EPTMichael Phelps is NOT overrated - Page 10
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useLess
United States4781 Posts
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MuShu
United States3223 Posts
On August 17 2008 14:07 artofmagic wrote: he definitely a monster! his 7th medal win was the most amazing. The speed of his arms are just unbelievable at the last minute. Also, does swimming in the center of pool give those swimmers an advantage? Most of the time.. the winners are in the middle lanes. For some reason I have a feeling i read that there is less drag in the center. I heard the commentators say that the outter lanes have less drag. I think they put the fastest in the center lanes because it's better for the spectators. btw, yay for 8! GO PHELPS! | ||
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Masamune
Canada3401 Posts
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arew
Lithuania1861 Posts
On August 13 2008 20:26 zulu_nation8 wrote: Definitely the best performer in the Olympics so far agree | ||
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unknown.sam
Philippines2701 Posts
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New Zealand6138 Posts
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BlackJack
United States10574 Posts
On August 17 2008 16:58 MuShu wrote: I heard the commentators say that the outter lanes have less drag. I think they put the fastest in the center lanes because it's better for the spectators. btw, yay for 8! GO PHELPS! fastest qualifiers get the center lanes | ||
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kpcrew
Korea (South)1071 Posts
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kpcrew
Korea (South)1071 Posts
michael phelps owns all now just gotta pray that hes legit | ||
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ssystem
United Kingdom337 Posts
On August 17 2008 19:29 H_ wrote: Phelps is a robot sent from the future to destroy competition. THE FUTURE IS COMMUNIST! | ||
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theonemephisto
United States409 Posts
On August 17 2008 16:58 MuShu wrote: I heard the commentators say that the outter lanes have less drag. I think they put the fastest in the center lanes because it's better for the spectators. btw, yay for 8! GO PHELPS! Most of the time the side lanes suck balls because you're next to a wall, and that creates a ton of turbulence. However, the water cube is a 10 lane pool with 8 lanes in use, so yes, the side lanes will have a bit less turbulence because they have empty water to one side. Of course, you can get some funny currents in the side lanes still because waves under the water will still bounce off the side. However, again, yes, the center lanes give you a better view (not that it matters in a lot of events, like fly). In fact, I'd say for fly I'd prefer a lane slightly to the right of the pool, as I turn to my left, therefore I can see more of the field that way. But yea, it's for the spectators mostly. Just like how they circle seed the heats and semis, it's to save the good races for last. | ||
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KOFgokuon
United States14911 Posts
On August 17 2008 22:55 kpcrew(Gg) wrote: i called it michael phelps owns all now just gotta pray that hes legit congrats, so did everyone else in the world at any rate, i really wish that when andrea kramer interviewed phelps, that she asked him something like "what are you gonna do to celebrate" and he replied I am getting DRUNK off my ASS and hittin some hot pussy tonight! i woulda lost it completely | ||
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SK.Testie
Canada11084 Posts
When you play or do a sport to improve yourself, you're not even playing your competition your greatest competition is yourself and you are pushing yourself and the rest be damned | ||
Mynock
4492 Posts
And this is not even mentioning the LZR Racer suits... Meh. Go Nadal, you worked more than Phelps. :/ | ||
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ploy
United States416 Posts
I was just saying the same thing about how it sucks that the US basketball team will play so many games to only win one medal the other night, but you can't blame that on Phelps. Any top athlete in another sport will still say that Phelps is one of the greatest athletes of all time. (I'd bet that includes Nadal) | ||
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Mynock
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Oh, and who the hell is blaming it on Phelps? I'm blaming the system. Another thing is your team sports. You mean to say that everyone in that basketball team works the same amount to get that medal? You mean to say that the guy in baseball that sits behind the enemy and catches balls thrown by his partner does the same amount of work as Nadal, Phelps or whatever other athlete actually moving around? The system sucks. Everyone should have equal opportunities to be measured with other athletes, otherwise fanboys like you will start thinking Phelps is somehow "the best human in the world" or some similar shit. | ||
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ploy
United States416 Posts
On August 18 2008 02:40 MYM.Testie wrote: You shouldn't have a view on your competition When you play or do a sport to improve yourself, you're not even playing your competition your greatest competition is yourself and you are pushing yourself and the rest be damned Except when you're going for 8 golds and you have to qualify for every single one of them, you really want to be able to 'pace' yourself (if you can even call it pacing for Phelps) so your body can perform at its peak only when it really needs to. If he went all out in all the qualifiers he probably would not have won 8 golds, seeing as how I'm sure it would slow him down at least .01 in that 100m butterfly. | ||
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ploy
United States416 Posts
On August 18 2008 03:21 Mynock wrote: The Spanish wouldn't... Oh, and who the hell is blaming it on Phelps? I'm blaming the system. Another thing is your team sports. You mean to say that everyone in that basketball team works the same amount to get that medal? You mean to say that the guy in basketball that sits behind the enemy and catches balls thrown by his partner does the same amount of work as Nadal, Phelps or whatever other athlete actually moving around? The system sucks. Everyone should have equal opportunities to be measured with other athletes, otherwise fanboys like you will start thinking Phelps is somehow "the best human in the world" or some similar shit. I agree that the system is messed up, and you make a good point. However, don't even try to label me as a 'Phelps fanboy' to discredit me. I wouldn't call myself a fan of Phelps, but I used to swim competitively so I know exactly how incredible of a feat he has just performed. How would you like it if I had never played competitive tennis before (played that too - I actually like Nadal) but said that Nadal wouldn't deserve more than one gold anyways because it's not that hard of a sport compared to soccer or something while calling you a Nadal fanboy. You'd think I was a bit ignorant, wouldn't you? | ||
NonY
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I'm trying to imagine how to stage the challenge Phelps faced but for other sports. The athlete would have to have a best-in-the-world performance 6+ times (and he'd have to do it against an entire field at once, like in track, and not just one at a time, like in tennis). He'd have to be competing against well-rested people when he has just competed hours (or less) before the event. He'd have to have a wide variety of skills (the different strokes) even though he is facing specialists. I also imagine there are a lot of smaller mental things that Phelps uniquely faced that other olympians have not had to experience... etc etc | ||
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Mynock
4492 Posts
The point stands however - if the swimmers had 24 events during the Olympiad, Phelps would have a chance to win all of them, merely because he is a great swimmer. That doesn't deserve a special praise for him, because everybody else would also enter those events and be equally tired, and in a difficult position. The breaking of the world records on itself also isn't enough, because due to the new Speedo suits everybody is breaking those records left and right. The point is - things aren't objective at the time, so no matter how you look at it - you just can't crown a "top athlete" objectively. Phelps is a damn good athlete tho, and absolutely no doubt he's the best swimmer ATM. But that's it. | ||
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