Phelps does it

[scoolbubba]

Good points. I wasn't knocking the athletes of today, as it takes much more dedication to excel today than it did in the 70s, but just wondering if the sport of swimming will ever hit a plateau, with records only broken every few years, not every few months. Do you think Phelps's records (both the world records he sets in different events and the medal record) will stand for several years, or will someone better be making a run at his records at the London games?


His records will stand until he beats them again until he retires (probably after the London Games). He'll be 26 by then. Ian Thorpe was in the same boat 8 years ago, with people talking about him being the greatest. And he was, until Phelps came along.

They will be always broken by a younger and faster athlete. Eventually we will plateau in the sport, as long as PED's are banned. Technology can take you so far, but there's obviously a point where a 50 can't physically get any faster. Whether that point is far off is another thing. We've seen it in running. Freaks like MP will come along and drop records a few tenths of a second at a time, but eventually we'll get to where the records will stand for longer and longer periods of time.

 

[Zissou]

Watched this live. A sane man would have dumped it when he failed to get it settled. I know I would have. Guess thats why he's in Beijing and Im watching it on tv.

Kid had alot of sand.

 

[JMMH]

Villanelle- I, too, enjoy a low-slung Speedo... however, I think MP is the male version of the butterface.

But that shouldn't take away from his great record breaking athletic performance blah blah blah...

 

[BigIron]

IRT to Zissou's post: how strange that the little guys come out with the shields to block the horror show.

 

[AJB37]

IRT to Zissou's post: how strange that the little guys come out with the shields to block the horror show.

Of course NBC then goes and shows it in slow motion from six different angles.

 

[Amall]

Watched this live. A sane man would have dumped it when he failed to get it settled. I know I would have. Guess thats why he's in Beijing and Im watching it on tv.

Kid had alot of sand.

Its not funny at all but, if you close your eyes and just listen to the announcers...

"The pain of it all, blah, blah, blah"

I giggle.

 

[Lobster]

Fox News had it on this morning while I was eating breakfast about the Chinese Women's Gymnastics team not being 16 years old. They also said the Chinese government might have produced false documents to prove their "age". A garbage move by China if it turns out to be true.

 

[xj220]

Look at them, there's no way they were of age. I don't trust any Chinese document.

 

[BigIron]

Fox News had it on this morning while I was eating breakfast about the Chinese Women's Gymnastics team not being 16 years old. They also said the Chinese government might have produced false documents to prove their "age". A garbage move by China if it turns out to be true.

No one is going to call them on it. The IOC has already reviewed the matter and said the passports were good enough (even though the gymnast in question has always registered with a 1993 birth up to this year and all of a sudden it was 1992).

No one wants to offend the great china.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,403584,00.html

 

[Longhorn]

I just graduated from the university of texas where i was on the swim team so i know phelps a little and have raced him plenty, but what he's doing at the olympics i just cant understand. i never thought times would get to where he's put them. he's literally re-writing the history books. and it pisses me off cause no human should be that fast in that many events.

 

[OUSOONER]

I just graduated from the university of texas where i was on the swim team so i know phelps a little and have raced him plenty, but what he's doing at the olympics i just cant understand. i never thought times would get to where he's put them. he's literally re-writing the history books. and it pisses me off cause no human should be that fast in that many events.

Texans....always good, but just not good enough and always envious of others' achievements.

 

[Lobster]

No one is going to call them on it. The IOC has already reviewed the matter and said the passports were good enough (even though the gymnast in question has always registered with a 1993 birth up to this year and all of a sudden it was 1992).

No one wants to offend the great china.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,403584,00.html

Yeah well I'll be more than happy to offend the great china. One of their female powerlifters has a face that looks like a pizza and is moving freakish amounts of weight that no one else can touch, clearly was on the juice. I'm not a fan of cheaters and to do that and be that blatant about it in front of the rest of the world is basically a slap in the face to everyone who participates and views the games.

 

[Lobster]

I just graduated from the university of texas where i was on the swim team so i know phelps a little and have raced him plenty, but what he's doing at the olympics i just cant understand. i never thought times would get to where he's put them. he's literally re-writing the history books. and it pisses me off cause no human should be that fast in that many events.

He's 6'4'' right? and has size 14 feet? He's built to do it, he's got flippers

 

[OUSOONER]

Yeah well I'll be more than happy to offend the great china. One of their female powerlifters has a face that looks like a pizza and is moving freakish amounts of weight that no one else can touch, clearly was on the juice. I'm not a fan of cheaters and to do that and be that blatant about it in front of the rest of the world is basically a slap in the face to everyone who participates and views the games.

Isn't that a bit presumptuous? I mean...they watch our major league baseball!

 

[Lobster]

Valid point but can you really compare major league baseball to the Olympic games? I don't think the two are on the same level. I see the games as being the pinancle of athletic events.