If you all haven't seen this yet, check out the cover on the new ESPN Mag. Good story on Michael Phelps. Every swimmer should have a copy:D
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I've seen it but I don't subscribe to the magazine. My complian is that last years worlds should be on the same level as the olympics since basically the same people competed. In fact, I like world events in some respects better than the olympics since it deals with all water sports rather than the other sports. But the media has made the olympics more important. For example, another sport I watch is figure skating and Michelle Kwan has been world champ for 5 times but both olympics she went to didn't win the gold. There are a lot of people that do well at world championships that don't do as good in the olympics and some people get lucky at the olympics. Even Mark Spitz his first olympics didn't win an individual gold and Shirley Babashoff didn't either but won an individual gold at worlds.
I've seen it but I don't subscribe to the magazine. My complian is that last years worlds should be on the same level as the olympics since basically the same people competed. In fact, I like world events in some respects better than the olympics since it deals with all water sports rather than the other sports. But the media has made the olympics more important. For example, another sport I watch is figure skating and Michelle Kwan has been world champ for 5 times but both olympics she went to didn't win the gold. There are a lot of people that do well at world championships that don't do as good in the olympics and some people get lucky at the olympics. Even Mark Spitz his first olympics didn't win an individual gold and Shirley Babashoff didn't either but won an individual gold at worlds.
