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by **Guttpuppy** » Thu May 15, 2003 11:54 am

The top 10 athletes in the world according to Men's Journal, with the magazine's explanations:

1. Michael Vick (football)

Amazing speed and arm strength.

2. Bode Miller (skiing)

Won 2002 Met-Rx Superstars competition.

3. Ronaldo (soccer)

Most explosive player in world's No. 1 sport.

4. Bob Burnquist (skateboarding)

Pioneer of the ``switch'' tricks.

5. Alexei Nemov (gymnastics)

Has 12 Olympic medals in a range of events.

6. Kevin Garnett (basketball)

For durability as much as talent.

7. Tony Azevedo (water polo)

Stanford star has ``superhuman'' strength.

8. Roman Sebrie (decathlon)

Reigning world-record holder.

9. Ole Einar (biathlon)

Won gold in Salt Lake City.

10. Ian Thorpe (swimming)

For his freestyle technique and dominance.

The next 10 (alphabetically): Lance Armstrong (cycling), Sergei Fedorov (hockey), Laird Hamilton (surfing), Taufik Hidayat (badminton), Roy Jones Jr. (boxing), Davo Karnicar (mountain climbing), Khalid Khannouchi (marathon), Alex Rodriguez (baseball), Marat Safin (tennis), Tiger Woods (golf).

by **Roseman** » Thu May 15, 2003 12:37 pm

Not that Vick isnt a great athlete it is just a bit of a surprise that a Football player is the best.

I would have assumed, a soccer or hockey or even basketball would top the list. Those three are much more physically demanding sports than football.

by **Homeless** » Thu May 15, 2003 1:57 pm

Im with Rosey here, no way on earth is a football player the top athlete in the world. Im also inclined to think it would be a soccer player, if it was a fan based spectator sport, but the title has to go to marathon runners ? surely!

by **joester** » Thu May 15, 2003 4:32 pm

Yea if you can run like 28 miles w/o stopping you are a bad man.

by **terpfan** » Thu May 15, 2003 6:44 pm

lol how did a badmitton player even make the honorable mentions?? come on! its badmitton! :-b

by **Canadian Seahawk** » Thu May 15, 2003 8:46 pm

I wanna know why that russian chess star isnt on the list.

by **hayesb26** » Fri May 16, 2003 7:59 am

how do badminto and surfer make the list? vick isnt #1, marathon runner should be!! :-)

by **CVhawk** » Fri May 16, 2003 9:13 am

Lance Armstrong would be my #1.Anyone who has been through what he has,only to come out just as strong gets my vote.

by **awwchrist** » Fri May 16, 2003 11:02 am

terpfan wrote:lol how did a badmitton player even make the honorable mentions?? come on! its badmitton!

duuuude...badmitton is freakin INTENSE! You gotta like...be ready to move side to side, and then there's that really small racket thingy. Sometimes you fall down but usually you have to watch out for that plastic thing and hit it back. But the thing is you gotta do it REALLY quick! I mean...WHOA!

by **Canadian Seahawk** » Fri May 16, 2003 11:26 am

awwchrist wrote:
terpfan wrote:lol how did a badmitton player even make the honorable mentions?? come on! its badmitton!

duuuude...badmitton is freakin INTENSE! You gotta like...be ready to move side to side, and then there's that really small racket thingy. Sometimes you fall down but usually you have to watch out for that plastic thing and hit it back. But the thing is you gotta do it REALLY quick! I mean...WHOA!

I agree to an extent....if you want to sweat....play for even only 10 mins....

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