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Originally Posted by rats60
I thought about Secretariat, but there is someone else who blows him away. As great as the Belmont, setting a world record on the final leg of the triple crown, it pales in comparison to what Jesse Owens did at the 1935 Big Ten Championships. In 45 minutes, he set 3 world records and tied a fourth. That was the greatest feat in sports history. If I were to include someone on this list for a short career vs. those others with decades of accomplishments, it would be Owens. We all know what he did at the Olympics, winning 4 gold medals in the face of Hitler and the Nazis, but that was only his second best achievement. He would be more deserving than Secretariat in my opinion.
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I know the history of Owens and love the Berlin story, but Owens isn't the measure by which all sprinters gauge themselves. Records are typically meant to be broken...especially timed events. Secretariat lives on, and Owens has been passed by long ago.