IMAGINARY SUMMER OLYMPICS - Poll #37 - Athletics - Men's Javelin Throw; Boxing - Men's Flyweight; Boxing - Men's Featherweight; Wrestling Freestyle - Men's Bantamweight; Wrestling Greco-Roman - Men's Bantamweight

[rafalgorka 1,821]

Poll #37.

 

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)#Javelin_throw

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Olympic_medalists_in_boxing#Flyweight

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Olympic_medalists_in_boxing#Featherweight

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Olympic_medalists_in_freestyle_wrestling#Bantamweight

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Olympic_medalists_in_Greco-Roman_wrestling#Bantamweight

[Dragon 2,082]

Men's Javelin You have to go for  Zelezny...

Men's Featherweight Boxing This  may seem like an odd choice but I go for the 1908 champion  Gunn. He has an astonishing story. He was so dominant in the 1890s that the English governing body asked him to retire so that other boxers could have a chance at winning things. So he retires for 12 years then, at 37 when most boxers are long past their best, he makes a comeback especially for the Olympic Games and he wins the gold quite easily

 

Men's Flyweight Boxing Perez of  is one of the all-time greats of boxing

 

Men's Wrestling - Freestyle Bantamweight  Not a sport I know a lot of about but it seems  Beloglazov  would have been a 3 time champion if the Soviets had gone to LA

 

Men's Wrestling - Freestyle Bantamweight I'm not qualified to make a choice

[phelps 8,766]

Athletics, men's Javelin Throw...this is a no brainer,  Jan Zelezny is "the" javelin made person.

 

Boxing, men's Flyweights...another easy choice... Robeisy Ramirez was certainly the strongest and the most entertaining fighter in this and the immediate heavier class (where he won the Olympic Gold in 2016).

 

Boxing, men's Featherweights... Vasyl Lomachenko...a flash in the dark...his 2008 Olympic Tournament was one of the most dominant performances I've ever seen.

 

Wrestling, Freestyle, men's Bantamweights...most likely he isn't the strongest Olympic Champion ever, but surely he's been one of my first truly favourite freestyle wrestlers...my pick is  Alì Reza Dabir.

 

Wrestling, Greco-Roman, men's Bantamweights...the GOAT, the one and only  Hamid Sourian.

 

 

@MHSN is Dabir the correct "western version" of his family name or is it Dabiri, like I've read many times in websites and TV graphics? 

[MHSN 3,822]

10 hours ago, phelps said:

@MHSN is Dabir the correct "western version" of his family name or is it Dabiri, like I've read many times in websites and TV graphics? 

yes that's Dabir (without "i")

Dabiri is another common Iranian surname but not for this guy.

[rafalgorka 1,821]

@MHSN Please tell us who should win wrestling medals here. We know nothing about wrestling here when it compares to you 

[rafalgorka 1,821]

Voting in this one ends on Sunday.

[rafalgorka 1,821]

Results

 

ATHLETICS - Men's Javelin Throw

 

1. Jan Zelezny CZE
2. Neeraj Chopra IND

3. Andreas Thorkildsen NOR (T)

 

BOXING - Men's Flyweight

 

1. Robeisy Ramirez CUB

2. Pascual Perez ARG

3. Somjit Jongjohor THA (T)

3. Yuriorkis Gamboa CUB* (T)

 

BOXING - Men's Featherweight

 

1. Vasyl Lomachenko UKR

2. Somluck Kamsing THA

3. Richard Gunn GBR

3. Andreas Tews GER (T)

 

WRESTLING FREESTYLE - Men's Bantamweight

 

1. Sergei Beloglazov RUS

2. Alireza Dabir IRI (T)

3. Yojiro Uetake JPN (T)

3. Alejandro Puerto CUB (T)

 

WRESTLING GRECO-ROMAN - Men's Bantamweight

 

1. Hamid Sourian IRI

2. Luis Orta CUB

3. Pertti Ukkola FIN

3. Armen Nazaryan BUL (T)

 

Thanks for voting!!!

Edited September 20, 2022 by rafalgorka