting events was very important. However, Budd was banned even after she fled South Africa to go to the United Kingdom. Should one individual be held responsible for the atrocities committed by her countrymen? If you ask me, this is blind racism. I get your point but I believe she should have been let in the moment she changed nationalities and represented another country. Looking forward to reading your thoughts on this. Best regards

@@Ad-excelsum Her mistake was her stance. There's others who fled south africa. And where loudly pro civil rights. Honestly, The USa should see some boycotts and never will. Which is sad because it would have probably help the hell out of this country. The boycott that was brewing before the orginal civil war which meant that the south couldn't get help internationally was HUGE. Again, you always have to knowlege the mistake. Which is the low, not loud, pro civil rights stance. Even after years later. YEARS and YEARs later it's so milk toast that it's like why bother? There's other figures from around that time in south africa who fled who were white and better examples of what to do on the public stage. Hell, there's modern south africans who fled who have better stances.

​@@MistressOP I totally get your point, although I find it harsh to demand from a young kid to potentially put her family in danger by condemning the regime. There are times you are forced to take a stance, but in her case she actually suffered more by not taking a stance. Was she wrong? Maybe, did she pay a hefty price for it? I would say so. As to your point regarding US boycotts, are you referring to recent cases in particular?

​@@Flying-Roro She had a 10 year career. I think it was 10 or 7. She had years after it. At some point we gotta call a spade a spade. And I also take into the fact there's no moment of pause after it all went down. Just hints and hints. Which makes her a bit of a coward even after it all went down. Since it's a softer stance then even current south afrian fleers from the late 90s early 00s have. and there were less dead bodies then at that point. We have a habit of wanting to give passes but never give passes for weak civil rights stance. Wether it'f rom USA, russia, or south africa. Iseral or where ever. Because there's a lot of dead bodies on that. It's f'n disgusting. update - edit (hefty price for it? ) not really as very few people to this day even call her on it. You made a whole damn video. Dead bodies in the street. With flies and everything and mostly crickets for her whole career. muhammad ali went to jail I mean I could go through tons of people who actual paid real loud prices. She was inconvenience.

You make good points. What I meant by hefty price is that it would have seemingly been easier for her to condemn apparteid and continue her career. As for me making the video, I think her story is interesting overall, the fact she ran barefoot, the Decker scandal etc... If you notice I named my video the barefoot athlete, not the athlete who didn't condemn apparteid. I'm fine with you saying she was a coward even if I wouldnt dare make that judgment myself, simply because I never had a comparable choice to make. I agree her story would have been greater had she condemned the regime but again, this would be a different story. As for Ali, he's the GOAT so no arguing there. 😊

Thanks a lot, glad you liked it!

That is such an ominous name lol. Copper Peak must be awesome. I've personally been to Nagano and Albertville although there wasn't any meet when I went there.

Thank you for sharing your experience. If sanctions had no effects, what was the cause of the end of apartheid in your opinion?

I never thought it was against her, did my video give that impression?

@@Ad-excelsum correct

​@@user-ik3mk5vi8mWell my bad then, hope you liked the video nevertheless

Wouldn't you say it is a stretch to link the end of the apartheid to the current political situation? I am by no means an expert but I think many factors led to the current state of affairs.

Agreed 100 percent. Unfortunately this kind of behavior is witnessed time and time again. It's especially disgusting when such a talented but selfless person is targeted. Truly a tragic tale.

Trop peu connue malheureusement. J'espère que ça changera un jour :)

Do you really believe that's the only thing she will be remembered for? I beg to differ.

@@Ad-excelsum what else did she achieve except the doped performances in 1988?

@bbatjargal1549 I'm not arguing that her career wasn't short, or that she didn't dope, but come on, you can't shorten her life to "she doped, she died". She had an immense impact on the sport and is one of the names that will be remembered when we think about track and field. She also had a significant cultural impact. I understand that a lot of people are shocked that her records are still counted. I, personally, am shocked when those records get broken and nobody bats an eye. It was a different time, she doped, she paid the ultimate price, let her rest in peace.

@@Ad-excelsum So, is it good to dope to death?

@bbatjargal1549 Mate you're just trolling at this point. Don't hesitate to continue on other videos of the channel though, it will help with the engagement :D

An absolute legend!

Unfortunately that's a situation we see again and again when it comes to sports and politics. That's one of the reason I made this channel, to remind us of these exceptional athletes who were forgotten. Hope you liked the video mate!

South Africa and the world

Unfortunately Mary later in her interview with Zola admitted in trying to trip Zola, and this was not the first athlete Mary Dekker tripped, there had been a few, but she Mary Dekker met Varma getting a life ban for drugs

Thank you for the info. Had no idea but I'm not surprised. Hope you enjoyed the video

I respect your opinion but I find it hard to conclude there was any dirty move being made based on the footage. Hope you enjoyed the video nevertheless

Do you know how many races have these kinds of incidents? It's part of racing. Stepping in front of someone is not a dirty move.

@@Requiredfields2 This.

@@Requiredfields2 Yes it obviously is.😄

You are delusional. It was Deckers fault.

No idea! Do you have any information?

Normally for a marathon you would train your stamina not Zatopek. For him an explosive workout of 100's and multiple races were okay. As said by Ad-excelsum in the 1952 Helsinki marathon Zatopek has no idea of what a pace actually could be possible for his first time on this type of race

Thanks a lot for the additional information @pierreboucher1174

​@@maxlaambert Zatopek did sets of 200m intervals to start and finish with 400m in the middle with a 200m jog recovery. He was doing a total of 32-40km in speed work, but a lot of his speedwork was closer to race pace.

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Probably, unfortunately

@@Flying-Roro Happens :D

Thanks for your comment. I didn't find any good sources on the fact he played professional golf but the man is an absolute legend.

@@Ad-excelsum i forgot where i found that. but i had read it somewhere. . if i can find it again i will try to get you a link

btw. the person i would put 2nd gratest athlete of all time is Wilt chamberlain and for best overall female athlete, Babe Didrickson (not sure if spelled her name right) but she was almost the female version of jim

I read it too but couldn't find any evidence, so I didn't put it in my video. As for Didrickson and Chamberlain, they are definitely on the list. Out of curiosity, which moment from Chamberlain's career would you have me highlighted? His 100 points game?

@@Ad-excelsum hard to say or pick just one. 100 points is incredible. i don't care if you do it against a high school team. still impressive. of course there is the 55 rebounds (against bill russell). or the clip where he blocks kareem's skyhook three times in one posession is kind of intriquing , or a clip of him blocking a shot where his hand is almost even with the top of the backboard. or just simply the 70 recoreds 50 years after retiring. really hard to pick a single thing

Thank you for your comment. I feel like I gave him credit for his performance as I do think he's one of the greatest of all time regardless. Honest question: did you find me biased against him in my analysis?

@@Ad-excelsum not especially, no

Glad to hear, hope you enjoyed the video

He was on a whole different level of doping. It’s ridiculous to give him any credit. He wasn’t that great before he started using doping.

@@Ad-excelsumhe is not one of the greatest athletes of all times. He was one of the greatest cheater and con man of all times.

What he did in his prime is really underrated in my opinion.. Thanks for your comment, hope you enjoyed the video!

@@Ad-excelsum great vid !! I was hoping to watch something in this format !

They actually did... Until they couldn't

Well, it only makes his story greater then :)

Thanks a lot Omar. Next video will be about chess :D

When was your red pill moment?

Thanks a lot. I tend to make videos about different sports but I'll be sure to keep your recommendation in mind

Thank you so much for your comment! It means a lot to me and helps me make more videos despite the low amount of views!

@@Ad-excelsum well deserved credit. Informative and easy to understand. Very happy as a fellow enthusiast to have come across your video :)

Thanks a lot Ryan, don't hesitate to check out other videos from the channel!

Here! Here!

Thanks for your comment. hope you enjoyed the video!

Who?

Watch the video again mate. I picked one per sport. I know this is controversial,but yuzu isn't the most known skater in Japan's history. Let's agree to disagree, no need to resort to insults. Trust me mate, I do know a thing or two about Japan.

Absolutely agreed!

I'm Native American It's not a travesty, it's just life.

@@frankcastle7363 Just because your Native American means nothing. Jarrod Black is 100% correct.

Watch the whole video mate you'll see that's not what I'm talking about at all. Thanks for coming by though.

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My bad, thanks for the correction mate. Hope you enjoyed the video!

@@Ad-excelsum Yes, it was very nice!

@@pumagutten Thanks a lot!

Thank you for your comment!

I don't know enough about Lemond to say anything. Statistically he probably was, but he was definitely not on EPO which was first used right when he retired. If Lemond took something it didn't give him an edge. One of my favorite ever in any case, I've been thinking about making a video about him.

@@Ad-excelsum I think you should definitely do one on Lemond…it’s my opinion that he was definitely clean.

Don't hesitate to subscribe for when that video comes out! :D

@@Ad-excelsum already have

Thanks a lot Lionel, and congratulations! You are the first person to talk about both versions of Out of bounds / Hors Normes in the comments. Glad you liked the video.

He absolutely is!

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