RE:Yes
by Srinivasa Raghavan on Aug 18, 2008 03:48 PM Permalink
It was disheartening to see the disparity of awarding medals to events, Eventhough some may see no logic behibd my opinion. The first Gold medal of Olympics2008 was in the grueling Roadrace Cycling (245km) race. I wonder why one has to strain for 245km for medal, when in swimming you can get gold for just 50m or 100m. The same in case of Marathon/heptathlon/decathlon/triathlon. Let IOC stop all these gruelling events for just 3medal standing or stop these verry short swimming. I donot think Phleps winning 8 gold is a great achievement. May be he i sgreat in Swimming. But in General Spot NO. It fades in comparision to the 245km roadrace. Let him take part in triathlon atleast for medal contention SSR
YES, WHY NOT He is the man who know how to win.His storng hunger towards aim, hard work, high moral & determination made him greatest olympian.now he is the inspiration not only for a sportperson but all humanbeing.
Yes he is the greatest Olympian. Competing in modern olympics itself is challenging and to win 6 gold in Athens and then after 4 years 8 gold in Beijing is outstanding!
RE:Greatest Olympian
by G on Aug 17, 2008 06:03 PM Permalink
Yes, repeating your feat after 4 years that too with 7 world records out of 8 is truly amazing.
there are no words in dictionary to to express the achievements of Michael Phelps.his achievements gets more important because he was suffering from diseases that was not curable but with his determination and hard work he not only overcome deficiency but prove everyone wrong that he cant achieve anything.we should thank her mother also who has big role to play in his career and giving us the best athlete of all time.Hats off to Phelps the phenomenon that world has seen and i m sure no one can see better than michael.we love this superhuman.he can beat anyone in swimming even fishes.God Bless Him .thanx Phelps for giving us such unforgettable moments.
RE:Michael Phelps
by raj on Aug 17, 2008 12:14 PM Permalink
yeah - its not posible in athletics - as no runner has ever competed in 400m and 100m successfully.
