Joe Louis. Cassius Clay/Mohammed Ali.
Jesse Owens. Carl Lewis, Edwin Moses, Michael Johnson.
Haile Gebreselassie.
The Abbagnale brothers. Nedo Nadi.
Jacques Anquetil. Eddy Merckx. Lance Armstrong.
Mark Spitz.
Juan Manuel Fangio. Giacomo Agostini. Michael Schumacher.
Dr. W.G.Grace. Sir Donald Bradman.
Sir Steven Redgrave. Dame Tammi Gray-Thompson.
Suzanne Lenglen. Martina Navratilova.
Sergey Bubka. Emil Zatopek.
Edson Arantes do Nascimento "Pele'". Garrincha. Maradona.
"Babe" Ruth. Joe Di Maggio.
And Paula Radcliffe.
NOW will that miserable gang of national poisoners and all-purpose liars, dedicated to the destruction of public personalities and to the pursuit of people for money, the British so-called journalistic profession, finally stop carping and realize that they have, in Britain, now, one of the greatest sportswomen of all time, a giant in her sport, and, at that, a woman who incarnates everything that is charming, lovable and just plain good about the English nation?
Jesse Owens. Carl Lewis, Edwin Moses, Michael Johnson.
Haile Gebreselassie.
The Abbagnale brothers. Nedo Nadi.
Jacques Anquetil. Eddy Merckx. Lance Armstrong.
Mark Spitz.
Juan Manuel Fangio. Giacomo Agostini. Michael Schumacher.
Dr. W.G.Grace. Sir Donald Bradman.
Sir Steven Redgrave. Dame Tammi Gray-Thompson.
Suzanne Lenglen. Martina Navratilova.
Sergey Bubka. Emil Zatopek.
Edson Arantes do Nascimento "Pele'". Garrincha. Maradona.
"Babe" Ruth. Joe Di Maggio.
And Paula Radcliffe.
NOW will that miserable gang of national poisoners and all-purpose liars, dedicated to the destruction of public personalities and to the pursuit of people for money, the British so-called journalistic profession, finally stop carping and realize that they have, in Britain, now, one of the greatest sportswomen of all time, a giant in her sport, and, at that, a woman who incarnates everything that is charming, lovable and just plain good about the English nation?