Kitajima went 2:07.51 to break Hansen's WR by .99 sec.He was wearing a LZR in defiance of Japanese swimming authorities.I can't find video of the swim yet,can anyone else?
Good point. But wouldn't you say Lance/Lemond are at least on the same level of accomplishment as Phelps? They are/were household names.
Maybe Phelps needs to get ball cancer or chased around by French media looking for syringes.
It is hard to compare such things but I think Armstrong's accomplishments are greater than Phelps' to this point plus he has the whole cancer thing going for him. People are not talking about Phelps as a potential political candidate, for example, as I've heard from time to time about Armstrong. (And you have to admit LA has a great name.)
I don't believe LeMond was more famous than Phelps is now -- I'm not going to argue whether being the first American to win the TdF ranks higher than Phelps' accomplishments -- and Landis is much more infamous than famous, if you know what I mean. If he hadn't tested positive and fought it so much then I think very few outside of cycling would know him.
In an Olympic year I would expect recognition of Phelps to be high --in the US, swimming is being positioned more than usual as one of the premer Olympic sports, displacing tarnished T&F to a certain extent -- but maybe it is a little early still.
Good point. But wouldn't you say Lance/Lemond are at least on the same level of accomplishment as Phelps? They are/were household names.
Maybe Phelps needs to get ball cancer or chased around by French media looking for syringes.
It is hard to compare such things but I think Armstrong's accomplishments are greater than Phelps' to this point plus he has the whole cancer thing going for him. People are not talking about Phelps as a potential political candidate, for example, as I've heard from time to time about Armstrong. (And you have to admit LA has a great name.)
I don't believe LeMond was more famous than Phelps is now -- I'm not going to argue whether being the first American to win the TdF ranks higher than Phelps' accomplishments -- and Landis is much more infamous than famous, if you know what I mean. If he hadn't tested positive and fought it so much then I think very few outside of cycling would know him.
In an Olympic year I would expect recognition of Phelps to be high --in the US, swimming is being positioned more than usual as one of the premer Olympic sports, displacing tarnished T&F to a certain extent -- but maybe it is a little early still.
