Hey everyone,
Thought you all might enjoy the attached photos of Michael Phelps. We had great seats right behind lane 4, and he was (literally) only a few feet away when I took these photos. We got a good look at him, and all the other athletes. We saw Thorpe just as close-up a few weeks earlier at the Janet Evans Invitational. Both of these guys are built differently from the rest of the swimmers.
Anyway, enjoy!!
:) Swimmer Bill
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Thorpe looks heavier and more substantial than most of the other swimmers, particularly in the lower body and hind quarters. We saw him swimming one preliminary race in a brief cut suit. He is very fit, but somehow more rounded than all of the other competitors.
Phelps is more cut than most of the other swimmers, but his build is what's really unusual.
Phelps has an elongated torso, very thin waist, and his legs are relatively short compared to other swimmers the same height. When he was walking out on deck with the other swimmers, his hips appeared significantly lower than other swimmers of the same height. He has very long arms and big hands, broad shoulders, a broad but relatively flat chest, and he is very thin when viewed from the side. His upper torso is shaped like a manta ray, his arms are reminiscent of a pterodactl. His hands are like canoe paddles. He also has tremendous thigh muscles. When he was wearing a brief cut suit in one of his preliminary races, he shook out his legs, and his thighs looked like those of a young Arnold Schwartzenegger.
We saw all of the swimmers very close up, and there was nobody like Phelps. He is a very unusual swimmer.
Thorpe looks heavier and more substantial than most of the other swimmers, particularly in the lower body and hind quarters. We saw him swimming one preliminary race in a brief cut suit. He is very fit, but somehow more rounded than all of the other competitors.
Phelps is more cut than most of the other swimmers, but his build is what's really unusual.
Phelps has an elongated torso, very thin waist, and his legs are relatively short compared to other swimmers the same height. When he was walking out on deck with the other swimmers, his hips appeared significantly lower than other swimmers of the same height. He has very long arms and big hands, broad shoulders, a broad but relatively flat chest, and he is very thin when viewed from the side. His upper torso is shaped like a manta ray, his arms are reminiscent of a pterodactl. His hands are like canoe paddles. He also has tremendous thigh muscles. When he was wearing a brief cut suit in one of his preliminary races, he shook out his legs, and his thighs looked like those of a young Arnold Schwartzenegger.
We saw all of the swimmers very close up, and there was nobody like Phelps. He is a very unusual swimmer.
