Par4QC
I was a teenager visting my father in Brussels Belgium and watched the crash shown repeatedly on tv there. Huge news.
Please post the official criteria for length of absence from a sport that constitutes a comeback. I'd like to see that , not your feeble opinion.
Lauda was almost killed, the fact that depite severe burns and injuries that almost killed him, he managed to return to driving in 40 some days makes his story one of the most incredible comeback/ greatest return to sports ever .
Here is a list of the top 25 most astounding athlete comebacks of all time, you will see Lauda's comeback near the top. ( forgot about Lance Armstong who was given a low chance of survival and made a comeback , albeit a tarnished one)
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/881265-the-25-most-astounding-athletic-career-comebacks
"In 1976, on his way to a second World Championship Title in Formula One racing, Niki Lauda hit a little bump in the road; he wiped out during a race. His car burst into flames, skidded back out onto the track, and was broadsided by another car. Lauda got torched inside his Ferrari; much of his face was incinerated before he was pulled to safety. He bled internally, lapsed into a coma. It was touch and go for a few days, but Lauda pulled through."
Forty-three days later, he was behind the wheel at the Italian Grand Prix. Lauda would go on to win two more championship titles before retiring."
Amazing how the the dickheads have no idea what they are talking about , love proving them wrong like this.
Its ok , i know you are upset that Tiger shit the bed coming in and lost by 8, no comeback this week.
Oh and the surfers name was Bethnany Hamilton, 6 th most astounding atlete comeback of all time . Attacked by a tiger shark, several surgeries yet returned to her sport a month later. Incredible ! Well maybe not to some , maybe she she needed to extend her tragedy longer with drug addiction and rehab to be considered a legit comebackπv