On October 11 & 12, 2020, the world of sports celebrated 3 historic feat tying 3 sports record. It happened in 3 popular sports events namely, Formula 1 Racing, Tennis and Basketball.
The world of sports rejoiced
because not only one but three world sports events long time records were
equaled.
Let’s start with the Formula 1 Racing, Lewis Hamilton joined Michael Schumacher with the most number of Grand Prix wins with 91, when he won the 2020 Eifel Grand Prix last October 11, 2020. Hamilton is a British racing driver under team Mercedez winning his first Grand Prix in Canada in 2007. For this year alone, he already won 7 Grand Prix races. These includes Styrian, Hungarian, British, Spanish, Belgian, Tuscan and Eifel Grand Prix, respectively.
Roland Garros in Paris France, the world witnessed another historic event as Spanish Rafael Nadal won his 13th French Open Title and tied with Roger Federer for the most numbers of Grand Slam Title with 20. The current world no. 2 Nadal defeated world no. 1 Novak Djokovic in straight sets (6-0, 6-2, 7-5) on clay. Nadal won 13 French Open, 4 US Open, 2 Wimbledon and 1 Austrailian Open Titles, making it a total of 20 Grand Slam Titles.
The Lakers Nation celebrated as the Los Angeles Lakers was crowned the 2019-2020 NBA Champions in the bubble in Orlando. The LA Lakers won their 17th NBA Title as they joined Boston Celtics as the winningest franchise in NBA history. The Lebron James and Anthony Davis lead Lakers demolished the Eastern Conference Champion Miami Heat in game 6 as they enjoyed more than 30 points advantage in 3rd quarter and won (106-93). Lebron James won his 4th NBA Finals MVP as he carried the Lakers with 28 points, 14 rebounds and 10 assists. He’s the only player who won Finals MVP in 3 different NBA teams.
These sports events will surely be included in the sports history books. Each of those had its own beauty and its own special meaning. Let’s enjoy it.
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