Michael Phelps . Human, machine, or alien. YOU DECIDE!!!
By Redz • Aug 14th, 2008 • Category: Sports
The Phelps phenomenon continued at the Beijing Olympics when the American swam across a historic threshold by winning his 10th and 11th gold medals, the most ever won by any Olympian.
In five days he has won five races and set five world records. He’s got three finals to go - a total of six races including heats and semis - to break Mark Spitz’s 1972 record of seven golds at one Olympics.
Unless he gets food poisoning or the U.S. 4×100-meter medley relay team gets disqualified, he’s going to do it. Soon the iconic image of Spitz with his mustache and seven gold medals arrayed across his chest will be replaced by Phelps with his big ears and eight gold medals arrayed across his chest.
Phelps is doing heretofore inconceivable things. He is dominating his sport like no other athlete. He is not just rewriting the record book but writing it in a new language.
Michael Phelps results thus far
WTF is this guy on. He’s making everyone else on the planet look stupid. How rude!!! I’m absolutely awestruck at this guys accomplishments this year and its not even over yet. I know a lot of people don’t give a rats left scrote about Olympic swimming, but give this guy some credit, he deserves the attention.
Redz is A 26 yr old guy born and raised in a small town in MA. I like beer, cows, and long walks on the beach (with a beer and a cow)!
Oh ya, and I'm a wise ass.
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His feat is truly amazing, something that may never be equalled, much less surpassed in the foreseeable future.
Except for a few controversies, this year’s Summer Games is running smoothly. China has been piling up on the golds in the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics Medal Count/Tally since day one. And the US and the rest are having a hard time catching up.
Latest Medal Count/Tally of the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics