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[dakegra]

holy carp, that Phelps boy is quite a swimmer, eh?

Greatest Olympian: Phelps or Redgrave. Discuss.


[edit] it'll be interesting to see if there's a UK/US bias to the answers on this one, I suspect

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[oed-1.livejournal.com]

Well, for now it's because of the career. Golds in the olympics from 84 to 96...doing pretty good. Also, I like the fact he is not only a sprinter, but a long jumper as well.

Yes, he has some 'ego' issues (not a good winner from what I remember). But it is because of him that the track and field events got airtime in the US in 1984...people watched the olympics to watch him. Not since Jesse Owens have people cared that much.

I think that Phelps could be 'number one' in my book, but we will see.

[anonymous-greg.livejournal.com]

I'd kind of rather he not win anything more -- he just looks all kinds of creepy when he wins. O.O

[oed-1.livejournal.com]

Yea, he does have a weird look when he wins...I notice there are not very many pictures of those looks when you see news stories on him (grin)

[oed-1.livejournal.com]

Yea, forgot about the smashing of speed records (not just from him, but a TON of people).

Those are not feet...they are paddles.

[anonymous-greg.livejournal.com]

Probably abnormally long arms for anybody's body. Probably.