Top Three 2021 Moments in Sport
When reflecting on the best moments in sports this year, the following three stick out to me.
I am typically not a big fan of the Olympic Games. I find them overhyped, and merely providing a backdrop for drawn-out soapy backdrop stories. I did pick two Olympic moments:
- Dutch marathoner Abdi Nageeye spurs on his friend, Belgian’s Bashir Abdi to sprint to the Olympic silver and bronze medals.
- Italian Gianmarco Tamberi and Mutaz Essa Bashim of Qatar agree to split the gold in the Olympic high jump. “Can we have two gold?”
- Wout van Aert wins on the Mont Ventoux.
There were plenty others to pick from:
- The Belgian men hockey team wins Olympic Gold.
- Argentina wins the Copa America.
- Messi is in tears in Barcelona.
- Max Verstappen wins the F1 championship.
- Wout Van Aert wins and keeps winning.
- Mark Cavendish’s comeback in the Tour de France.
- Mathieu Vanderpoel hands a young supporter his bidon.
- Italy booked incredible successes winning the Euros final from England (“It’s coming Rome”), and on the bicycle with Ganna (World Champion Time trial), Colbrelli (European Champion and Paris-Roubaix), Elisa Balsamo (World Champion women) to name few.