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.
It really, really sucks to lose in the world cup though. I was depressed for a week after the last WC. 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. True story.
Hicham's Olympic Gold Medals, '94 WC final, '98 WC final, Euro 2000, Marat winning USO, Villeneuve and Hakkinen becoming World Champions, Morocco reaching the final of the ANC 2004, 2002 Uefa Cup Final,...
Hungary winning water polo olympic gold medal 2004. This match was like hell, the boys brought it back from the grave (the serbs were leading 3:0 and later 7:5).
moments that made icicles glide down my spine for hours, my eyes hurt 'cause of too much crying or a general state of ultimate joy:
Ajax' European campaign in 1995: introduced me to the magic that is football through the art of Jari Litmanen and his team
Jan Ullrich's first win in the Tour de France.
Every major tournament I've seen Alexei Nemov compete.
Ian Thorpe's gold races in world championships and Olympic games, especially Fukuoka.
Hicham El Guerrouj' gold medals at 1500 and 5000 meters in Athens.
Justine Henin Hardenne's semifinal battles:
Wimby 01 against Capriati: opened my eyes, I saw a grand slam winner in her for the first time
RG 03 against Serena: I yelled out of my window and was known as the crazy girl from then on among my neighbours)
Olympics 04 against Myskina: Anastasia's despair was heartbreaking, Justine's heart was astounding
Manchester United's Treble in 1999... (not a fan but it was fun to see)
Steve Redgrave's FIFTH gold at the Sydney Games 2000- I remember I couldn't watch... I sat quietly in my room... and my Dad came in and told me.. it was about 1 am... but I started to party then!!
Damon Hill winning the World F1 crown in 1996
The GB coxless fours (rowing) in Athens... how close was that!!
The Oxford University Eight winning by a foot after 4 miles of rowing in 2003..
Amberlrigh House winning the Grand National in 2004
Best Mate's third Gold Cup in 2004
Istabraq's third Champion Hurdle in 2002...
and how could I forget to mention crying like a baby when England won the RUGBY WORLD CUP....
BAD...
any time Cambridge win the Boat Race... bastards..
Aryton Senna's death- 1994
Mike Tyson and ear gate...in fact.. just Mike Tyson would qualify..
there are other's but I don't like thinking of bad stuff...
Champions league final 1999, man unt scoring 2 winning goals in the 90th minute!
John higgins winning the world snooker championships in 1998.
Vijay singh winning the 2000 U.S Masters.
more recent, Federer winning his 2nd Wimbledon title.... but im still waiting for my all time dream in sport.. Scotland winning the football world cup in the same season St Mirren win the champions league :rocker2:
did you know a scottish team , Patrick Thistle almost had to go out of business a few years ago because someone left the flood lights on all night and the electricity bill almost bankrupted them :lol:
did you know a scottish team , Patrick Thistle almost had to go out of business a few years ago because someone left the flood lights on all night and the electricity bill almost bankrupted them :lol:
Marat's AO 2005 Ian Thorpe winning the 200 m free at the Olympics 2004 Alexei Yagudin winning the gold medal in Salt Lake City Brian Joubert becoming European Champion in Budapest 2004 Elena Dementieva reaching the USO final (and losing it is one of my worst memories).
Romania reaching the Davis Cup qf last week. Steaua Bucharest beating Valencia in the UEFA Cup
Romania winning the gold medal in gymnastics both in Sydney and athens Ian Thorpe winning 6 gold medals in Japan
All Alexei Yagudin's win in WC and EC Marat winning Bercy 2004
From top of my head Rulon Gardner's Sydney gold
the fluke of all flukes by Bradbury
the chokes of all chokes by Emmons (still in progress a little bit) Turkey road through EURO 2008 (football)
football UEFA CL final 2005 (also Chelsea this year in knockout stage)
Hakkinen vs Shitmacher Spa 2000 El Guerrouj at the 2004 Olympics Laguna Seca 2008 MotoGP
Goran 2001 Wimbledon
Mansell-senna Monaco 1993(or 92?) Miracle on ice
The Belarus-Sweden game in Salt Lake 2002 Isner-Mahut Estevez-Baala finish in Munich 2002 Drummond in Paris 2003 100m QF
the last futsal WC final Brazil in 1970 FIFA WC Sanchez winning over 40 races in a row but quite far form WR Ronaldinho at the Brazil-England 2002 match Porto-Celtic UEFA cup final Jacobeliss fall in Turin 2006 etc etc
1950s-Roger Bannister breaking the four-minute mile
1960s-Abebe Bikila becoming the first Ethiopian to win the Olympic marathon and, four years later, becoming the first man to repeat as Olympic marathon champion
1970s-Nadia Comaneci becoming the first gymnast to earn perfect 10s when that was the highest score a gymnast can recieve (I don't understand the current scoring system)
1980s-Miracle on Ice; Joan Benoit's victory in the inaugural women's Olympic marathon
1990s-Ethiopia's Derartu Tulu and South Africa's Elana Meyer taking first and second at the Barcelona 10,000 meters women's race
2000-Spain winning Davis Cup, led by Juan Carlos Ferrero
2009 and 2011-Spain winning Davis Cup, with Juan Carlos Ferrero in the semis (2009) and David Ferrer and Rafael Nadal in finals
Joannie Rochette. Favorite to medal, home Olympics so the pressure is on.
Two days before her competition starts, he mom passed away just after she arrived in Vancouver. With a whole nation behind her, she did this 2 days later and eventually won bronze:
Again, figure skating, ice dance, Virtue-Moir, Gold. Expected to medal (they had won silver and bronze the last 2 WC), but they could get the gold. And they did. And it was pure magic.
Special mention:
Silken Laumann Single Sculls, bronze medal, Barcelona Olympics. Her leg was destroyed mid-May and she needed 5 operations and weeks in the hospital.
4x100 relay Gold medal Canada at the Atlanta Games.
Again, figure skating, ice dance, Virtue-Moir, Gold. Expected to medal (they had won silver and bronze the last 2 WC), but they could get the gold. And they did. And it was pure magic.
Alexander Belov for the Soviets 1972 Olympic basketball final
Everton 0-3 Tranmere (FA Cup)
2004 Athens Olympics 4x100 relay race
Wimbledon 2001
Soderling def Nadal RG 09
Netherlands-Brazil USA 94
USA 94 as a whole
Michael Owen vs Argentina 98
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