Michael Phelps, what's up with all the scratching?
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Mike Gustafson blogs
Disappointment reigns once again.
I say “once again” because scratching from swim meets is becoming a trend for our sport’s greatest. Say what you will about sporting superstars like Brett Farve, but the guy shows up. By my own count, Phelps has scratched three Grand Prix events in 2010. Columbus, Missouri (though that was due to weather) and now Minnesota.
And he hasn’t just scratched meets. He’s scratched individual races. Remember the Pan Pacs 200 IM? When the world expected an epic rematch against IMing rival Ryan Lochte? He scratched the morning of – no injury, no sickness.
There's also another take on this at Universal Sports.
So, what's up? It's all very disappointing. Maybe he's just getting bored. I know he's said London will be his swan song, but he might even be well advised to retire before that- he wouldn't want to take his final bow after having been beaten to the gold by guys like Clary or Lochte. Or heaven forbid, Cavic!
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I think he has lost a lot of motivation
in london 2012
200 IM --> lochte will kick his ass
200 free --> lochte, I don't know what happened to biderman
100 fly --> he can win it, I haven't seen cavic times this year
200 --> he owns that race
I think it was Ed Moses who pointed out that if you look at the splits at the 100 in the 400 IM, Ryan's just a wee bit behind Phelps after Phelps's strongest leg. He seemed to hint at the fact that Lochte is thinking about taking out Phelps in the 200 fly!
In London Lochte will definitely do 2/4 IM, 1/2 back, 200 free (to get on the relay and to go for gold), and he might try to beat the 8 gold mark by also doing the 200fly!
I think he has lost a lot of motivation
in london 2012
200 IM --> lochte will kick his ass
200 free --> lochte, I don't know what happened to biderman
100 fly --> he can win it, I haven't seen cavic times this year
200 --> he owns that race
I think it was Ed Moses who pointed out that if you look at the splits at the 100 in the 400 IM, Ryan's just a wee bit behind Phelps after Phelps's strongest leg. He seemed to hint at the fact that Lochte is thinking about taking out Phelps in the 200 fly!
In London Lochte will definitely do 2/4 IM, 1/2 back, 200 free (to get on the relay and to go for gold), and he might try to beat the 8 gold mark by also doing the 200fly!
