{"id":61,"date":"2023-06-03T06:08:19","date_gmt":"2023-06-03T06:08:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newscrunch.spicethemes.com\/?p=61"},"modified":"2023-08-23T11:46:28","modified_gmt":"2023-08-23T11:46:28","slug":"the-top-10-performances-in-sports-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.harmonyhealthquest.com\/the-top-10-performances-in-sports-history\/","title":{"rendered":"The Top 10 Performances in Sports History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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  1. Jesse Owens at the 1936 Berlin Olympics: Owens won four gold medals in track and field, defying Adolf Hitler’s notion of Aryan supremacy.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Michael Phelps at the 2008 Beijing Olympics: Phelps won a record eight gold medals in swimming, breaking Mark Spitz’s record of seven golds in a single Olympics.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Usain Bolt at the 2008 Beijing Olympics: Bolt broke the world record and won gold medals in the 100-meter, 200-meter, and 4×100-meter relay events, solidifying his status as the world’s fastest man.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Muhammad Ali vs. George Foreman in the 1974 “Rumble in the Jungle”: Ali used his “rope-a-dope” technique to defeat Foreman and win the heavyweight boxing title.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. Roger Bannister’s sub-four-minute mile in 1954: Bannister broke the seemingly impossible barrier by running a mile in under four minutes, setting a world record that lasted for only 46 days.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  6. Nadia Com\u0103neci at the 1976 Montreal Olympics: Com\u0103neci became the first gymnast to score a perfect 10.0 in an Olympic event, ultimately winning three gold medals.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  7. Diego Maradona’s “Hand of God” goal in the 1986 World Cup: Maradona scored one of the most controversial goals in soccer history, using his hand to punch the ball into the net, but it was not detected by the officials.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  8. Tiger Woods’ dominant performance at the 1997 Masters: Woods won his first major championship by a record 12 strokes, becoming the youngest player and first non-white player to win the Masters.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  9. Wilt Chamberlain’s 100-point game in 1962: Chamberlain set the NBA record for most points scored in a game, a record that still stands today.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  10. Bobby Orr’s Stanley Cup-winning goal in 1970: Orr scored one of the most iconic goals in hockey history, flying through the air after scoring the game-winning goal in overtime of the Stanley Cup Finals.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":104,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[497],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.harmonyhealthquest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.harmonyhealthquest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.harmonyhealthquest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.harmonyhealthquest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/49"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.harmonyhealthquest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.harmonyhealthquest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1259,"href":"https:\/\/www.harmonyhealthquest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61\/revisions\/1259"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.harmonyhealthquest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/104"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.harmonyhealthquest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.harmonyhealthquest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.harmonyhealthquest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}