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Anonymous
YOU FAGS SURE GOT TOLD
>> Anonymous
lol visa had that shit ready for his winning the most gold.
>> Anonymous
he looked tired, good luck for number 5 he may need it
>> Anonymous
>>241036
we'll see him party after his next race within the hour.
>> Anonymous
>>241036
actually he kinda looked like GODDAMN IM TIRED AFTER BREAKING THE WORLD RECORD, IT'S LIKE I'M ACTUALLY HUMAN
>> Anonymous
>>241040
yea
>> Anonymous
>>241047
yea
>> Anonymous
>>241010
>>241011
>>241013
>>241020
>>241022

Whoa, guys hold on lets show some class here.


IN YO FACE, IN YO FACE!
>> Anonymous
Fuck me there are too many swimming medals available. One man should not be able to even try for 8
>> Anonymous
Another world record beaten by 5 seconds.
>> Anonymous
>>241194
Butthurt Eurotrash
>> Anonymous
michael phelps is a swimming robot designed to run on gold medals. Discuss.
>> Anonymous
>>241135
Weeaboos ruin everything.
>> Anonymous
>>241314
robots cant swim the water would break them
>> Analogy King
>>242446
Actually treading water is how people avoid drowning.

And it is not an olympic sport.
>> Anonymous
>>242452
And triathlon is exponentially more athletically intense than swimming, what's your point?
>> Anonymous
>>242465
Uh, last I checked, water polo is indeed an olympic sport.
>> Anonymous
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Come now, /sp/...why so serious?
>> Anonymous
Hey, look, not to tarnish what the guy's done, but aren't people getting a little too excited about the sheer amount of medals he's racking up?

I mean, sure, it's great, but, look, let's be real for a second. There is no other sport where this is possible, let alone feasible. If you play basketball, you can win one medal. One. That you share with an entire team. If you run track, maybe, if you're a great athlete, you'll walk away with two, three, maybe four if you're amazing. If you're a marathoner, you'll go home with maybe one. If you wrestle, you can win one or two. If you weightlift, you might be able to score, what, three?

I'm not saying that Phelps isn't as good as other Olympians, or that what he's doing isn't a big deal, but I think celebrating his medal count is a bad way of going about what he's doing, because it tarnishes what other Olympians can do.
>> Anonymous
ITT: semantics
>> Anonymous
Everyone else swims for second place
>> Anonymous
>>242558
Apologies, I forgot about that one.
>>242559
I don't care what google says its just what I believe.
>> Anonymous
>>242567
If you're swimming for second place, you shouldn't bother setting foot in the pool
>> Anonymous
>>242573

Tell that to Phelps' opponents
>> Anonymous
>>242526

Another swimmer here. I have to agree with you, Phelps is a fantastic swimmer, really without par, but uncontested races aren't fun to watch. Thats why my favorite race of the games so far was the 100 Breast final.

KITAJIMA
>> Anonymous
>>242607
No the losing team got their heads chopped off. Trust me, it was on the motherfucking HISTORY CHANNEL!!!!1111
>> Anonymous
>>242615
I'm sticking around for the triathlon, myself. Phelps can do whatever the fuck he wants in the water, he'd kill himself trying to win a distance bike and run immediately after.
>> Anonymous
>>242621
I think this guy is right. In the Mayan ball games, the losers got killed, but in the old, Athenian Olympic games, it was the winning horse from the chariot race that was sacrificed to the gods.
>> Anonymous
>>242621
Just searched around. Were both right/wrong.
>The Mayan ballgame had important religious relevance as well. In some Mayan areas, the winners were sacraficed, while in others the losers were sacrificed.
>> Anonymous
>>242631

Agreed. The Triathlon and the open water swimming events will be fantastic.
>> Anonymous
5/5 in World Records and Gold Medals

You hear him after the relay?
Reporter: "Why'd you throw your goggles after the 200 Fly?"
Phelps: "I had water in my goggles so I was angry and threw them, I think I could have been faster"
I fukken lol'd
>> Anonymous
>>242777
>>open water swimming events

Wait, there are non-triathlon open-water swimming events?

AWESOME
>> Anonymous
>>242808
That shit fucking destroys your time. Its also an amateur move, meaning you fucked up the dive.

It really sucks for Phelps, because his speed is like 90% in his turns. If you notice, he usually stays even with the head of the pack, then he'll get half a body length on a turn, and on the last 50 (after the last turn) he sprints.

And your goggles being fucked up in an unfamiliar pool will mess with you.
>> Anonymous
>>242817
Well yeah, I understand that, but the fact that he can still win gold and break world records with it happening...