Listening to the Olympic commentators makes me cringe sometimes. Some of these cretins are convinced Usain Bolt is a greater Olympian than Phelps.
No Way----NO FRIGGIN' WAY!!!!
=> Michael has won more total golds and total medals over a longer period of time He Owned the pool in Beijing. Bolt dominated two individual and one relay over two Olympiads.
=> Michael's career has lasted much longer than Bolt's.
=> Michael probably has the aerobic capacity of 3 Bolts put together.
=> Bolt is all fast-twitch fibers - honed to perfection for sure but I'd love to see him try to run a 400 or 800m.Michael is fast and slow twitch fibers.
I don't think that's necessarily a smoking gun. Carl Lewis's physique is probably more like Jesse Owens's than it is like Usain Bolt's. Bolt clearly gives up something at the start. Compared to shorter runners his start is more-or-less abysmal, but he (obviously) more than makes up for it on the back end where his height (longer legs) come into play. There's probably more than that to his success (part physiological, perhaps part pharmacological), but given his success over the past four years, I suspect nobody has been drug tested more than he has (perhaps Phelps or Lochte).
I don't think that's necessarily a smoking gun. Carl Lewis's physique is probably more like Jesse Owens's than it is like Usain Bolt's. Bolt clearly gives up something at the start. Compared to shorter runners his start is more-or-less abysmal, but he (obviously) more than makes up for it on the back end where his height (longer legs) come into play. There's probably more than that to his success (part physiological, perhaps part pharmacological), but given his success over the past four years, I suspect nobody has been drug tested more than he has (perhaps Phelps or Lochte).
