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.
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I disagree.
I 2 agree to disagree. I got sick of this IOC anyway, that "God on earth's" attitude...
The sad thing is that even when there are no rules, they create some on the fly (referring to the Ban of several teams during the Badminton tournament).
As for this particular case, once again, I have nothing against some decent form of punishment for having violated rule #40. But stripping the athlete off his medals would be absolute non sense. Obviously, as big as the IOC think they are, they couldn't strip Phelps from his medals without triggering some of the biggest Olympic scandal ever. So fine it shall be, and I'm not worried for Phelps.
The IOC should revise all these rules and remove any *stripping the athlete from his medal* mention, when not appropriate. But I guess it's not going to happen.
I disagree.
I 2 agree to disagree. I got sick of this IOC anyway, that "God on earth's" attitude...
The sad thing is that even when there are no rules, they create some on the fly (referring to the Ban of several teams during the Badminton tournament).
As for this particular case, once again, I have nothing against some decent form of punishment for having violated rule #40. But stripping the athlete off his medals would be absolute non sense. Obviously, as big as the IOC think they are, they couldn't strip Phelps from his medals without triggering some of the biggest Olympic scandal ever. So fine it shall be, and I'm not worried for Phelps.
The IOC should revise all these rules and remove any *stripping the athlete from his medal* mention, when not appropriate. But I guess it's not going to happen.
