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Michael Phelps Becomes Most Decorated Olympian of All Time
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Trent Strong
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Oh yeah, that was the story:
Only 16 years old, woman, and still faster than a physically bigger american male swimmer.
Now that is one of the greatest athletes of all time, imho.
Does she dope though?
Bullshit
He is the most successful Olympian, but not the best
Swimming has a distinct advantage to medal counts. It should be weighed a bit better
WRONG!
To be fair we are a day behind on coverage or if you want, think of it as being in the future.
Diprosalic
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not better than anywhere else. just the money to fund those with special talents.
ldcommando
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Awesome feat. China still leading on the medal table though. You count golds first.
Just like all competitors do?
ChiTownBuffalo
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Oh yeah, that was the story:
Only 16 years old, woman, and still faster than a physically bigger american male swimmer.
Now that is one of the greatest athletes of all time, imho.
I think China's accomplishment is due to their hiring of foreign coaching for swimming. However, China has a pretty shady history of cheating in simple ways, such as altering birth certificates, and more complex ways, wanton doping.
Fuck it, I know so many people are thinking wonton doping.
SquiddyCracker
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The IOC says no, I suspect most of the doping suspicions are a result of saltyness
There is photographic evidence that Phelps does dope.
ChiTownBuffalo
Either I made up lies about the Boston Bomber or I fell for someone else's crap. Either way, I have absolutely no credibility and you should never pay any attention to anything I say, no matter what the context. Perm me if I claim to be an insider
The IOC says no, I suspect most of the doping suspicions are a result of saltyness
Saltiness and China is a historical cheater.
And here is the difference between US cheating and Chinese cheating.
US cheating is generally by one coach/trainer for a handful of athletes. CHinese cheating involves governmental agencies.
Oh yeah, that was the story:
Only 16 years old, woman, and still faster than a physically bigger american male swimmer.
Now that is one of the greatest athletes of all time, imho.
She's 16 and she swam faster than lochte ? Ya, I think the coach maybe onto something
teruterubozu
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If she does, it's a very new and a highly experimental kind.
The IOC has THE BEST doping tests - better than NFL, NBA, MLB and all other sports combined.
She's clean according to the tests.
sazzy
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Now that the US is the greatest sports nation in the world, its time to fix the country's massive problems in the areas of economy, budget, poverty, gun control, social services, pre-college education, obesity, drug abuse, consumer rights, et. al.
I'm forgetting the second half of the list, but this should suffice.
I'm forgetting the second half of the list, but this should suffice.
Hot Coldman
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We all know who Michael Phelps is
Didn't marion jones get away with it for all those years?
Phelps can only do one thing at a time.
Let him finish obliterating any previous Olympians ego by getting 2 more gold medals.
Then he'll come back to America and lead a campaign to legalize Pot, thus taking care of all the problems you've mentioned.
Spiffy_1st
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Actually USA has 24, China has 23.
I guess the only explanation is...that China is the greatest country in the world.
SquiddyCracker
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Her coach is saying that she has a really good power/weight-ratio.
As the tests have come up negative, I'd say she's just an exceptional athlete.
It shouldn't come as too big of a surprise considering that China has over a billion of citizens - there's bound to be to be a ton of extremely exceptional people there.
sazzy
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Because if there's one thing Americans need to do more is to sit around, blaze up, and compulsively eat.
Impeccable
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Clara Hughes moved to the US?
ChiTownBuffalo
Either I made up lies about the Boston Bomber or I fell for someone else's crap. Either way, I have absolutely no credibility and you should never pay any attention to anything I say, no matter what the context. Perm me if I claim to be an insider
That drug, the clear, also known as THG, or tetrahydrogestrinone was undetectable until about 2003.
ldcommando
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Remember, it´s not cheating if you don´t get caught.
And if I am not mistaken they keep blood samples for years so they can detect previously undetectable stuff. So if they find shit you will lose your medal.
And if I am not mistaken they keep blood samples for years so they can detect previously undetectable stuff. So if they find shit you will lose your medal.
Hot Coldman
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Self-loating Americans can fuck right off! That's OUR thing! :lol
ChiTownBuffalo
Either I made up lies about the Boston Bomber or I fell for someone else's crap. Either way, I have absolutely no credibility and you should never pay any attention to anything I say, no matter what the context. Perm me if I claim to be an insider
I think the number of citizens leads to a proportionally higher number of exceptional athletes.
And the Chinese cheat.
Glowingmonx
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When did Fox news take over GAF?
spiderman123
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I don't know, at 16 you're not even at peak athletic ability and she not only shattered the record she was faster than lochte too. Something just doesn't add up.
NathanMcMahon
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ChiTownBuffalo
Either I made up lies about the Boston Bomber or I fell for someone else's crap. Either way, I have absolutely no credibility and you should never pay any attention to anything I say, no matter what the context. Perm me if I claim to be an insider
From nothing to four Golds at the 1992 World Champs and the 1992 Olympics to 12 Golds at the 1994 World Champs. That kind of improvement is questionable. At the 94 Asian Games, 11 Chinese women swimmers tested positive for dihydrotestosterone; at the 96 Olympics they only won a single gold medal, and no positive tests. 98 World Champs and four swimmers tested positive, plus human growth hormone was found in a swimmer's luggage. Before the 2000 Olympics, China removed four women from its squad for odd test results and no swimmer from China earned any medals. At the 2004 Olympics, none of the swimmers tested positive and they earned one gold medal. That is a a lot of up and down in the medal count, and a lot of positive drug tests.
Like I said, I think they improvement lately is due to a change in coaching. But, they have a pretty bad history of cheating.
Yep but China has won more gold.
You're tiptoeing RIGHT ON THE LINE now sazzy.
A young female athlete who is great at something?
She must be a biological male and/or doping and/or an advanced android.
Delete as appropriate.
Jean Valjean
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It's Korey.
WorriedCitizen
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Greatest Phelps of America. Greatest Athlete? Hell no.
SolidSnakex
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She swam the last 50m faster than Lochte did. Her overall time was more than 20s slower than his and more than 10s slower than the 8th place male swimmer.
Phelps smashed one world record when he was only 15 years old. And that record was previously held by a 16 year old.
why's he got Bender's arm?
Because he lost it in battle.
But losing an arm just made him stronger.
ChiTownBuffalo
Either I made up lies about the Boston Bomber or I fell for someone else's crap. Either way, I have absolutely no credibility and you should never pay any attention to anything I say, no matter what the context. Perm me if I claim to be an insider
We all know China is best a gold mining.
There have been more Americans stripped of medals for cheating. We might as well question their accomplishments and wonder if their coaches are doping them up.
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