I just read that the men's 200 MR was DQd at Worlds. That race could've given Phelps a record 8th gold medal... bummer.
Phelps was very gracious about it. He said, "We came in here as a team, we exit as a team."
Sigh.
PS Did you see the size of his HANDS! I would like to swim just one race with hands his size, and feet the size of Thorpe's. (Yep, I have puny little paws!)
I was thinking about this and realized you know what ... baseball players, get 3 strikes, there is no equivalent in swimming. Football players get 4 downs, no equivalent in swimming, basketball players have so many opportunities to score, as do hockey players. There is no equivalent in swimming you can't make a mistake, that's brutal ...
Baseball players get 3 strikes and still strike out, and we don't call them incompetent fools every time and say how they should never be allowed to play the game again ... football teams don't score on every drive ... so why is it fair to have these ridiculously high standards for swimmers? How can we expect HUMANS to be perfect?
I was thinking about this and realized you know what ... baseball players, get 3 strikes, there is no equivalent in swimming. Football players get 4 downs, no equivalent in swimming, basketball players have so many opportunities to score, as do hockey players. There is no equivalent in swimming you can't make a mistake, that's brutal ...
Baseball players get 3 strikes and still strike out, and we don't call them incompetent fools every time and say how they should never be allowed to play the game again ... football teams don't score on every drive ... so why is it fair to have these ridiculously high standards for swimmers? How can we expect HUMANS to be perfect?
