Michael Phelps

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how many total gold metals will he bring home from China ?
he has 3 gold as of today.in the 2008 Olympic.

[Prngr44]

His goal was 8 wasn't it?

I think he'll fall just short with 7.

[bachviet]

I would say 7 also.

[Cheesypuff]

wow...did anybody catch the Olympics 08 Swimming: 4x100 Relay where the US stole the gold from france by 0.08 seconds? SOCRAZY!!!!!!!!! i can't stop watching that video. the greatest swim race i have EVER seen! HKFEAJAKJEKAF

[Markel]

wow...did anybody catch the Olympics 08 Swimming: 4x100 Relay where the US stole the gold from france by 0.08 seconds? SOCRAZY!!!!!!!!! i can't stop watching that video. the greatest swim race i have EVER seen! HKFEAJAKJEKAF

Yeah, that was a spectacular win. The final US swimmer did the seemingly impossible.

[Thesifer]

I think he'll take all 8 after watching him take Gold twice today.

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he do a clean sweep and all setting new record times

[zippyjuan]

His performance has been pretty amazing. He is swimming a lot of races and still dominating all of them. The problem is that with the drugs in sports controversies is that we may question any performances which seem to be too amazing. Nobody has raised that question with Phelps yet, but some may start to wonder. Has that tainted our ability to admire sports- or did we admire them too much in the past?

[Cheesypuff]

phelps volunteered his body to be studied by scientist on whether or not he's using performance drugs. He is very open about what he puts in his body and has nothing to hide. I think he's ballzy for that move and very noble. he's gonna take it all!

[attgig]

His performance has been pretty amazing. He is swimming a lot of races and still dominating all of them. The problem is that with the drugs in sports controversies is that we may question any performances which seem to be too amazing. Nobody has raised that question with Phelps yet, but some may start to wonder. Has that tainted our ability to admire sports- or did we admire them too much in the past?

He just puts alcohol into his body, and then goes and drives...

(big local story after he won the golds in athens)

[GraingerGuy]

http://www.seriouseats.com/2008/08/w...t-all-day.html

Not only that....but 8000 - 10000 calories a day.

Wow....

[Thesifer]

He just puts alcohol into his body, and then goes and drives...

(big local story after he won the golds in athens)

And no one else does that one either... Or wait, it seems they all do.

[guiseppewv]

He just puts alcohol into his body, and then goes and drives...

(big local story after he won the golds in athens)

Not that I am condoning what he did but it only happened once, right? Maybe I am reading into it but it seems like you are saying that he does it regularly.

[Prngr44]

http://www.seriouseats.com/2008/08/w...t-all-day.html

Not only that....but 8000 - 10000 calories a day.

Wow....

Just think if he stopped swimming 5 hours a day.

[Cheesypuff]

And no one else does that one either... Or wait, it seems they all do.

then again, appealing to the masses doesn't make it right either.

[Thesifer]

then again, appealing to the masses doesn't make it right either.

Didn't say it was right. Just said there is no reason to hang the guy for a mistake he made years ago. Now if he was getting in trouble constantly like Paris or one of the other losers, then it would make sense.

On another note and sort of related to phelps, if we keep dominating the olympics will they eventually drop all sports or just ban us from competition? (looking at you softball and baseball)

[guiseppewv]

Thesifer - I agree with you on Phelps. If he was a habitual offender like some of the other loser celebs that we know then it would be fine to beat him up for it. He screwed up once, so give him a break.

I am not sure we are really dominating the Olympics. The Chinese have way more golds than us. We have a greater number of medals compared to any other country but the Chinese have the most golds. Granted, they also have 13 year old kids winning golds because they are competing despite the rules. The IOC is a joke because they do nothing about it.

[guiseppewv]

BTW - Phelps just bagged his 7th gold.

[Markel]

BTW - Phelps just bagged his 7th gold.

What a disappointment - he didn't set his seventh world record.

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What a disappointment - he didn't set his seventh world record.

it is sad it wasn't a world record. but it was a Olympic record.
anyone see the interveiw they just had with michael phelps & mark splitz on tv ?
that was very very interesting . i wonder if the swimmers were still just wearing swim trunks and loss the head wear if this been the same results (so many world record times broken)! but we we will never know well we ?

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The Serbian delegation filed a protest, but conceded that Phelps won after reviewing the tape provided by FINA, swimming's governing body. USA Swimming spokeswoman Jamie Olson said the tape was slowed to one frame every 10-thousandth of a second to make sure Phelps actually touched first.

It was impossible to tell on regular-speed replays.

"We filed the protest but it is already over," said Branislav Jevtic, Serbia's chief of mission for all sports. "They examined the video and I think the case is closed. The video says (Phelps) finished first.

"In my opinion, it's not right, but we must follow the rules. Everybody saw what happened."

FINA referee Ben Ekumbo of Kenya said there was no doubt who won after a review of the super-slow replay.

"It was very clear that the Serbian swimmer touched second after Michael Phelps," he said. "One was stroking and one was gliding."

So, in one sentence he admits that the video showed that Phelps won and in the next sentence he says it isn't right? I am hoping there was just something lost in translation.

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[uncledaddy]

So, in one sentence he admits that the video showed that Phelps won and in the next sentence he says it isn't right? I am hoping there was just something lost in translation.

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That is funny.

What an amazing finish, though.

[VTGreg]

So, in one sentence he admits that the video showed that Phelps won and in the next sentence he says it isn't right? I am hoping there was just something lost in translation.

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That is comical. Sounds like sour grapes to me. At least Serbia got their revenge this morning when Djokavic beat Blake for the Bronze in tennis.

[Thesifer]

I think he might have been saying something like normally you would both be reaching, and phelps was in the middle of a stride when he touched, in essence maybe that he could have lost his bearings in the pool so therefore shouldn't be the man on top? That's all I can get out of it. But in reality, I think it's more Phelps hates the short swims, he has the fish advantage in the long swims.

[VTGreg]

I think he might have been saying something like normally you would both be reaching, and phelps was in the middle of a stride when he touched, in essence maybe that he could have lost his bearings in the pool so therefore shouldn't be the man on top? That's all I can get out of it. But in reality, I think it's more Phelps hates the short swims, he has the fish advantage in the long swims.

In essence they both screwed up and were in between strokes. Phelps went with the half stroke to win while the other guy stretched out for it and ended up taking a fraction of a second longer.

It made for great entertainment whatever the result. Hopefully tonight's race ends up being another close one.

[thresher]

I just saw Michael pull off his 8th. What an inspiration! The race was great to watch and it was cool to see Lezak (sp) as the anchor again. Congrats Michael - you're the man!!

[Thesifer]

that was pretty awesome. Luckily Phelps isn't sporting the pornstache anymore

[zippyjuan]

NBC used some underwater stop action shots of the finish of the questionable race and he did just beat the other guy.

It is amazing how high Phelps set our expectations- where we were "disappointed" that he did not set a world record in one of eight races in a week. He swam more races than the people he was racing against so they should have been fresher. An incredible performance.

[LPMiller]

That is funny.

What an amazing finish, though.

Phelps won that race entirely due to his 6 foot 7 inch wingspan. He stroked into that touch, where the other guy was at the end of his stroke. Totally fair and well deserved.