EPTPhelps doesn't seem very impressive at all. I say 3 Golds, maybe 4 if lucky.
Phelps is overrated
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mensrea
Canada5062 Posts
Phelps doesn't seem very impressive at all. I say 3 Golds, maybe 4 if lucky. | ||
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Refrain[FriZ]
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mmm.beer
Canada412 Posts
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mensrea
Canada5062 Posts
We'll see. I think I'm just disgusted by the unnecessarey hype and the ridiculous comparisons. There's just little evidence to support the conclusion that Phelps can dominate a field that includes Popov, Thorpe, and what-his-name from the Netherlands. And the USA relay teams are no longer as dominating as they used to be (costing Phelps even more medals). They've already lost the 4x100m relay (an event they had never been beaten in in the Olympics - until the Aussies did in Sydney) to a world record performing South Africa. In fact, Team USA got blown out of the water and came in a distant 3rd (the Dutch beat them to the Silver). | ||
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ejai63
United States2101 Posts
edit: nah, the 4x100 was really close btw us and netherlands. us lead with 50 meters left, but van den hoogenband - maybe the fastest swimmer in the world - caught up to him. netherlands won by .15 seconds | ||
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hasuwar
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IronMentality
United States1129 Posts
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mensrea
Canada5062 Posts
On August 15 2004 14:29 ejai63 wrote: edit: nah, the 4x100 was really close btw us and netherlands. us lead with 50 meters left, but van den hoogenband - maybe the fastest swimmer in the world - caught up to him. netherlands won by .15 seconds Actually, by "blown out of the water" I didn't mean the Dutch - but by the S. Africans, as well as the fact that they didn't even get Silver. That's all I meant. | ||
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cAtAcLySmIc
United States552 Posts
On August 15 2004 14:18 mensrea wrote: The last time any swimmer even remotely had the chance to break Spitz's record performance of 7 Gold medals in a single Olympics was in '88 when Biondi came in hyped to the hilt - and came very very close to living up to it by winning 5 Golds, 1 S8ilver and 1 Bronze. Phelps doesn't seem very impressive at all. I say 3 Golds, maybe 4 if lucky. Keep in mind Phelps is only 19, he will probably only get better. | ||
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mensrea
Canada5062 Posts
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0_0
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Famouzze
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ejai63
United States2101 Posts
On August 15 2004 14:44 mensrea wrote: Nope. Best swimmers in the world peak in the late teens. He'll be slightly over-the-hill come next Olympics. Just ask Thorpe. It is true that swimmers can peak at an early age, but swimmers can maintain their peak for a long time. Thorpe is still swimming at the same level he was 5 years ago, maybe better. Other guys like popov, van den hoogenband, and others are still elite swimmers when they're 25+ | ||
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STIMEY d okgm fish
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ejai63
United States2101 Posts
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Manifesto7
Osaka27174 Posts
I also laugh at NBC who cut away from todays basketball game. Finally I just wanted to say GL to Rick Say (CDN), who finished second to Phelps in his semi-final race. We graduated together from highschool and he is a quality human being. | ||
Hot_Bid
Braavos36400 Posts
On August 15 2004 15:45 ejai63 wrote: It is true that swimmers can peak at an early age, but swimmers can maintain their peak for a long time. Thorpe is still swimming at the same level he was 5 years ago, maybe better. Other guys like popov, van den hoogenband, and others are still elite swimmers when they're 25+ thorpe said himself in interviews that he's definitely not as fast as he was last olympics... the next summer games phelps will not be better than he is now. | ||
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mensrea
Canada5062 Posts
Just pointing out that I believe he's as much hype as he is substance - at least so far. And I can't agree Thorpe is faster today than he was 4 years ago. 4 years ago he was the most dominant swimmer in the world. I do not believe he is today - and not just because someone got better. | ||
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Maynard
United States889 Posts
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booooo
Singapore372 Posts
3 seconds is a long time in the pool, something like 2 or 3 body lengths. | ||
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