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“We never go to opening ceremonies,” Phelps said, “because you are standing for so many hours. Being on your feet for five to six hours takes a lot out of you, and it does take days to recover.”
Between them, Michael Phelps and Natalie Coughlin have appeared in seven Olympics and not a single opening ceremony. Blame the schedule; the first swimming events take place the morning after the long night’s march.
In Beijing in 2008, participating athletes were required to line up hours before the 8 p.m. start, and Phelps and Coughlin, like most swimmers, are conditioned to stay off their feet the day before they race.
Am I the only college-educated one out here who had to look up the definition of "trebuchets"? :dunno: :help: :whiteflag:It must have been a liberal arts college. Any college worth its salt has Medieval Siege Engines as a required course. How else will you know the difference between a mangonel, onager, ballista and trebuchet?
Footnote: The development of gunpowder and the subsequent inventions of petards and artillery really took the fun out of siege engineering.
I haven’t heard if Lochte will be in the parade of athletes. I would assume not.
Am I the only college-educated one out here who had to look up the definition of "trebuchets"? :dunno: :help: :whiteflag:It must have been a liberal arts college. Any college worth its salt has Medieval Siege Engines as a required course. How else will you know the difference between a mangonel, onager, ballista and trebuchet?
Footnote: The development of gunpowder and the subsequent inventions of petards and artillery really took the fun out of siege engineering.
I haven’t heard if Lochte will be in the parade of athletes. I would assume not.
