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08/16/2008 11:30:20 PM · #1 |
| I'd just like to say congratulations Michael Phelps... Simply Amazing. |
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08/17/2008 12:15:06 AM · #2 |
Originally posted by totaldis:
I'd just like to say congratulations Michael Phelps... Simply Amazing. |
he totally rocks!! |
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08/17/2008 12:20:06 AM · #3 |
| I agree!!! He did great :) |
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08/17/2008 12:22:59 AM · #4 |
| Just goes to prove that there are way too many events in swimming. |
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08/17/2008 01:11:15 AM · #5 |
| perhaps.. but it also goes to show that he's super human participating in 17 events (semi's / finals) |
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08/17/2008 01:16:25 AM · #6 |
Originally posted by KelvinC:
Just goes to prove that there are way too many events in swimming. |
Huh? To quote the old Macintosh error message, that makes no sense as a statement.
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08/17/2008 01:16:40 AM · #7 |
| It sucks to be on the West Coast :( |
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08/17/2008 01:31:43 AM · #8 |
| I've been up until 2 every morning watching the Olympics. I won't know what to do with myself once they're over! |
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08/17/2008 10:43:02 AM · #9 |
Originally posted by CassieDoodle:
I've been up until 2 every morning watching the Olympics. I won't know what to do with myself once they're over! |
why football of course... |
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08/17/2008 10:48:25 AM · #10 |
I was so excited to see that. Way to go Phelps!
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08/17/2008 11:06:20 AM · #11 |
I wonder what special training he did?
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08/17/2008 11:16:36 AM · #12 |
Originally posted by KelvinC:
Just goes to prove that there are way too many events in swimming. |
Yeah, and in Track & Field too :-) They should cut the running down to 1 dash, 1 distance event, 1 hurdles, etc.
Then for the boxing, have you seen the different weight classes? Absurd: Light Flyweight | Flyweight | Bantamweight | Featherweight | Lightweight | Light Welterweight | Welterweight | Middleweight | Light Heavyweight | Heavyweight | Super Heavyweight
Light Flyweight is up to 108 lbs. 108-112 is Flyweight. Give us a break huh? It should be broken down into "little guys", "average guys", and "really big guys".
Same goes for wrestling. Way too many classes.
Heck, we can prune the olys down to 2 days of competition if we try really hard :-)
Meanwhile, back on Planet Earth, what Phelps accomplished may be the single greatest athletic accomplishment of all time. I mean, there are other candidates, sure, but this is so far beyond mortal it boggles the mind.
R.
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08/17/2008 11:20:54 AM · #13 |
| What he has done will stand the test of time. I really don't think that will be a record that will be broken for a very long time. He was even able to get my 14 year old excited about the compitition. HE was jumping and yelling right along with me. |
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08/17/2008 11:25:22 AM · #14 |
I saw Spitz when I was 10 years old and now Phelps at 46. I will not live to see it done again.
On another note:
That "Bolt" runner from Jamaica is a strange runner. He whips the field and "coasts" in for the last 20 meters or so. I hope he knows he can't do this forever and tries to lower that record in the coming months.
From what I saw, he could have easily posted a 9.5** if he ran the whole race.
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08/17/2008 11:27:03 AM · #15 |
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
Originally posted by KelvinC:
Just goes to prove that there are way too many events in swimming. |
Yeah, and in Track & Field too :-) They should cut the running down to 1 dash, 1 distance event, 1 hurdles, etc.
Then for the boxing, have you seen the different weight classes? Absurd: Light Flyweight | Flyweight | Bantamweight | Featherweight | Lightweight | Light Welterweight | Welterweight | Middleweight | Light Heavyweight | Heavyweight | Super Heavyweight
Light Flyweight is up to 108 lbs. 108-112 is Flyweight. Give us a break huh? It should be broken down into "little guys", "average guys", and "really big guys".
Same goes for wrestling. Way too many classes.
Heck, we can prune the olys down to 2 days of competition if we try really hard :-)
Meanwhile, back on Planet Earth, what Phelps accomplished may be the single greatest athletic accomplishment of all time. I mean, there are other candidates, sure, but this is so far beyond mortal it boggles the mind.
R. |
Im not going to comment on Phelps, hes definately one of the best athletes of all time, but your counter argument to the statemnt about too many swiming events doesnt stand. A great long distance runner (which is way more taxing than swiming short distance), could particapate in only 3 races (5k, 10k, marathon). Asprinter in 3 as well 100m 200m and long jump (and a 4x100 if they have a strong team behind them.)
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08/17/2008 11:27:04 AM · #16 |
Originally posted by kenskid:
That "Bolt" runner from Jamaica is a strange runner. He whips the field and "coasts" in for the last 20 meters or so. I hope he knows he can't do this forever and tries to lower that record in the coming months.
From what I saw, he could have easily posted a 9.5** if he ran the whole race. |
I don't know if anyone else took it this way, but I was offended by the rude way that he finished this race. His 'early celebration' seemed to be mocking his fellow competitors, in my opinion. |
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08/17/2008 03:08:13 PM · #17 |
Originally posted by egamble:
Originally posted by kenskid:
That "Bolt" runner from Jamaica is a strange runner. He whips the field and "coasts" in for the last 20 meters or so. I hope he knows he can't do this forever and tries to lower that record in the coming months.
From what I saw, he could have easily posted a 9.5** if he ran the whole race. |
I don't know if anyone else took it this way, but I was offended by the rude way that he finished this race. His 'early celebration' seemed to be mocking his fellow competitors, in my opinion. |
I agreed with you, Eric, and Ken, I was also surprised he shut it down so early, until I saw a brief interview with him shortly after the run. He was just ecstatic at winning the gold, and didn't care about records. From what I understand, he's only been running this race for a year, so I think it was just him being excited a little early as opposed to arrogance.
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08/17/2008 04:58:16 PM · #18 |
Originally posted by egamble:
Originally posted by kenskid:
That "Bolt" runner from Jamaica is a strange runner. He whips the field and "coasts" in for the last 20 meters or so. I hope he knows he can't do this forever and tries to lower that record in the coming months.
From what I saw, he could have easily posted a 9.5** if he ran the whole race. |
I don't know if anyone else took it this way, but I was offended by the rude way that he finished this race. His 'early celebration' seemed to be mocking his fellow competitors, in my opinion. |
I don't think it was intentional. Just think the dude got a bit over-excited! I must say it is probably the most incredible athletic feat I have ever seen - you simply don't win the 100m by that big a distance or get a world record despite celebrating 15m from the finishing line. Simply unbelievable. |
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08/17/2008 05:50:40 PM · #19 |
I dunno... I would disqualify anyone that had the gaul to wear gold shoes (& the posing with the sign holding the shoe at the end was too much) :-/ He did pretty much shut down towards the end... but not a bad sprinter and he could certainly go faster :-)
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08/17/2008 06:24:38 PM · #20 |
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08/17/2008 08:49:03 PM · #21 |
Originally posted by kolasi:
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
Originally posted by KelvinC:
Just goes to prove that there are way too many events in swimming. |
Yeah, and in Track & Field too :-) They should cut the running down to 1 dash, 1 distance event, 1 hurdles, etc.
Then for the boxing, have you seen the different weight classes? Absurd: Light Flyweight | Flyweight | Bantamweight | Featherweight | Lightweight | Light Welterweight | Welterweight | Middleweight | Light Heavyweight | Heavyweight | Super Heavyweight
Light Flyweight is up to 108 lbs. 108-112 is Flyweight. Give us a break huh? It should be broken down into "little guys", "average guys", and "really big guys".
Same goes for wrestling. Way too many classes.
Heck, we can prune the olys down to 2 days of competition if we try really hard :-)
Meanwhile, back on Planet Earth, what Phelps accomplished may be the single greatest athletic accomplishment of all time. I mean, there are other candidates, sure, but this is so far beyond mortal it boggles the mind.
R. |
Im not going to comment on Phelps, hes definately one of the best athletes of all time, but your counter argument to the statemnt about too many swiming events doesnt stand. A great long distance runner (which is way more taxing than swiming short distance), could particapate in only 3 races (5k, 10k, marathon). Asprinter in 3 as well 100m 200m and long jump (and a 4x100 if they have a strong team behind them.) |
I was being satirical. See smileys... As far as I am concerned, the more medals the merrier ;-)
R/
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08/17/2008 09:00:12 PM · #22 |
China is just doing great in the games, its crazy how their sports programs have advanced in such a short time. I think they got their first medal ever in 1984. And now they are first in the rankings by far.
Bear, didnt detect the humor, sometimes i miss it when reading and not listening to someonbe talk
Message edited by author 2008-08-17 21:01:11. |
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08/17/2008 10:01:13 PM · #23 |
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
Originally posted by KelvinC:
Just goes to prove that there are way too many events in swimming. |
Yeah, and in Track & Field too :-) They should cut the running down to 1 dash, 1 distance event, 1 hurdles, etc.
Then for the boxing, have you seen the different weight classes? Absurd: Light Flyweight | Flyweight | Bantamweight | Featherweight | Lightweight | Light Welterweight | Welterweight | Middleweight | Light Heavyweight | Heavyweight | Super Heavyweight
Light Flyweight is up to 108 lbs. 108-112 is Flyweight. Give us a break huh? It should be broken down into "little guys", "average guys", and "really big guys".
Same goes for wrestling. Way too many classes.
Heck, we can prune the olys down to 2 days of competition if we try really hard :-)
Meanwhile, back on Planet Earth, what Phelps accomplished may be the single greatest athletic accomplishment of all time. I mean, there are other candidates, sure, but this is so far beyond mortal it boggles the mind.
R. |
The classifications that you have mentioned in regards to weight classes are used to seclude people from competing and therefore one person is not able to dominate the entire event. This is good.
As far as running events, they are all different in aspects of training and abilities of the athletes and therefore no runner can dominate all the running events. This is good.
In swimming however, it is very easy for the athletes to be good at more than one event and therefore dominate much of the races. This is not good.
Message edited by author 2008-08-17 22:01:27. |
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08/17/2008 10:08:44 PM · #24 |
Originally posted by gwe21:
Originally posted by totaldis:
I'd just like to say congratulations Michael Phelps... Simply Amazing. |
he totally rocks!! |
Michael Phelps is the man!!!!!!
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08/17/2008 11:10:25 PM · #25 |
Originally posted by KelvinC:
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
Originally posted by KelvinC:
Just goes to prove that there are way too many events in swimming. |
Yeah, and in Track & Field too :-) They should cut the running down to 1 dash, 1 distance event, 1 hurdles, etc.
Then for the boxing, have you seen the different weight classes? Absurd: Light Flyweight | Flyweight | Bantamweight | Featherweight | Lightweight | Light Welterweight | Welterweight | Middleweight | Light Heavyweight | Heavyweight | Super Heavyweight
Light Flyweight is up to 108 lbs. 108-112 is Flyweight. Give us a break huh? It should be broken down into "little guys", "average guys", and "really big guys".
Same goes for wrestling. Way too many classes.
Heck, we can prune the olys down to 2 days of competition if we try really hard :-)
Meanwhile, back on Planet Earth, what Phelps accomplished may be the single greatest athletic accomplishment of all time. I mean, there are other candidates, sure, but this is so far beyond mortal it boggles the mind.
R. |
The classifications that you have mentioned in regards to weight classes are used to seclude people from competing and therefore one person is not able to dominate the entire event. This is good.
As far as running events, they are all different in aspects of training and abilities of the athletes and therefore no runner can dominate all the running events. This is good.
In swimming however, it is very easy for the athletes to be good at more than one event and therefore dominate much of the races. This is not good. |
Ya ya ya :-) I was creating a piece of SATIRE, but I guess I failed :-)
R.
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