Columnist disses Phelps, slams swimming

Considering that World Records are worth big money on the track circuit Bolt would have been both unpopular and financially foolish to put the 100m record out of reach for 10 years. In Bolt's own words he was celebrating his Olympic gold medal. Celebration always seems to be taken the wrong way when the other side is doing it. It is also interesting that the swimming literature is full of claims that swimming is a low impact sport that is less injury prone than running, but everyone here wants to dismiss that for purposes of the current discussion. The comparison is pointless. Both are spectacular athletes. Bolt could have put the 100 m record out of reach for 10 years but chose to hot dog instead. Phelps could probably put any 2 or 3 of his WRs out of reach for many years if he didn't spread himself so thin. I do have a problem with the track is more demanding part. Bolt's races added up to perhaps (10 secs x 3 races) + (20 secs x 3 races) + (10 secs x 1 race) = 100 secs of racing. I bet that based on science, Bolt can recover pretty easily from a 10 second anerobic event. I hardly think Bolt's chosen events are more demanding.

Considering that World Records are worth big money on the track circuit Bolt would have been both unpopular and financially foolish to put the 100m record out of reach for 10 years. In Bolt's own words he was celebrating his Olympic gold medal. Celebration always seems to be taken the wrong way when the other side is doing it. It is also interesting that the swimming literature is full of claims that swimming is a low impact sport that is less injury prone than running, but everyone here wants to dismiss that for purposes of the current discussion. The comparison is pointless. Both are spectacular athletes. Bolt could have put the 100 m record out of reach for 10 years but chose to hot dog instead. Phelps could probably put any 2 or 3 of his WRs out of reach for many years if he didn't spread himself so thin. I do have a problem with the track is more demanding part. Bolt's races added up to perhaps (10 secs x 3 races) + (20 secs x 3 races) + (10 secs x 1 race) = 100 secs of racing. I bet that based on science, Bolt can recover pretty easily from a 10 second anerobic event. I hardly think Bolt's chosen events are more demanding.