How the F#@k did Phelps not win!!!

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  1. GJA

    GJA1979 Well-Known Member

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    My god!!!
     
    GJA1979, Dec 14, 2008
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    Farnham_Red Administrator Staff Member Admin

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    Bit puzzling that

    No idea
     
    Farnham_Red, Dec 14, 2008
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    pontyender Well-Known Member

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    RE: Bit puzzling that

    I think the feeling probably was that his sport gave him a disproportionate number of opportunities to get those golds.
     
    pontyender, Dec 14, 2008
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    Mill Hill Red New Member

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    and one of the golds was most definitely given to him!
     
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    Scott-tyke New Member

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    Usain bolt, broke both records!
     
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    Bolt's acheivement was amazing

    and he slowed down near the end!
     
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    uncle mort New Member

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  8. GJA

    GJA1979 Well-Known Member

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    Phelps broke records too. Im not knocking Bolt he is an amazing athlete. Its just to win 8 golds in different events over different distances.... Make him something that will probably not be repeated for a very long time!!!
     
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    Owen Blackadder New Member

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    Jamaica, one of only 2 major medal winning nations not to have

    routine drugs test.
     
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    He Didn't Win Because Bolt Deserved It By A Country Mile nt
     
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    Scott-tyke New Member

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    So your hinting at the suggestion that Bolt takes drugs? :D:D
    Ridiculous mate!
     
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    chris_bfc_87 New Member

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    Bolts acheivments are fantastic, but come one, think about it, Phelps, became the most successful Olympion (SP) of all time, so based on this i think that he deserved it/
     
    chris_bfc_87, Dec 15, 2008
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    dreamboy3000 Well-Known Member

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    He won plenty of golds, but so did Ian Thorpe a few years ago. Swimming have too many different types of races, that are only slightly different from eachother.
     
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    Owen Blackadder New Member

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    Swimming races are not just slightly different.

    Why do you always give opinions on things you don't know anything about?</p>

    Can you swim? </p>

    Can you swim all 4 strokes? </p>
     
    Owen Blackadder, Dec 15, 2008
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    Owen Blackadder New Member

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    Would I do that?

    Bolt, and other Jamaican medal winners, have turned down lucrative scholarships worth '000s of dollars to train at US universities which have the best training conditions in the world. Instead they now choose to remain in Jamaica with makeshift facilities. Why?
     
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    I'm sorry but it's only you who only gives opinions on what you know yeah. You should teach us all how to post more like you.
     
    dreamboy3000, Dec 15, 2008
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    Owen Blackadder New Member

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    2 of my kids swim competitively.

    That's what I base my opinion on.</p>

    What do you base yours on?</p>
     
    Owen Blackadder, Dec 15, 2008
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    RE: 2 of my kids swim competitively.

    So you base your opinion on watching other people swim - just like Dreamboy does.
     
    Guest, Dec 15, 2008
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    Owen Blackadder New Member

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    Gosh you're right. Why should watching swimming 4 or 5 times a week,

    going to galas, talking to coaches give me any more knowledge than Dimboy, who bases his experience on beingwet.
     
    Owen Blackadder, Dec 15, 2008
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  20. Gue

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    Laughing

    So you don't actually swim competitively yourself then ? You just watch other people do it ?
     
    Guest, Dec 15, 2008
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