Best sports photo EVER..

[cw00]

 

[Lady Whistledown]

stupid sport alert

I know, I was debating whether it actually counted

 

[Storer68]

 

[Titanic]

theres an amazing photo at work of James Kirtley making a catch for England, he's literally horizontal 4" off the ground with no part of his body touching the grass when he has the ball in his hand. I'll take a phone pic of it tomorrow and post it if I remember! (tried a google search but cant find it)

This one?

 

[Marc]

This one?

thats the one cheers, its in a huge frame at work and looks much much better though

 

[Frutos]

 

[sam86]

Anyone else care to post the same picture of Ali?
I'm still not sure I remember it after the third time...

 

[£1.99]

Anyone else care to post the same picture of Ali?
I'm still not sure I remember it after the third time...

Over time the photo has been altered to look like Ali but here is the original picture

 

[Titanic]

 

[Titanic]

 

[SeagullRic]

 

[Flavor Flav]

Whats this photo about? I've seen it loads but I don't have a clue what it represents.

 

[Titanic]

 

[Titanic]

 

[SeagullRic]

Whats this photo about? I've seen it loads but I don't have a clue what it represents.

Black Power sign at the 1968 Mexico Olympics

 

[Titanic]

 

[Flavor Flav]

Black Power sign at the 1968 Mexico Olympics

Ahhh right, can see the importance now. Cheers

 

[Poyetry In Motion]

not the best, but certainly amusing

 

[Stat Man]

Jesse Owens winning one of four gold medals in the 1936 Berlin Olympics in front of Hitler. Marvellous scenes.

But my favorite sports pic is the Ali one.

 

[pishhead]

Ahhh right, can see the importance now. Cheers

If you are interested here is a very interesting article on the other athlete Australian Peter Norman and what his minor gesture cost him.

When Tommie Smith and John Carlos gave a gloved Black Power salute on the Olympic podium in October 1968 it sent a shockwave through sport. But what happened to the other man on the platform?

Forty years ago, two black Americans, Tommie Smith and John Carlos, won gold and bronze medals in the 200m final at the Mexico Olympics, and used their time on the victory podium to protest with a Black Power salute.

The photograph of the two men with their heads bowed, each of them with an arm raised in the air and a fist clothed in a black leather glove, is one of the most striking images of the 20th Century.

Their actions caused havoc at the Games, ensuring the pair were ejected from the US Olympic team. But three men won medals in that race, and the consequences for the third athlete on the podium would be every bit as significant.

The silver medallist was a laid-back Australian, an up-and-coming runner called Peter Norman who, in the words of his coach, "blossomed like a cactus" when he got to Mexico. While observers expected the Americans to make a clean sweep of the 200m medals, Norman kept them interested by breaking the world record in the heats.

The three were waiting for the victory ceremony when Norman discovered what was about to happen. It was Norman who, when John Carlos found he'd forgotten his black gloves, suggested the two runners shared Smith's pair, wearing one each on the podium.

And when, to the crowd's astonishment, they flung their fists in the air, the Australian joined the protest in his own way, wearing a badge from the Olympic Project for Human Rights that they had given him.

The repercussions for Norman were immediate. Seen as a trouble-maker who had lent a hand to those desecrators of the Olympic flag, he was ostracised by the Australian establishment. Despite qualifying 13 times over and being ranked fifth in the world, he was not sent to the following Munich games, where Australia had no sprinter for the first time in the Olympics. Norman retired soon afterwards without winning another title.