2. Uta Pippig / Marathon Runner
German long-distance runner Uta Pippig had won the Boston Marathon for two years running, in 1994 and 1995. Before that, Portugal’s Rosa Mota had ruled it two straight times in 1987 and 1988, and even managed a third one in 1990. However, no woman had won the event for three consecutive years, and nothing was going to get in the way of Pippig — not even her monthly period or awful diarrhea. Falling behind Kenya’s Tegla Loroupe by 220 meters and her body giving up on her, Uta somehow managed to pull of the inspiring victory. “I had some problems with my period. I didn’t expect it would become this worse . . . diarrhea,” she recalled. To this day, Pippig still stands alone as the only woman to win three consecutive Boston Marathons.
1. Gary Lineker / Football Player
England’s Gary Lineker is his country’s record holder in terms of goals scored in FIFA World Cup finals (10 goals). One of his phenomenal displays took place at the 1990 edition, where he scored four goals. However, en route to the semifinal, Lineker had an embarrassing accident during his team’s very first group game against Ireland. The 5’9 striker was suffering from a stomach bug, and in the process of tackling an opponent, he unintentionally “relaxed” himself. Nearly twenty years later, in an interview with the BBC to celebrate his 50th birthday, Lineker recalled, “You can see me rubbing the ground like a dog; it was the most horrendous experience of my life. . . . But I tell you, I never found so much space in a game than I did that night after that happened.”
by Adrian Asis
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