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Michael Phelps

jackrabbit slimjackrabbit slim Posts: 564
edited August 2008 in All Encompassing Trip
How amazing is this guy? Part man part dolphin. Every time i watch he sets a new world record. I can't believe there isn't a thread saluting america's finest olympian.
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  • g under pg under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,209
    Not yet he has a lot more work to do and it doesn't get any easier but ROCK ON with your bad self.

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  • jackrabbit slimjackrabbit slim Posts: 564
    g under p wrote:
    Not yet he has a lot more work to do and it doesn't get any easier but ROCK ON with your bad self.

    Peace

    The way he's going by the end of the olympics he will smash carl lewis and mark spitzs' records.
  • pjoasisrulepjoasisrule Posts: 3,412
    Impressive but I basically only care about the track and field portion of the olympics, in particular the sprinting events.
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  • g under pg under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,209
    pjoasisrule wrote:
    Impressive but I basically only care about the track and field portion of the olympics, in particular the sprinting events.

    Same here but my 11 year old daughter is a competitive swimmer (she's won her share of gold medals) and she gets me going with this MP phenonomom, especially since he's from up the way in Baltimore.

    Peace
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  • DonJonDonJon Posts: 5,089
    I thought Ian Thrope was good in the water...this kid is a freak.

    Give it 5 or so years and I reckon this could be one of the all time greatest athletes. In fact he's probably already in the top 20 or so. Incredible stuff
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  • alexersalexers Posts: 492
    Hot!
  • suns rivalsuns rival Posts: 15,926
    will he break mark spitz gold medal haul record?
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  • DonJonDonJon Posts: 5,089
    suns rival wrote:
    will he break mark spitz gold medal haul record?

    Its gonna be a close one. From memory his biggest 'risk' was the 4x100 wasnt it??? So the hardest one is done first???

    I read somewhere that he wasnt only aiming for 8 bit also 8 world records!

    Now thats fuggin good. The guy is a machine
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  • zenithzenith Posts: 3,191
    ive been raving about the swimming the past two days in the oz thread - everyone has just been politely ignoring me :o the 4x100 relay was the one that blew me away

    how old is this guy?? is style is amazingly effortless now - if he's got a few more years to build on it he's going to be a freak
    impatience is a gift ........
  • DonJonDonJon Posts: 5,089
    zenith wrote:
    ive been raving about the swimming the past two days in the oz thread - everyone has just been politely ignoring me :o the 4x100 relay was the one that blew me away

    how old is this guy?? is style is amazingly effortless now - if he's got a few more years to build on it he's going to be a freak

    He's only just starting. He'll break all types of records. Ian Thorpe will be about 1/2 of this fella me finks. He's fairly humble for a yank as well
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  • suns rivalsuns rival Posts: 15,926
    hope phelps will not be the "male marion jones".
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  • zenithzenith Posts: 3,191
    DonJon wrote:
    He's only just starting. He'll break all types of records. Ian Thorpe will be about 1/2 of this fella me finks. He's fairly humble for a yank as well

    he is at that - quite a few of them seem to be this time round. getting a bit drawn in to the gym routines this afternoon and they seem quite humble too.


    suns rival wrote:
    hope phelps will not be the "male marion jones".

    dont think so - w/w swimming trials are pretty tight - its only when you walk out with hulk shoulders that things look bad ;)
    impatience is a gift ........
  • g under pg under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,209
    DonJon wrote:
    Its gonna be a close one. From memory his biggest 'risk' was the 4x100 wasnt it??? So the hardest one is done first???

    I read somewhere that he wasnt only aiming for 8 bit also 8 world records!

    Now thats fuggin good. The guy is a machine

    See that's what those Baltimorian fries will do for ya. :)

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    *The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)


  • NY PJ1NY PJ1 Posts: 9,533
    he is hot
  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    NY PJ1 wrote:
    he is hot

    so tis not just chicks in bikinis you check out then, eh? ;):)

    i agree phelps is a supreme swimmer. tis a shame thorpe decided to retire at the top of his game. wouldve made beijing more interesting in the pool thats for sure.
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  • nfanelnfanel Posts: 2,558
    it's so much fun watching him. they were talking about how last night he had like 20 minutes between events...and most people are worn out after just one - no one has the schedule he does.

    said he has to eat like 7-8000 calories/day while training because he spends so much time in the pool.
  • g under pg under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,209
    NY PJ1 wrote:
    he is hot

    It must be those tight buns, big feet, big hands, big D...... opps. :)

    Peace
    *We CAN bomb the World to pieces, but we CAN'T bomb it into PEACE*...Michael Franti

    *MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
    .....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti

    *The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)


  • NY PJ1NY PJ1 Posts: 9,533
    g under p wrote:
    It must be those tight buns, big feet, big hands, big D...... opps. :)

    Peace


    he has nice nipples
  • myhookmyhook Posts: 284
    nfanel wrote:
    it's so much fun watching him. they were talking about how last night he had like 20 minutes between events...and most people are worn out after just one - no one has the schedule he does.

    said he has to eat like 7-8000 calories/day while training because he spends so much time in the pool.
    This dude is just sick. I am not even sure he is human.
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  • PorchsitterPorchsitter Loganville, GA Posts: 1,078
    I haven't watched this much of the Olympics in a long time, and generally I watch the swimming and track and field. This year the swimming is insane, and it's all b/c of Phelps.
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  • Solat13Solat13 Posts: 6,996
    jackrabbit slim wrote:
    The way he's going by the end of the olympics he will smash carl lewis and mark spitzs' records.


    Well the thing is Spitz set 7 World Records while winning 7 golds. Phelps is not even half way there yet.

    The whole 8 gold thing is kind of unfair to Spitz too because the Olympics added an event the 50m freestyle that wasn't a medal event in 1972. And obviously, if it was an event, Spitz would have won that as well.

    So even though Phelps is going for 8, I still consider him going to tie Spitz and not pass him.

    He is tremendous though.
    - Busted down the pretext
    - 8/28/98
    - 9/2/00
    - 4/28/03, 5/3/03, 7/3/03, 7/5/03, 7/6/03, 7/9/03, 7/11/03, 7/12/03, 7/14/03
    - 9/28/04, 9/29/04, 10/1/04, 10/2/04
    - 9/11/05, 9/12/05, 9/13/05, 9/30/05, 10/1/05, 10/3/05
    - 5/12/06, 5/13/06, 5/27/06, 5/28/06, 5/30/06, 6/1/06, 6/3/06, 6/23/06, 7/22/06, 7/23/06, 12/2/06, 12/9/06
    - 8/2/07, 8/5/07
    - 6/19/08, 6/20/08, 6/22/08, 6/24/08, 6/25/08, 6/27/08, 6/28/08, 6/30/08, 7/1/08
    - 8/23/09, 8/24/09, 9/21/09, 9/22/09, 10/27/09, 10/28/09, 10/30/09, 10/31/09
    - 5/15/10, 5/17/10, 5/18/10, 5/20/10, 5/21/10, 10/23/10, 10/24/10
    - 9/11/11, 9/12/11
    - 10/18/13, 10/21/13, 10/22/13, 11/30/13, 12/4/13
  • mensanemensane Posts: 912
    he is an amazing swimmer...but he is NOT hot. eww. Ian Thorpe still has him beat in that event.
  • Riot_MacRiot_Mac Posts: 473
    Phelps is the best swimmer ever... for sure. I bet he wins eight golds and breaks eight world records.

    The swimming has been great so far. I am swimming fan though... I swam my whole life, all the way through college.
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  • arielariel Posts: 191
    Agree he is amazing. I resent that he wears that full length thing for speed. and not from a fairness perspective ;)
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  • anothercloneanotherclone Posts: 1,688
    Ok, ok...he's great in the water. :p

    But man, that guy's body is absolute perfection. :D

    just for fun:
    http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g88/jennyhiero/phelps_china_crop-1.jpg
  • Kilgore_TroutKilgore_Trout Posts: 7,334
    i know friends that know him from michigan... i hear hes a tool... i like to shit on everyones golden boy perception of him :D

    im sure hes not as bad as those douchebag US male gymnast i saw last night though... they were shouting into the camera after winning the bronze and the meat head shit they were saying was SO laughable
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  • nfanelnfanel Posts: 2,558
    i wish they wouldn't put the medal count on the front page of yahoo.
  • Cree NationsCree Nations Posts: 2,247
    every time he goes swimming.....dolphins appear
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  • seanw1010seanw1010 Posts: 1,205
    i could care less about any olympic event except the beach volleyball
    they call them fingers, but i never see them fing. oh, there they go
  • Solat13Solat13 Posts: 6,996
    nfanel wrote:
    i wish they wouldn't put the medal count on the front page of yahoo.

    True, it is annoying. I just avoid yahoo in prime time. ;)

    Though, it's weird. I was talking to my friend from Denver last night during Phelps' race and he was still getting Beach Volleyball. So the East Coast and maybe the Central time zones are the only parts of the country getting the Olympics live. The rest of the cuntry is getting the Olympics on a tape delay even though Phelps' race would have been at 8:15 Mountain Time.
    - Busted down the pretext
    - 8/28/98
    - 9/2/00
    - 4/28/03, 5/3/03, 7/3/03, 7/5/03, 7/6/03, 7/9/03, 7/11/03, 7/12/03, 7/14/03
    - 9/28/04, 9/29/04, 10/1/04, 10/2/04
    - 9/11/05, 9/12/05, 9/13/05, 9/30/05, 10/1/05, 10/3/05
    - 5/12/06, 5/13/06, 5/27/06, 5/28/06, 5/30/06, 6/1/06, 6/3/06, 6/23/06, 7/22/06, 7/23/06, 12/2/06, 12/9/06
    - 8/2/07, 8/5/07
    - 6/19/08, 6/20/08, 6/22/08, 6/24/08, 6/25/08, 6/27/08, 6/28/08, 6/30/08, 7/1/08
    - 8/23/09, 8/24/09, 9/21/09, 9/22/09, 10/27/09, 10/28/09, 10/30/09, 10/31/09
    - 5/15/10, 5/17/10, 5/18/10, 5/20/10, 5/21/10, 10/23/10, 10/24/10
    - 9/11/11, 9/12/11
    - 10/18/13, 10/21/13, 10/22/13, 11/30/13, 12/4/13
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