I dont know if someone has already touched on this, but the "Michael Phelps greatest Olympian" crap is wearing thin on me. Yes he has more medals than anyone else in Olympic history, but keep in mind that Swimming has the most events that any one athlete could potentially medal in.
A Tri-Athlete can only medal a maximum of once per olympics, same goes for many other athletes. How is it fair that Phelps is crowned the greatest olympian when he gets far more chances to compete for medals than any other athletes. I'm sure that Usain Bolt would have far more medals if he could compete in the 100m back-pedal, or 100m side shuffle as well.
How about we crown him as "The Greatest Swimmer" instead.
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