IT WAS extravagantly claimed in the wake of the 16th world darts title of his 25-year career that Phil Taylor might be the greatest sports champion ever.
IT WAS extravagantly claimed in the wake of the 16th world darts title of his 25-year career that Phil Taylor might be the greatest sports champion ever.
A seven-year-old pacer horse is no match for Jesse Owens at Bay Meadows in 1948. Picture: Planet News
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Doug Gillon
The BBC website and other forums suggested as much after a remarkable comeback won him the Professional Darts Corporation world crown.
We applaud this (given his age of 52) yet it provoked consideration of what actually constitutes greatness. Taylor's designation may well be true for his own sport – but greater than Muhammad Ali, Michael Schumacher, and Jack Nicklaus? Or a slew of multiple Olympic and Paralympic champions and world record-breakers? The like of Wiggins, Redgrave, Phelps and Hoy?
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