This week we have seen some of the great performances of the year, let alone this week. I have been spoilt for choice with victories left right and centre. This weekend in particular has been on of thrills on spills on the track, court and the pitch.
Where else do I start than with Lewis Hamilton's Formula 1 World Title win in Brazil on Sunday. Needing to finish 5th or higher, the Brit came over the line in that coveted 5th position to steel an amazing win on the last lap.
Jo-Wilfred Tsonga won the Paris masters beating Argentine David Nalbanian in three sets, and therefore qualified for the Shanghai Master at the end of year after leapfrogging into 7th in the ATP rankings.
Australia'a Rugby League side thrashed England 54-4 in the Rugby League World Cup, producing a performance of class that England had no answer to.
In football Stoke City bullied an Arsenal side into a 2-1 win at the Britannia Stadium, with Rory Delap proving his throwing ability can work even against the best.
Yeovil Town beat in-form Oldham Athletic 2-0 to give them breathing space at from the bottom four in League 1.
However none of these are this weeks performance of the week. This week its goes to an athlete who has come back from disaster in Beijing to produce one of her greatest performances yet. My performance of the week goes to Paula Radcliffe after she won the New York Marathon on Sunday.
Radcliffe won the race from the eventual runner-up Ludmila Petrova of Russia in a time of 2 hours 23 minutes and 56 seconds, a full two minutes ahead of the Russian.
It was her third win in New York after victories in both 2004 and 2007, but this was by a handsome margin as she regained her status as the best Marathon runner on the Women's circuit.
Radcliffe's year will be remembered by her poor performance in Beijing where she was hampered by injury in the lead up to the games.
But this should go some way to make up for it after a very convincing win, that should put her critics at rest until at least the London Marathon in April.
Until then its the hard work she was denied of before Beijing that Radcliffe needs if she is to continue this winning streak.
Being Cheeky
12 years ago
4 comments:
Good Shout, though I would like to have seen the Stanford Superstars considered, the money that they won, no matter how farcical the competition, is huge in a region (The Windies) where Poverty is rife, especially since the Hurricanes of a few years ago. The money they won will feed dozens of families back home.
Radcliffe is a great shout though and a testament to perseverance
true statement but if your going to give money to charity y not all of the proceeds, surely the fact that the 'player' are getting more than the charities themselves proves that they are somehow bigger, which they clearly aren't
the competition holds no credibility for me, and this giving money to charity as a share of the winnings is an insult
Who said anything about charities? They are feeding their own (no doubt) extended families.
This competition will have created jobs, tourism, regeneration in a dilapidated area. The format needs work though!
didnt mean charity like e.g oxfam charity as in giving away
anyway fair play to them if its out of there own pocket, the format needs more work than an abandoned crack house the competition sickens me and i certainly wont b watching in the next few years
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