Simulation shows who would win a 100m race between Usain Bolt and PSG star Kylian Mbappe
The Olympic Games have been held every four years since 1896, giving thousands of athletes the chance to compete on the world’s biggest sporting stage. Usain Bolt is certainly one of the popular athletes in Olympic history, but where does he rank in our top ten?With so many athletes from so many sports, it is certainly a difficult question to answer, so we’ve narrowed down the thousands to the top ten.
With such dominance in a multi-discipline event, it’s fair to suggest that Joyner-Kersee is one of the greatest all-around athletes to appear at the Olympic Games.Nicknamed Flo-Jo, Florence Griffith-Joyner still holds the women’s 100m and 200m world records. Known for her long fingernails, colourful outfits and flowing hair, the American burst onto the scene at the Seoul 1988 Olympic Games, winning gold in the 100m, 200m and 4x100m.
Nicknamed the 'Flying Finn', Nurmi got his ninth gold medal at Amsterdam 1928, but controversy surrounding his status as an amateur athlete meant he missed out on the 1932 Olympic Games and the chance to clinch a tenth gold medal.Nadia Comaneci collected a total of nine Olympic medals, five of which are gold, but it was her individual performance on the uneven bars at the Montreal 1976 Olympic Games which really wrote the Romanian gymnast's name in the history books.
Spitz’s legacy is largely down to his incredibly dominant performance at the Munich 1972 Olympic Games, when he won a gold medal and set a world record in all seven of the events he entered. This tally, along with the two gold medals he earned at Mexico City 1968, left him with a highly admirable nine gold medals.
His impact on society transcends his athletic achievements and he is certainly one of the most well-known Olympians in history.
The gymnast represented the Soviet Union at the Olympic Games, earning 18 medals in total. This included nine gold medals, won across Melbourne 1956, Rome 1960 and Tokyo 1964, and three successive Olympic titles in the floor exercise.Carl Lewis is considered the greatest track and field athlete of all time and it’s easy to see why.
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