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ESPN scoured its message boards to find its boldest, cleverest, most enlightening comment, and chose this one above all others ...

• "Incredible. If he isn't the greatest Olympian ever, who is?" — Stlrsfanforlife

Previous ESPN Featured Comment of the Week, plus a Featured Deadspin Response or two ...

• "For best Olympic torch-lighting moment, I'd have to go with the '94 Lillehammer Games." — Yanks_Jets_Knicks4life

• For the best torch lighting moment, I'd have to go with the time Michael's jerry-curl caught on hair in that Pepsi Commercial"-Bubbles1984 (Knight_Of_The_Burning_River)

• For the best torch lighting moment, I'd have to go with Fantastic Four Issue #2238 - JStorm4Evah (Arriaga_II)

• not only is he an idiot, he's wrong. the guy shooting the arrow into the cauldron at the '92 games was better. Though it might have been fake. (Mr. Pennsylvania)