Sorry, but for his sport, he is... The only man EVER to win the Olympic 1000 meters speed skating event twice in a row.
His ridiculous claims of racism keeping him from being the flag bearer were stupid and idiotic, but it doesn’t take away from his accomplishments.
I am personally disappointed by his decision to try to play the race card over a coin toss... But I am also disappointed by those here belittling him and his accomplishments.
Both are wrong.
That is only a meaningful accomplishment in the last 25 years or so. Before that, amateur athletes rarely competed in consecutive Olympic games.
Eric Heiden won five gold medals in speed skating in 1980. He won the gold medal in EVERY speed skating event held at the time, and set Olympic records for all of them.
THAT was greatness.
I felt that his focus on racisn probably distracted him from the degree of concentration required to excel at that level. The other skaters were thinking about nothing but skating.
Miss Vonn too with her focus on the President must have lost her edge as well. You would think Olympic athletes would know better than that.
Michael Phelps is an Olympic Legend. Usain Bolt is an Olympic Legend. Bonnie Blair is an Olympic Legend.