Quote:
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. He is appears to be in his sport, someone who is at the Gretzky, Pele, Jordan, Tiger Woods level. Simply an extraordinary and exceptional athlete that rarely comes along, a pleasure to watch that goes beyond the sport!
Usain Bolt, although certainly outstanding and heading that way, will have to establish some sort of longevity to get to that level.
|
Its not trashing Phelps. What he did was amazing but NO ONE EVER has had the gold medal in the 100 and 200 (and had the WR). Those are normally very different racers.
Old balls spitz or whatever his name is had 7 so its not un heard of to rack up all the medals in swimming.
It is unheard of in the modern era (under 10s for 100m) to have a guy hold the gold and WR in both the 100 and 200. If he was from the US it might be close, because he is not Phelps will win the media war.