Michael phelps is NOT greatest olympian ever b/c....
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This is not my opinion, but have heard this argued multiple times the past few days
He is swimming in a upper class white dominated sport. If swimming were more accessible to inner city black kids then he would have more competition and a deeper talent pool To compete against and he would not come close to his medal count.
Everyone can run, so usain bolt or carl Lewis are the best Olympians ever bc they accomplished what they did against the unquestionable best the world could possible throw at them
What say you?
so usain bolt or carl Lewis are the best Olympians everBy many measures they are not even the best Track and Field athletes. Paavo Nurmi (The Flying Finn) has more Olympic medals than either Bolt or Lewis. And Ray Ewry has more individual gold (8) than all 3.
By medal count, Phelps has 22 to Thompson’s and Torres’s 12 in swimming, almost twice as many.
Lewis needs 2 more medals to just catch Nurmi, not likely.
Bolt needs 8 more, possibly 2 more this week, which leaves 2016 and 2020 just to catch Nurmi, and 2024, 2028 and 2032 to pass him by a margin equal to Phelps'.
so usain bolt or carl Lewis are the best Olympians everBy many measures they are not even the best Track and Field athletes. Paavo Nurmi (The Flying Finn) has more Olympic medals than either Bolt or Lewis. And Ray Ewry has more individual gold (8) than all 3.
By medal count, Phelps has 22 to Thompson’s and Torres’s 12 in swimming, almost twice as many.
Lewis needs 2 more medals to just catch Nurmi, not likely.
Bolt needs 8 more, possibly 2 more this week, which leaves 2016 and 2020 just to catch Nurmi, and 2024, 2028 and 2032 to pass him by a margin equal to Phelps'.
