Columnist disses Phelps, slams swimming

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I guess controversy sells ... "Track and field is so much more physically demanding ..." Michael Phelps is not the greatest Olympic athlete in history
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  • Maybe "Michael Phelps is not the greatest Olympic athlete in history" YET this writer wrote this to stir up controversy It depends how you keep score. I invite him to come to the pool put on a suit and develop an appreciation for training and competition. he argues, "It is easy to win multiple medals in swimming." not so most swimmers can't he wrote: "New pool and suit technology have made swimming's world records meaningless" Not so "Swimming allows an athlete to race two finals in 29 minutes, as U.S. Olympian Ryan Lochte planned Friday morning." This is a rare extremely difficult thing. Lochte made the best of a bad situation. I didn't know that "Track and field is so much more physically demanding."
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  • Maybe "Michael Phelps is not the greatest Olympic athlete in history" YET this writer wrote this to stir up controversy It depends how you keep score. I invite him to come to the pool put on a suit and develop an appreciation for training and competition. he argues, "It is easy to win multiple medals in swimming." not so most swimmers can't he wrote: "New pool and suit technology have made swimming's world records meaningless" Not so "Swimming allows an athlete to race two finals in 29 minutes, as U.S. Olympian Ryan Lochte planned Friday morning." This is a rare extremely difficult thing. Lochte made the best of a bad situation. I didn't know that "Track and field is so much more physically demanding."
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