markcic Posted August 16, 2008 Share Posted August 16, 2008 7 golds in China with 400 medley to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j1b Posted August 16, 2008 Share Posted August 16, 2008 Holy crap that was a tight race. Amazing! A famous golfer once talked about winning majors and he talked about how you have to perform, but you have to have luck on your side too. MP has been amazing this week, and what he's doing is absolutely amazing. I'm a fan of a dominant performance so I'm particulalry loving this. I'm also glad to see a little luck pulling his way. From the pull away that Lezak made happen in the relay to winning by .01 seconds last night along with his dominant performance in so many other races (oh, and also account for the fact that most of his competitors aren't exactly racing as much as he is) those are the little things needed to do something historic. I know the relay tonight is supposed to be a virtual lock, but I can't wait to watch it. Something about watching (good) history that just captivates me. J Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XRe Posted August 16, 2008 Share Posted August 16, 2008 The man is simply a machine Awesome.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Singlestack Posted August 16, 2008 Share Posted August 16, 2008 Superman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Para14Bud Posted August 16, 2008 Share Posted August 16, 2008 7 golds in China with 400 medley to go. Number 8 tonight...I can't imagine the rush! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFlowers Posted August 16, 2008 Share Posted August 16, 2008 Wiggens, the British cyclist, won his second gold and became the first man in the 44 year of Cycle Pursuit to repeat. He has two more events to go and could become the most decorated Olympic cyclist in history with 7 golds. This started a conversation between the commentators about how this year is so incredible. I think it has to do with where athletics have come, medically. Once, the Olympics was the event of a lifetime. Now it is possible to be competitive in two or three Olympics games, thats a 8 to 12 year period of top competitivesness! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLG8R Posted August 16, 2008 Share Posted August 16, 2008 Wiggens, the British cyclist, won his second gold and became the first man in the 44 year of Cycle Pursuit to repeat. He has two more events to go and could become the most decorated Olympic cyclist in history with 7 golds.This started a conversation between the commentators about how this year is so incredible. I think it has to do with where athletics have come, medically. Once, the Olympics was the event of a lifetime. Now it is possible to be competitive in two or three Olympics games, thats a 8 to 12 year period of top competitivesness! Not to rain on the parade or anything, but I hope that these atheletes prove/test "clean". Truly amazing accomplishments are being set and broken on a daily basis, but as also in the recent press, Gold Medals and records have been stripped even many years after competition. It just kind of makes me reluctant to truly be a fan, when we have been burned so many times before. But as has been stated before Phelps is accomplishing some amazing records, and I hope he continues to do well.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-Ho Posted August 16, 2008 Share Posted August 16, 2008 Phelps, what a loser. He didn't set a new world record with that last gold medal. (Before anyone jump on me, yes that was sarcasm) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carinab Posted August 16, 2008 Share Posted August 16, 2008 (edited) The man is simply a machine Awesome.... An eating, training, resting machine....Maybe he'd recover faster on a zone diet? I take that back.... he might be zoning - 5 egg omelet? And energy drinks with lunch and dinner? 12000 calories....Wow! Edited August 16, 2008 by carinab Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slabbie Shooter Posted August 16, 2008 Share Posted August 16, 2008 Not to rain on the parade or anything, but I hope that these atheletes prove/test "clean". Truly amazing accomplishments are being set and broken on a daily basis, but as also in the recent press, Gold Medals and records have been stripped even many years after competition. It just kind of makes me reluctant to truly be a fan, when we have been burned so many times before. But as has been stated before Phelps is accomplishing some amazing records, and I hope he continues to do well.... They said that the swimmers have to get RIGHT out of the pool and go and do a piss test immediately. They are watching Phelps very closely I'm sure. The other reason these Games have been so historic is that new suits and pool designs have redefined the sport. So we are seeing the next generation of world records here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XRe Posted August 16, 2008 Share Posted August 16, 2008 (edited) The only thing I can say about that article is that Zuckerbrot is a frickin' idiot. I won't go into why, because that would be serious thread drift Feel free to PM me, though.... If you think about the fact that the man is in the pool 8+ hours a day, it becomes abundantly clear that he's torching some serious calories. At some point, simply getting that much energy in becomes really tough, and you have to convert to high caloric density foods - ie "crap" (pancakes, pizza, etc) - just to get the calories onboard. This is an extreme situation, obviously Looks like he's consuming more carbs than a Zone ratio would have him eating, but that's only a short glimpse of his diet, and only presented by someone who thinks high glycemic carbs are God's gift, so... Yeah, fueling the machine is critical, and that man is like a top fuel dragster in terms of fuel consumption (32 gallons to the mile!) Edited August 16, 2008 by XRe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schmitz Posted August 16, 2008 Share Posted August 16, 2008 Michael Phelps has almost the perfect body-build for a swimmer. With arms almost reaching to his knees while in standing position. The Ape-factor. Perfect body-build in classic-mechanics+the willpower to perform to the Max! Awesome...I truely believe that M. Phelps is clean, this is no kind of athlete that is in a need of any drugs to perfom well, he has it and he deserves the win! Wow...to break the record of Mark Spitz makes him one of a kind! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3quartertime Posted August 16, 2008 Share Posted August 16, 2008 Imagine the money management firms that must be bugging the crap out of everyone he knows trying to get some of the action from his up coming GLOBAL advertising contracts... Whether he gets the eighth gold or not he is one very wealth 23 year old fella. He's earning it and you can see on his face that he's having a blast!!! Lots of fun to watch!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokshwn Posted August 16, 2008 Share Posted August 16, 2008 The only thing I can say about that article is that Zuckerbrot is a frickin' idiot. I won't go into why, because that would be serious thread drift Feel free to PM me, though.... I know exactly what you are talking about.....I damn near had a seizure when I read that quote too. So much for "experts" Back on topic, now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kimel Posted August 16, 2008 Share Posted August 16, 2008 Phelps, Torres and a few others volunteered to be "super tested" this year. They are getting tested something like every day doing blood, urine, and anything else they can think up. Most other Olympians are only tested right after their events but the super test group is tested every day. That makes some sort of statement I guess. What Mr. Phelps (why no one has tripped to the Mission Impossible link here is beyond me) is doing is incredible. I still remember watching Mark Spitz win his seven medals. And all of us that over part of the "over 40 crowd" are certainly cheering for Dara too. And how about that sportsmanship of Dara yesterday holding up the race so a competitor could replace a torn suit? Awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Singlestack Posted August 17, 2008 Share Posted August 17, 2008 #8! Move over Mark Spitz. What an awesome feat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j1b Posted August 17, 2008 Share Posted August 17, 2008 What an amazing run to watch. Makes me proud. Michael Phelps has done something that nobody has ever done in Olympic history. Amazing! 8 of 8. All GOLD! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Singlestack Posted August 17, 2008 Share Posted August 17, 2008 LMAO The first comercial break he's makin money. Way to go Mr. Phelps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bwana Six-Gun Posted August 17, 2008 Share Posted August 17, 2008 He is the best!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What a run!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JThompson Posted August 17, 2008 Share Posted August 17, 2008 (edited) #8!Move over Mark Spitz. What an awesome feat. Indeed awesome. To be fair, Mark only entered 7 events and won 7 gold, he also set 7 WR. I have no doubt he would have won 9 had he entered them. Edited August 17, 2008 by JThompson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandro Posted August 17, 2008 Share Posted August 17, 2008 Inspiring, in 120 years of the games nobody has won 8 gold medals. The guy hates to loose! Great time to be alive see him winning, and making it look so easy… Sandro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Singlestack Posted August 17, 2008 Share Posted August 17, 2008 #8!Move over Mark Spitz. What an awesome feat. Indeed awesome. To be fair Mark, only entered 7 events and won 7 gold, he also set 7 WR. I have no doubt he would have won 9 had he entered them. I did say move over... not down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nik Habicht Posted August 17, 2008 Share Posted August 17, 2008 #8!Move over Mark Spitz. What an awesome feat. Indeed awesome. To be fair, Mark only entered 7 events and won 7 gold, he also set 7 WR. I have no doubt he would have won 9 had he entered them. Maybe --- though that would have required learning more strokes. As Costas pointed out tonight, Spitz only competed in freestyle and butterfly, limiting his events a bit.... Phelps swims all four strokes.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sportpsyc Posted August 17, 2008 Share Posted August 17, 2008 In all this discussion of the fantastic Olympic athletes, we can't forget the amazing feats that have been performed by our Olympic SHOOTERS! Today, 19 year old (!!!!) Vinnie Hancock won the gold in men's skeet with a new Olympic record, after a sudden-death shoot-off after being tied after the final. He was named athlete of the year at 16 by the International Olympic Committee--so that is athlete of the year over ALL Olympic sports. He is the youngest gold medalist ever in shooting sports. The kid is rivaling Matt Dryke, if any of you remember him from the 1984 Olympics--or more likely from his exhibition shooting video of him shooting skeet from a unicycle. Vinnie currently holds all US, Olympic, and world records in skeet--all at 19 years old! Then there is Matt Emmons, who looks like he is well on his way to a gold (after his embarrassing cross-fire in Athens that cost him his gold), and 3-time medalist Kim Rhode's silver medal in skeet, and Glenn Eller's gold in Men's double trap. America kicks butt in shooting too--let's hear it for them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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