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Michael Phelps
« on: August 17, 2008, 12:01:56 AM »
Is there any doubt that he is the best Olympic athlete of all time?
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« Reply #1 on: August 17, 2008, 12:32:36 AM »
Kid is unreal... still can't believe he beat that serb to the wall in the 100-meter butterfly..  :o ;D .. God Bless America!!!

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Re: Michael Phelps
« Reply #2 on: August 17, 2008, 10:00:39 AM »
Quote from: Marco Baldi on August 17, 2008, 12:01:56 AM
Is there any doubt that he is the best Olympic athlete of all time?

I don't think there is any argument there after last night...

I hope everyone appreciates what a truly amazing performance they have witnessed over the past 9 days..   UNBELIEVABLE
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Re: Michael Phelps
« Reply #3 on: August 17, 2008, 10:17:59 AM »
Well the fact that he won so many different events is just amazing. To put it in perspective its like being a sprinter and a marathon runner. People train their whole lives to win one gold and here he is winning 8 in one shot and breaking a boat load of world recrods to boot.
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Re: Michael Phelps
« Reply #4 on: August 17, 2008, 12:25:12 PM »
just hope he is clear on doping for the next 10 years.....:)
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Re: Michael Phelps
« Reply #5 on: August 17, 2008, 12:36:09 PM »
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Re: Michael Phelps
« Reply #6 on: August 17, 2008, 02:46:28 PM »
Quote from: NYCbuckeye on August 17, 2008, 12:25:12 PM
just hope he is clear on doping for the next 10 years.....:)

http://www.nbcolympics.com/swimming/news/newsid=219455.html?GT1=39003

"Anybody can say whatever they want, but I know I'm clean," Phelps said. "People can question it all they want, but the facts are the facts. I have the results to prove it."

He is taking part in "Project Believe," a U.S. Anti-Doping Agency volunteer initiative where athletes provide additional testing that is more frequent and more sophisticated than the usual regime of tests.
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Re: Michael Phelps
« Reply #7 on: August 17, 2008, 08:37:02 PM »
Quote from: jumpinjohnny on August 17, 2008, 02:46:28 PM
Quote from: NYCbuckeye on August 17, 2008, 12:25:12 PM
just hope he is clear on doping for the next 10 years.....:)

http://www.nbcolympics.com/swimming/news/newsid=219455.html?GT1=39003

"Anybody can say whatever they want, but I know I'm clean," Phelps said. "People can question it all they want, but the facts are the facts. I have the results to prove it."

He is taking part in "Project Believe," a U.S. Anti-Doping Agency volunteer initiative where athletes provide additional testing that is more frequent and more sophisticated than the usual regime of tests.

im sure thats what jones and johnson said....but still your right. hes innocent until proven guilty.
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Re: Michael Phelps
« Reply #8 on: August 19, 2008, 01:13:55 PM »
Quote from: JJ on August 17, 2008, 10:17:59 AM
To put it in perspective its like being a sprinter and a marathon runner.

Um, not quite.  It's not like he swam the 1500 free or anything.  It's a marvelous achievement but swimmers swim multiple disciplines and distances all the time.  I'm not arguing the fact that he may be the greatest Olympic athlete of all time, he may be and he's obviously the most decorated, just trying to temper the hyperbole. 

I guess it also depends on what your personal idea is of greatest.  I heard someone say Tommy Smith and John Carlos were the greatest.  Kind of out there but they were certainly more important that Phelps.  I'd also point out that there is far greater difference between the 100M and the Long Jump than the butterfly and the crawl.  But for my money Jesse Owens has to be the greatest AND most important of all time.
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Re: Michael Phelps
« Reply #9 on: August 19, 2008, 01:48:11 PM »
Quote from: jumpinjohnny on August 17, 2008, 02:46:28 PM
Quote from: NYCbuckeye on August 17, 2008, 12:25:12 PM
just hope he is clear on doping for the next 10 years.....:)

http://www.nbcolympics.com/swimming/news/newsid=219455.html?GT1=39003

"Anybody can say whatever they want, but I know I'm clean," Phelps said. "People can question it all they want, but the facts are the facts. I have the results to prove it."

He is taking part in "Project Believe," a U.S. Anti-Doping Agency volunteer initiative where athletes provide additional testing that is more frequent and more sophisticated than the usual regime of tests.

that means squat. he blood results will be kept for the next 10 years. thats a lot of time to find something undetected right now.....
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Re: Michael Phelps
« Reply #10 on: August 19, 2008, 02:13:08 PM »
Quote from: NYCbuckeye on August 19, 2008, 01:48:11 PM
Quote from: jumpinjohnny on August 17, 2008, 02:46:28 PM
Quote from: NYCbuckeye on August 17, 2008, 12:25:12 PM
just hope he is clear on doping for the next 10 years.....:)

http://www.nbcolympics.com/swimming/news/newsid=219455.html?GT1=39003

"Anybody can say whatever they want, but I know I'm clean," Phelps said. "People can question it all they want, but the facts are the facts. I have the results to prove it."

He is taking part in "Project Believe," a U.S. Anti-Doping Agency volunteer initiative where athletes provide additional testing that is more frequent and more sophisticated than the usual regime of tests.

that means squat. he blood results will be kept for the next 10 years. thats a lot of time to find something undetected right now.....

Phelps will be done by that time

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