Amazing Athleticism Today by Older Ones

[qtlaw]

Lindsay Vonn medaling at 40 after retiring in 2018 is amazing to me.

Of course the most amazing now IMHO is what LeBron is still doing.

Your thoughts on who else?

 

[franticscribe]

Mijain Lopez winning his fifth gold medal at age 41 and in his sixth Olympics is up there.

 

[Webster]

LeBron has masked how amazing what Steph Curry has been doing at his age. He's obviously not the supernatural physical specimen that LeBron is, but for a 37 year old smallish guard to be playing the way he has is unreal.

 

[John]

LeBron will hit or get close to 60,000 career NBA minutes by the end of the season. No active player is within 13,000 minutes of his total, while he's still one of the 10 or so best players. Incredible.

 

[Inky_Wretch]

Perhaps it's PTSD from other doping scandals, but I can't help but wonder what - if any - pharmaceuticals are involved in helping 40-somethings perform on the same level as 20-somethings.

 

[micropolitan guy]

Carlton Fisk caught 103 games in 1991 at 43 years of age, and caught 75 more over the next two seasons. That, to me, is amazing.

 

[mpcincal]

With his recent passing, I'm reminded how unbelievable George Foreman's comeback was; I mean, seriously, a 48-year-old guy winning the heavyweight title?
Realizing that Tom Brady, as much as I rooted against him, maintained his elite play into his mid-40s is pretty incredible.

 

[brn623cl]

He's knocking on 40 , in his 20th season, with 36 goals in 55 games played this season, so I think Alex Ovechkin is worth a mention here.

 

[ChrisLong]

I watched Ove closely on his recent visit to Anaheim. Yes, an amazing player with an amazing shot. But he looked like Selanne at the end of his career. He can shoot and make good passes. He is helpless on defense, can't forecheck, can't win board battles and the other team can easily take the puck away from him.
I hope he gets the record and I really hope he gets it this season, so it doesn't linger on and be a continuous topic of conversation all offseason.