IMAGINARY SUMMER OLYMPICS - Poll #34 - Athletics - Men's Marathon; Athletics - Women's Marathon; Rowing - Men's Quadruple Sculls; Rowing - Women's Quadruple Sculls; Taekwondo - Men's Heavyweight (+80kg)

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Poll #34.

 

Time for MARATHON!

 

 

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_(men)#Marathon

 

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

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Olympic_medalists_in_rowing_(men)#Quadruple_sculls

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Olympic_medalists_in_rowing_(women)#Quadruple_sculls

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Olympic_medalists_in_taekwondo#Heavyweight_(+80_kg)

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Athletics, men's Marathon...well, this is not so easy...but despite names like Zatopek, Kipchoge and the Italians, I think the best of them all is still  Abebe Bikila, who's therefore my pick.

 

Athletics, women's Marathon...the strongest marathon runner ever beyond any reasonable suspect,  Naoko Takahashi.

 

Rowing, men's Quadruple Sculls... Italy (2000), by far the strongest boat ever to compete in this discipline.

 

Rowing, women's Quadruple Sculls... China (2020)...Germany here pay the prize of the GDR age in my consideration.

 

Taekwondo, men's heavyweights... Carlo Molfetta...pretty partisan vote, but no other champion in this class is tickling my mind enough to earn my pick.

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Voting in this one ends on Saturday.

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Results

 

ATHLETICS - Men's Marathon

 

1. Abebe Bikila ETH (T)

2. Eliud Kipchoge KEN (T)

3. Stefano Baldini ITA

 

ATHLETICS - Women's Marathon

 

1. Rosa Mota POR
2. Naoko Takahashi JPN (T)

3. Peres Jepchirchir KEN (T)

 

ROWING - Men's Quadruple Sculls

 

1. Germany

2. Poland

3. Italy

 

ROWING - Women's Quadruple Sculls

 

1. Germany

2. China

3. Ukraine (T)

 

TAEKWONDO - Men's Heavyweight (+80kg)

 

1. Carlo Monfetta ITA (T)

2. Cha Dong-min KOR (T)

3. Vladislav Larin RUS

3. Radik Isayev AZE (T)

 

Thanks for voting!