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Originally Posted by mmanzz
I agree, there seems like there are a lot of people on this board who seem to minimizing and trashing Phelps. The fact is you have to go back to Mark Spitz in 1972 to see anything comparable. .
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well to be fair to Bolt you still have to go back 24 years (I think) to find a guy who did the 100/200 double and not sure if its ever been done with both as world records. the longevity statement I suppose is fair, but this is a nice coming out party for a guy that we might look back on as one of the greatest sprinters ever. the fact he broke the 100 m record while jogging for 30 metres suggests we might have witnessed a pele/jordan/tiger there too, and he appears to have the requisite charisma
lets hope neither guy has a positive drug test sully before their careers end