IMAGINARY SUMMER OLYMPICS - Poll #33 - Athletics - Women's 5000m; Swimming - Men's 1500m Freestyle; Judo - Men's Half Lightweight; Judo - Women's Half Lightweight; Weightlifting - Men's Super Heavyweight

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Poll #33.

 

These are olympic champions in certain events.

Imagine that all these champions are on the top of their game at the very same moment in time.

Who would have won gold?

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Olympic_medalists_in_athletics_(women)#5000_metres

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Olympic_medalists_in_swimming_(men)#1500_metres_freestyle

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Olympic_medalists_in_judo#Half_lightweight

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Olympic_medalists_in_judo#Half_lightweight_2

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Olympic_medalists_in_weightlifting#Super_heavyweight

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Voting in this one ends on Sunday.

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Athletics, women's 5000m...well, some girls in this list are definitely not trustable at all, so basically it's down to a couple of names...my pick is  Tirunesh Dibaba.

 

Swimming, men's 1500m Freestyle...man, this list is full of champions...Hackett was phenomenal, Perkins was great, super-Greg is...super-Greg, but the "tsar" is still unmatched, therefore my pick is / Vladimir Salnikov.

 

Judo, men's Half Lightweight...Uchishiba has won 2 gold medals, but Hifumi is on another planet, he has changed the game in this class...

therefore, my pick can't be anybody else than  Hifumi Abe.

 

Judo, women's Half Lightweight...gotta resist to the temptation and hype over Kelmendi, but the right pick in this class can't be anybody else than  Xian Dongmei, the only girl to win twice the gold medal in this class so far.

 

Weightlifting, men's Super-Heavyweights...well, I used to be a super-fan of Andrei Chemerkin...and I've watched many other champions doing unbelievable things, but what Talakhadze is doing in the last few years is just special...so, my pick is  Lasha Talakhadze.

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Results

 

ATHLETICS - Women's 5000m

 

1. Tirunesh Dibaba ETH

2. Meseret Defar ETH

3. Sifan Hassan NED

 

SWIMMING - Men's 1500m Freestyle

 

1. Grant Hackett AUS

2. Vladimir Salnikov RUS (T)

3. Oussama Mellouli TUN (T)

 

JUDO - Men's Half Lightweight

 

1. Hifumi Abe JPN

2. Masato Uchishiba JPN*

3. Lasha Shavdatuashvili GEO

3. Rogerio Sampaio BRA (T)

 

JUDO - Women's Half Lightweight

 

1. Majlinda Kelmendi KOS

2. Xian Dongmei CHN

3. Uta Abe JPN

3. Legna Verdecia CUB (T)

 

WEIGHTLIFTING - Men's Super Heavyweight

 

1. Lasha Talakhadze GEO

2. Vasily Alekseyev RUS

3. Hossein Rezazadeh IRI

 

Thanks for voting, everyone!