Greatest 2022 Sporting Highlights
There were many highlights in the sporting world for 2022 (see our 2022 year in review for a full rundown). Here are our top five sporting highlights. Take the poll and let us know which one of these was your favorite.
- Surfing legend Kelly Slater won at Pipeline for the eighth time, 30 years after his first victory at the famous surf break in Hawaii, and just days shy of his 50th birthday.
- At the World Aquatics Championships in Budapest, Katie Ledecky won a record-breaking fifth straight 800m world title, taking her tally of World Championship medals to 22
- American Armand Duplantis breaking the pole vault record at the World Athletics Championships in Oregon, with a leap of 6.21 meters.
- A women's cycle tour race returned in 2022, under the title Tour de France Femmes.
- 80-1 outsider Rich Strike stunned the horse racing world with the second biggest upset in Kentucky Derby history
Here are these five highlights listed in a poll, vote for which one do you think is the greatest highlight?
What was your sporting highlight for 2022?
Disclaimer: These polls are not scientific, and only reflect the opinion of visitors to this website who have chosen to participate.
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