Daley Thompson - Los Angeles 1984
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 ก.พ. 2025
- 10,44 - 8.01 - 15.72 - 2.03 - 46,97 - 14,33 - 46.56 - 5.00 - 65.24 - 4.35,00
8847 points, former World Record. Stood as an Olympic Record for 20 years until Roman Šebrle broke it in Athens.
Saw this live. The greatest UK athlete ever covered by the greatest UK athletics commentator ever - take a bow Daley Thompson and RIP Ron Pickering!!
Remember this well myself,a great athlete and a golden time for British athletics
Greatest athlete i'v ever seen
I remember this...he was bloody fantastic..
Couldn't beat Brian Jacks on superstars, but agreed
Legend. he's my go to name when I see a kid doing well in sport..
Thank you Daley thompson for so many great childhood memories. True grit.
What a privilege to know you in those heady day Daley x
Simply the GOAT
Remember this so well - hard to believe it was 40 years ago. Thompson was superb and Hingsen was a magnificent rival who was just unlucky to be around in the same era as Daley.
Thompson could always get the performance he needed when the chips were down. An awesome clutch performer.
"clutch performer" Lol be quiet, Yank
By far the Greatest British sportsman of all-time for me. Its a 'from the gut' assessment, I just feel Daley was elite in every respect, mentality etc. Like Marvon Hagler he was ahead of his time in many ways
I was there and thoroughly enjoyed Daley Thompson's performance. I happened to be sitting in a row behind a young German lad who was there to cheer on Jurgen Hingsen and his partner Kratchmer. We had some banter back and forth that turned into a friendship. I didn't know much about what was going on in the decathlon world at the time, but I learned that Hingsen usually higher marks when Thompson wasn't around, but whenever he competed head to head against Thompson, Thompson would beat him.
The wonderful thing about Thompson is that he didn't look like he took everything so seriously and I think it helped his performance. He was just a lot of fun to watch, an easy guy to root for.
I remember Thompson wearing a tee shirt saying America what about the TV coverage? Essentially a jab at the way the US TV networks were so biased for US athletes over other countries' athletes
Why has he never been Knighted. Far more worthy than the politicians that seem to receive such awards, that really haven’t done anything to deserve them, and were just doing their jobs?
Probably for being disrespectful about princess Anne 😢
@@BrianParrington-t7d He wasn't actually disrespectful - he made a joke which the media made a mountain out of a molehill out of.
The GREAT Ron Pickering. Best ever Athletics commentator!
I love athlete like this...Always would Give these People their Respect,these are God's and Heros in Sports🙏🏽🦸🏽♂️🏃🏽♂️🥇🏆
Hero!
The best all round athletes ever. I loved watching him
Wicked athlete, brutal competitor....Daley Thompson GOAT.
"Watch him pull his knees to his chest and ride this pole"... keep it clean guys
"she opened her legs and showed her class" was even better
An absolutely incredible athlete! What more can you say?
MsG
My hero
Thompson finished 4th in the 1988 Seoul Summer Olympics. However when the Berlin Wall fell and East Germany dissolved records were uncovered that the two East Germans who finished first and second in that decathlon were pumped up on steroids. Thompson should have gotten a medal and those two East Germans stripped of their medals.
Shame really as Thompson was nowhere near fully fit at those Games. 8488 points was the winning score - Thompson at his peak wouldn't even have had to break sweat to reach that score.
The Best
One of the greatest athletes ever. Only Jim Thorpe stands in comparison. In decathlon they are the best!!!
He won the lot. Wheres his knighthood for UK??
I wonder how good Daley would be today with modern training techniques?
Legend
Britain greatest athlete and still no knighthood, why?
When Daly Thomson moved Chuck Norris shifted
Have to say excellent athletes
*WOW* ‼️
Sir iska coin hai usko bechna h
What a hero! It's a better one!
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Why was this man knighted.
If you mean why wasn't he knighted, it's because he was forthright in his views, something both the media (who basically blacklisted him) and the establishment didn't/don't like.
Guy is a legend. My favourite sportsperson of all time. British heptathletes have done brilliantly in recent times, but I'd love to see another top quality British decathlete. We haven't had a half decent one since Dean Macey.
Dear BLM..THIS is how its Done! He worked his ASS OFF! #LEGEND
Exactly,he never played the victim just got on with it, true alpha
Bruce Jenner
Great athlete.....but a very rude person in the flesh....I would never go out of my way again to ask him for a photo ...he should be privileged hes remembered....my daughter didn't know who he was....commodore 64 that's it...
Depends. If he was on a public appearance, and refused a photo, your assessment would be justified. But if you bumped into him while he was in his 'private' life, your assessment would definitely be unfair.
That's what happened when you think you're God,s gift to man. His not worth a photo.
Good athlete... So what? Sprawling conurbation, LA... Suppose they enjoy wasting precious time in Palm Springs... END
Are you high? What are you saying
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@@richardsmith4783 It's like something from Rowley Birkin QC on the BBC comedy 'The Fast Show'. He just needs to finish with "I was very, very drunk." 😅