Top ten sports players who have proven themselves in two different programs

The nature of sports is fierce competition, and the prime of an athlete's career is quite short. It is not easy to leave your own page in the history of a single sport. However, there are always a few athletes who have made certain achievements on the road of "double training". In this article, I will list ten sports players who have proven themselves in different sports. Of course, it is inevitable that the pearl is left behind, and you are welcome to leave your comments in the comments section to add.

Ten, Kimi Raikkonen

One annual championship, two annual runner-up, two annual third place, in the field of F1, Finland's Kimi Räikkönen, known as the "Iceman", is definitely a big impressed fans of the top players.

During his long career as a Formula One driver, Raikkonen had a two-year gap. During this period, Raikkonen switched to the World Rally Championship. During the two-year period, Raikkonen's best result was seventh place in a stage and one section win in a race stage. Compared to the glory of his F1 career, Raikkonen's rallying career was lackluster.

However, after all, F1 rules and equipment is almost completely different from the WRC, if you measure Raikkonen as a newcomer to auto racing, his rally results are actually fair, at least can be considered to run the world's strongest event in the group of rally drivers in the upper-middle level.

Nine, Pat Connaughton

In the NBA league, outside of basketball, there are indeed many players who have practiced the rest of the sports. However, due to the premature choice to specialize in basketball, many players have near-zero results in their side events and can't claim to have proven themselves for the time being. Bucks bench player Pat Connaughton is actually more suited to appear on this list than the familiar Steve Nash.

Prior to being selected in the NBA Draft, Pat Connaughton, who plays shooting guard, was selected in the MLB Draft in the same year. Being able to pass two drafts in the same year in the four major North American sports leagues, Pat Connaughton is definitely a major new talent in the sports world. Although it is not difficult to draw a uniform analogy, but from the perspective of the two major draft picks, the MLB offered him a relatively higher pick than the NBA did. According to the player himself in the interview, he is actually more interested in baseball. Just after thinking again and again, Connaughton finally chose to give up the MLB league and take the path of the NBA. For one thing, because the NBA's average salary is high, and for another, once he chooses baseball, Pat Connaughton's exaggerated explosive bounce will not be able to perform on the field.

Eight, Zhang Changning

Zhang Changning was born in a volleyball family. Before the age of 19, Zhang Changning practiced beach volleyball, and was selected early for the national team of sand volleyball, which is considered to have made a name for itself early on. In the past, the sand volleyball duo of Zhang Changning/Ma Yuanyuan was expected by the media to be the future hope of Chinese sand volleyball.

However, at the age of 19, Zhang Changning switched to indoor volleyball, which is a more popular sport, with the help and guidance of a senior player.

Seven, WeiZhou

The first thing you need to do is to get a good idea of what you are doing. E-sports is a sport of intellectual rivalry between people using electronic devices as sports equipment.

As an officially recognized emerging sport, eSports has seen a high frequency of iterations between mainstream events and top players. However, in the completely different segmentation type of "League of Legends" & "Jedi survival", Wei Shen has grasped his youth and become the top player of these two popular e-sports respectively, which is really a miracle.

Sixth, Baolikao

Bao Ligao, nicknamed "the proud son of the grassland". In the middleweight division of the sparring program, Bao Ligao used to fight all over the country. In the middle of his career, Baolikao felt lonely and went straight to mixed martial arts, where the rules are more open. However, after entering this field, Bao Ligao continued to be a great fighter, and was also unbeatable in his weight class in China.

In the history of Chinese mixed martial arts, Bao Ligao and Liu Hailong have often been indistinguishable from each other in terms of status. However, in terms of status in Chinese fighting history, Baoligao was able to leave the latter by a large margin, precisely because of the above-mentioned point.

V. Chase Budinger

Seven seasons, a career shooting percentage of 43% and an average contribution of 7.9 points and 3.0 rebounds per game, these are the NBA statistics delivered by Chase Budinger. At the time he left the NBA, Budinger was just 28 years old.

A year later, Budinger appeared on the professional circuit of beach volleyball. For NBA fans familiar with Budinger, this one decision will never come as a surprise to them. Budinger was born into an athletic family, with most members of the family devoted to volleyball. In his family's eyes, Budinger, who was explosive in his jump but average against the run, was a natural volleyball player. Until the age of 18, Budinger was a member of the national junior sand volleyball team and one of the best sand volleyball players in the United States at that age.

In last season's USAVP Pro Sand Volleyball League, Chase Budinger partnered with teammate Patterson to win the annual championship. In the future Tokyo Olympic Games, sports fans will also see this once familiar blond boy in the U.S. sand volleyball team.

Dong Wenyuan

In the twentieth century in China, there was a talented chess player who reached the top national level in both Weiqi and Xiangqi. The name of this player was Dong Wenyuan. To be precise, Dong Wenyuan was an extremely rare "three-gun general", and even in chess, which is not so popular in China, Dong Wenyuan's attainment was quite high. Since Dong, who died long ago, did not leave a color photo, here only the relevant posting instead, no offense, no blame.

III. Ilhan Mansius

In 2002, due to his outstanding performance in the World Cup in Korea and Japan, Turkish international footballer Ilhan's name was known to the world. In addition, the moment when this man passed Carlos with a "rainbow cross" is still unforgettable to countless fans.

In 2006, Ilhan Mancis retired from skating, and in 2007, he became a figure skater and gradually became the best male skater in Turkey.

Although not a top superstar in either event, the sheer span of reaching the national team level in both summer events and winter events is truly amazing to sports fans.

II. Carl Lewis

After Jesse Owens and before Usain Bolt, Carl Lewis is definitely the best synonym for a great track and field runner.

As we all know, there are two big categories under track and field, field and track and field, and to be on top of the world in each of the two fields is simply incredible, and Carl Lewis did it. 2 Olympic gold medals in 100m, 1 Olympic gold medal in 200m, 2 Olympic gold medals in 4×100m relay, and 4 Olympic gold medals in long jump are on Lewis's books.

I. Luc Alphonse

Throughout the 80s and early 90s, Luc Alphonse was the top alpine downhill skier. 12 World Cup skiing championships speaks volumes about his achievements in the field. It is no exaggeration to say that Luc Alfond is the GOAT in alpine downhill.

After 1998, Alfons switched to cross-country rallying and competed in the prestigious Dakar Rally for the first time in that year. During his years of participation in the Dakar Rally, his performance has been in a state of continuous climbing, winning the championship of T1 group in 1999, ranking seventh overall in 2002, soaring to fourth overall in 2004, taking third place in 2005, and reaching the highest annual podium in 2006. From king of the snow to king of the desert, Luca Alfond's speed and daring will be forever recorded in the history of world sports.