The 'bicycle face' article gave me an idea. I recalled that back when i was first learning about professional bike racing, in the day of Merckx and Sean Kelly, a lot of the cycling press was about how the essence of the great tours and early season classics was to learn how to suffer; how their agony was an offering to the fans.
What photos do you think typify other sports?
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urbato
( the sophisticated and citified version of rubato )
Re: Such a beautiful sport. APT
Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2014 4:39 pm
by MajGenl.Meade
Bert Trautmann died a year ago this coming week at age 98. He played the last 17 minutes of the 1956 FA Cup Final with a broken neck.
Re: Such a beautiful sport. APT
Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2014 4:47 pm
by Lord Jim
Re: Such a beautiful sport. APT
Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2014 5:00 pm
by Joe Guy
Re: Such a beautiful sport. APT
Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2014 5:09 pm
by BoSoxGal
Nadia Comaneci defines gymnastics perfection, 1976 Montreal Olympics.
