Which Sports Has the Fastest Athletes in the World?

wensports 3 years ago

Josh Addo-Carr reaches incredible speed but I think that Gareth Bale in football also reached those levels, I have also seen Billy Hamilton in baseball reach very high speeds and I think that at the time he was the fastest in baseball.

Likewise, Josh Addo-Carr never ceases to amaze, he could easily compete in a 100-meter dash and be on par with the Olympic competitors.

wolfgangsport 3 years ago

Gareth Bale is def fast! I'd love to line all these guys up and have them sprint

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asif7 3 years ago

This is a very unique point of thinking, specially when looking at the athletic part of the sprint involved in different sectors of the sports out there all over.

Good post!!

jobiker 3 years ago

Some food for thought there! The speed of the athletes you chose in each of those videos was remarkable, more so because as you say they are not sprinters competing at an athletic level. The first one..... dam! He had the ball and as the commentator said - it was all over in the blink of an eye!

wolfgangsport 3 years ago

It's incredible! They're just naturally talented athletes who were built for sport. If they had specific sprinting training the sky is the limit!

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afterglow 3 years ago

I love this blog of yours, I thought there was an athlete faster than a sprinter like Bolt.

wolfgangsport 3 years ago

Is there? I'd love to know if there is that would be unreal

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afterglow 3 years ago

Maybe I am just dreaming (^_^)

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jamkir 2 years ago

I had the privilege to watch Australia at the RL world cup last year, including seeing first hand how phenomenally quick Josh Addo-Carr is. He just goes off like a rocket and as soon as he gets in the clear it's game over, nobody is catching him!

It may be the way the sport is played, but Rugby League has a history of producing some very fast athletes. Others who spring to mind - Martin 'Chariots' Offiah and Jason 'Billy Whizz' Robinson to name a couple.

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wolfgangsport 2 years ago

hey thats so cool mate. did you watch Samoa by any chance? I'm an Aussie with Samoan heritage. Was definitely enjoying that World Cup Final!

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jamkir 2 years ago

Ahh Samoa - they played well and deserved to beat us (England) in that semi final. Man that was an exciting game.

And they played really well in the final. But in RL Australia are just always the next level.

I volunteered at the Australia Vs Lebanon game and was on the pitch. Meeting Big Mal was a big moment for me!

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wolfgangsport 2 years ago

oh wow! that wouldve been fantastic volunteering. Certainly looked like a great World Cup, the only hiccup was the first game I think there was an issue with playing the anthems or something at St James?

That semi final was phenomenal. When Crichton hit that field goal I just dropped. Can't understate how much it meant to Samoans and the diaspora around the world. Here in Sydney we had street parties every Sunday and Monday after they won. I took the little one and he embraced the culture and has never looked back. His a third gen. Aussie but definitely says his Samoan to everyone!

I tell you what though, guys like Farnworth and Dom Young are smashing it over here!

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lycan1703 3 years ago

Some time ago, in a note about Pedri, the Barcelona footballer, he was just talking about the fact that in football, speed was not so necessary to play well, at least it was not essential, however, without a doubt for footballers such as full-backs or wingers , possessing the virtue of being fast and having rapid acceleration allows them to take advantage of their rivals either when it comes to dealing damage or recovering from an attack on the contrary. Greetings.

wolfgangsport 3 years ago

I'd love to show Pedri my FIFA 17 team. My god it was my favourite team of all-time. Not sure if you play Ultimate Team but you've got to mix players based on "chemistry" which is same national team or same football league. Basically I somehow had Ibrahimovic upfront when he was in the MLS and I surrounded him with MLS players and American players. I had a defensive line that was all 60-rated but would beat everybody online because my entire defensive line all had 95+ speed.

Was the funnest I've ever had in FIFA. Nobody could through-ball or lob it over as my guys would just run straight up to them and crash tackle them over 😆

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ga38jem 3 years ago

Just read your comment and had to find your article! Great stuff again :D
By the looks of it Carr is a real beast. Thinking about your comparison it is fair to consider the weight of the athletes but it would also be interesting to see the acceleration stats as I think that this is a far more important attribute to have, especially in explosive sports like rugby or football.

I think it is comparable to cars: An electric vehicle will outpace almost every sports car on the first few meters but will definetly loose if the track is longer than 1 km. (Depending on the cars of course, but I am speaking of normald day cars :D)

wolfgangsport 3 years ago

Thanks! 😀

Very good point you mention regarding acceleration. One of the problems is my favourite team has a young explosive star by the name of Reece Walsh. Now, he's explosive in his acceleration and it means he gets into open spaces on the rugby league field. The issue is though his top speed isn't too crash hot and he gets chased down at times.

Reminds me of a car I used to have, it was a VW Polo GTI. It was a 1.4L twin charged so it had a supercharger and a turbo! It was lightning quick but the top end speed (not that I needed to use it with 110km/h speed limits) would've meant that bigger cars would eventually pass it

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