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Michael Phelps just won #8 GOLD how does he rank among the best?
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08-18-2008, 10:18 PM
Irid70
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When I think of great olympians I think of Ali, Jesse Owens and Carl Lewis. Hell, look how many chances he got to win medals? Some people get one shot at it.
I think the guy is good, no arguement there but I wouldn't put him even in my top 100.
How is he not in the top #100? Mark Spitz made ESPN's list of the top 100 athletes of the twentieth century...not Olympians, just athletes, period...at #33. Just because
you
don't care about swimming doesn't mean nobody else does.
Lauding Phelps takes
nothing
away from Ali, Owens, or Lewis. Nothing. At all.
As for the number of chances to get medals...you're going to penalize the guy for batting 1.000 in his events? For winning every medal it was possible for him to win? Okay, swimming is a medal rich environment unlike boxing, fine. But how do you penalize Phelps for being
able
to win 8 events? There's zero logic there.
Picking "the greatest Olympian" is impossible. There's too many sports for that. But to deny that Phelps is on the short list is reactionary and silly.
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