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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Phelps competes in a niche sport. Every able bodied person who has ever lived has been in a foot race. And Bolt has dominated the foot race like no one ever has and likely no one ever will. Whoever wrote that Bolt is a flash on the pan couldn't be more wrong. He will be the measuring stick for track and field when there are 20 billion people living on earth and swimming is no longer competed because of a lack of water. Shakespeare to, I don't know, John Irving.
The question, who is the better Olympian? Bolts Olympic career isn't even over. I guess I would lean phelps, but we have to see what bolt does in rio.
Phelps competes in a niche sport. Every able bodied person who has ever lived has been in a foot race. And Bolt has dominated the foot race like no one ever has and likely no one ever will. Whoever wrote that Bolt is a flash on the pan couldn't be more wrong. He will be the measuring stick for track and field when there are 20 billion people living on earth and swimming is no longer competed because of a lack of water. Shakespeare to, I don't know, John Irving.
The question, who is the better Olympian? Bolts Olympic career isn't even over. I guess I would lean phelps, but we have to see what bolt does in rio.
