Interesting facts about famous athletes (9 photos)

Perfect runner, basketball spy, absent-minded cricketer, both football and hockey goalkeeper, the fastest heavyweight and other interesting facts about athletes.

Math Modeling Shows Usain Bolt Is the Perfect Runner





Usain Bolt

Usain Bolt is the perfect runner. With the help of mathematical modeling, it turned out that Bolt's performance during the run was practically completely coincide with the graph of the curve of the optimal running pace for hundred meters at any given time.

Michael Jordan took part in the Olympics to find out the weaknesses of his opponents in the NBA



Michael Jordan

Michael Jordan once said that the biggest benefit from his participation in the US basketball team at the 1992 Olympics was in that he recognized the weaknesses of his teammates. Subsequently he beat Barkley, Malone and Stockton in three NBA Finals.

Steve Way started running in his 30s at 100kg and ran a marathon a year later



Steve Way

In 2007, 33-year-old Steve Way weighed over 100 kg, smoked 20 cigarettes a day and ate mostly fast food. In order to get rid of health problems caused by this way of life, the man decided take up running. A year later, he ran the London Marathon in less than 3 hours, and in 2014 set the UK record in the 100 km run.

The great English cricketer Denis Compton celebrated his own anniversary a year earlier



Denis Compton

The great English cricketer Denis Compton was famous for his distraction. Once he came to the match, having forgotten his equipment at home, and he had to play with an old bat from the stadium museum; and when Compton was celebrating his 70th birthday, in the middle of the party he got a call from his mother and reminded him that he was only 69.

Lev Yashin was not only a football goalkeeper, but also a hockey goalkeeper



Lev Yashin

The famous football player Lev Yashin was not only a football goalkeeper, but also hockey. He even won the USSR Ice Hockey Cup and bronze medalist of the USSR championship. Yashin was invited to play for hockey national team at the World Cup, but he decided to focus on football.

In 2000, an English newspaper bought ads on the soles of opponent Mike Tyson.



Julius Francis and Mike Tyson

Before the boxing match between Mike Tyson and Julius Francis in 2000, everyone was so sure of Tyson's victory that British newspaper The Mirror bought an advert for $40,000 the soles of Francis' shoes. You could only see her at the moment of the knockdown. Tyson had 5 knockdowns in 2 rounds and won.

The rider who liked to smoke wore a helmet with a hole for a cigarette



Barry Sheen

Former motorcycle racing world champion Barry Sheen enjoyed smoking so much that a special hole was made in his motorcycle helmet at the level chin so that he can smoke right up to the start. Shin died at 52 years from cancer of the esophagus and stomach.

The role of Miss Male in "Scary Movie" is played by a woman



Many believe that the role of Miss Male in Scary Movie was played by a man dressed as a woman. However, this is actually a woman - Jane Trka is an American bodybuilder, fitness model and actress.

The fastest heavyweight that ever lived



Muhammad Ali

Muhammad Ali was able to strike in 0.04 seconds, which approximately equal to the speed of blinking. He was called "the fastest heavyweight that ever lived."