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Originally Posted by Hemi-Cuda
every medal Phelps has won has come in the same sized pool, in a climate controlled building, with no outside variables that might factor in. very few other Olympic sports have that same kind of perfect environment in which to participate in. what about athletes who medal in multiple sports, in both the winter and summer games? i'd argue that is a better measurement of a complete athlete than being able to dominate at a single sport. Phelps has the perfect physique for a swimmer, but in what other sport could he hope to compete at a high level. just as arguments about the greatest hockey player in the game has to take into account all of a player's skills, not just point totals, i say any argument about the greatest athlete or Olympian of all time has to factor in more than one event where someone can dominate
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Its not a "single" sport. Its multiple events, disciplines, and distances.
If it was so easy to do...why has no one even come close to duplicating what he has done? Im pretty sure they have swam in the same sized pools all along in climate controlled buildings.
I am not saying he is the greatest athlete that walked by the way, simply he is the greatest olympian that has ever come along. Those are different things.