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Most memorable sports moments ever!!!

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#1 ·
Argentina versus England '98. ;) The joy in having won then was just undescribable. It was suuuch a tense match. (I was abroad when '86 happened.)
Also when Argentina won the gold in basketball. :D

It really, really sucks to lose in the world cup though. I was depressed for a week after the last WC. :sad: Not as much as my older brother though, he locked himself in the car with a bottle of liquor and cried himself to sleep listening to opera. :eek: True story.
 
#30 ·
2010 Tour of Flanders, Cancellara vs Boonen
2010 Giro d'Italia, especially the Montalcino stage
1992 water polo men's olympic final Italy def. Spain after 3 overtimes (golden goal introduced after that)
2005 CL final
 
#31 ·
Ah, too many to choose from.
From the top of my head, sorry for being chauvinistic:

Schalken defeating Kuerten and Gonzalez in 5 setters at 2002 US Open.
Federer winning Roland Garros
Man Utd beating Bayern Munchen in Champions league final 1999
Dennis Bergkamps goal against Argentina WC 1998
Bulls going 72-10
Rik Smits distant buzzer beater against the Knicks in 1995
Any world title by Erben Wennemars
Sven Kramers world record 5000 m speed skating
Ajax winning the 1994 Champions League (esp 5-2 win against Bayern Munchen. Football 15 years ahead of its time).
 
#35 ·
many, tho main 2 will always be -

1999 champions league final Man U
2009 Roland garros final Fed

makes me wonder what god has in store for me in 2019
 
#38 ·
A moment is meant to be brief, isn't it?


So:

The start of Merckx's successful attempt at the Hour record (giving him the 10km and the 20km records at the same time): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-U0gWRhIh4
Merckx's attack at Paris-Roubaix 1975 countered by De Vlaeminck: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwmm97uUvqY
Mahut's golden ace to save his 3rd match point against Isner (thanks Voo for the clip): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldl0iXQ3NR0
Connors' return to win the 1st point of the 5th set in the match against Chang at RG 1991 and calling it quit right afterwards: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNLsCRSYmFw
Bodiroga's Latigo against Nocioni: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hYvy7p_p6w


Btw, epic failure, every list that contains motor sports..
 
#41 ·
Vincent Desfrasne beating the best biathlete ever Bjordalen during a memorable sprint in Turin OG 2006.

First coming in mind because Bjoerdalen is such a legend and that win against him was so outstanding.
 
#74 ·
great find Burrow, Herman Munster's famous comebacks

video also had Rod famous brat rant at Jorge diaz
Cracking up at that. I knew he looked like someone. :lol:

Mantilla winning Rome in 2003.

Verkerk's run to the final of Roland Garros in 2003.

Safin reaching the final of the 2004 Australian Open. My sleeping pattern was ruined.

Youzhny's comeback against Mathieu in the 2002 Davis Cup final.

The crowd going crazy during Grosjean/Nadal Roland Garros 2005.
 
#46 ·
was just a little goofy 10 year old at the time but remember these two Swedish moments like they were yesterday. Impossible to get more drama.

1994 fotball world cup, QF Sweden vs Romania. What a match. Swedens sneaky free-kick combo, Romanias late equalizer, Romania takes the lead in extra time, Sweden gets a guy sent off, comes back and manage to equalize again. It was very hot that day and both teams had given it all. Epic penalty shoot out followed. Tied after 5 penalties each. Then Sweden finally wins with an amazing save

1994 Winter Olympics, Hockey Gold Medal game, Sweden vs Canada. Tight and close match that ended 2-2. Penalty shoot-out. Tied after 5 penalties each. A young Peter Forsberg goes out on the ice. Rest is history.
 
#49 ·
was just a little goofy 10 year old at the time but remember these two Swedish moments like they were yesterday. Impossible to get more drama.

1994 fotball world cup, QF Sweden vs Romania. What a match. Swedens sneaky free-kick combo, Romanias late equalizer, Romania takes the lead in extra time, Sweden gets a guy sent off, comes back and manage to equalize again. It was very hot that day and both teams had given it all. Epic penalty shoot out followed. Tied after 5 penalties each. Then Sweden finally wins with an amazing save
I also remember it like it was yesterday. Different feelings though :)
And to think that this came after an epic win with Argentina... :(
 
#47 ·
i do have to say Rosol v Nadal at Wimbledon is right up there in this thread for me

Soder V Nadal at RG 2009 also

sometimes your most memorable moments dont need to be for your faves
 
#59 ·
Navarro-Dent 2009 USO R64 one of the few true S&V matches (from the start till the very end) in the present times...
Good one. I remember watching it from beginning to end and thinking it was a unique moment in current tennis, a sort of last breath of the classic S&V game. They were even coming in after 2nd serve!

 
#57 ·
Hard to say which is most memorable but 2003 hockey WC Finland-Sweden QF was what instigated the strongest emotion in me concerning sports ever.

Finland went 5-1 up after 25 minutes, choked and lost 5-6.

That's the only time I've cried after a sports event. :lol:
 
#61 ·
That was on of the factors, but there is really no excuse for the collapse that team had after going 5-1 up and having Sweden completely out of sorts. Hard to understand and hard to accept.
 
#60 ·
Quite a few.

From 3:20:55 that says enough words.



- Ivanisevic winning Wimbledon.

- Sweden winning DC 84 when the Americans had McEnroe who lost 2 matches all year and Connors as their singles players.

- Kirani James first ever gold medal for Grenada in any sport.

- Denmark winning Euro 92 when they didn't even qualify for the event only got in cause of Yugoslavia being kicked out.

Muster coming back from this and winning RG becoming number 1. Telling the idiots he didn't get the points from a supermarket.

 
#65 ·
Personally, I remember 1982 better because I was living in the Dominican Republic, before domestic cable TV, and watched the match in a large ballroom in the largest hotel in Santo Domingo. I was the only Irishman among hundreds of Spaniards.
 
#63 ·
hard to narrow it down but i think i'm gonna go with kiefer/schüttler losing the olympics final in 04. rollercoaster match, tons of ups and downs, last-minute heartbreak. just when you thought they got it done the chileans stepped it up, again and again. with sports normally i feel more anger than sadness whenever my team/player loses, that was one of the rare moments where i was actually sad. both looked absolutely devastated.

also federer winning the french open, that one swimming relay where lezak beat the living crap out of the frenchman and germany winning the handball world cup 07 (mainly because i watched two games live). i don't get carried away by football that much, probably because it's on 24/7, kinda tiresome.
 
#66 ·
Armstrong was doped anyway.
 
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