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Originally Posted by Bertuzzied
No kidding. The only reason why Phelps could have been close to Insane Bolt as the story of the Beijing olympics is because of American propaganda.
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Uh I don't think it's just propaganda. Other sprinters have won the 100, 200, and 4x100 in the past, but no one has ever gone perfect (8 for 8) in any sport. And it's not like Phelps barely won his races either, he absolutely decimated the field in most of those events. If anything those two were 1/1a in 2008, but to say Phelps wasn't even close is ludicris.
While track is obviously the biggest individual event at the games, swimming is not that far behind even with the enormous amount of different disciplines in the sport.
Also let's see what Bolt does in London before we put him on the level of the all-time greats.