i thought it was a great race,wish the pool was a bit better suited to world records but still im loving the competition,maybe the brits can win a medal tonight!!

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Originally posted by tranceaholic didnt the US have the most medals in ur own homeland last olympics ? he who laughs last my friend..i suggest you keep silent for now

USA population = 200 million
Australia polulation = 20 million

In theory USA should win 10 time more gold that Australia.

Hah if population was the case then China and India would own every medal.

Come on...everyone is into swimming now??? LOL!
The funny thing is countries start enjoying a sport when they fail in everything else. For example, say a country excelled in football, but over the years it became a third-rate contender. Then naturally the citizenry will move onto another sport. The cycle continues until at some time in the future the people of this hypothetical country will enjoy badminton!

We can see this happening racially in the US. As African-Americans have come to dominate basketball, football, etc, what sport is now suddenly popular? Moronic "NASCAR-dads" flock to the local track every weekend to see a bunch of cars go around in circles. Some of have secretly admitted that the new-found attraction was due to the "white-ness" of the sport. How sad…

Which brings me back to swimming? See the Aussies can’t excel in football, baseball or other sports so they must take comfort in the fact that they can swim. I would love to see how Aussies do in "real" sports such as track and field. Track and field is a true test of man's athletic prowess since we are essentially land-based creatures...not fish...We are BIPEDAL beings.

LOL!

Hahaha, you guys are only talking about phelps and thorpe.... Who won and defended his title in the most important swimming series of the olympics (100 M freestroke)??? Van Den Hoogenband! He just bitchslapped, both, Ian Thorpe and Michael "I am going 2 win 8 gold medals" Phelps

Keep it real guys....

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I just can't believe all the things people say! Why must I deal with this shit every fucking day!

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Originally posted by Rudy Hahaha, you guys are only talking about phelps and thorpe.... Who won and defended his title in the most important swimming series of the olympics (100 M freestroke)??? Van Den Hoogenband! He just bitchslapped, both, Ian Thorpe and Michael "I am going 2 win 8 gold medals" Phelps Keep it real guys....

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Originally posted by CunningLinguist Come on...everyone is into swimming now??? LOL!

Swimming has always been very popular at the Games, and for me is one of the most exciting sports to watch at the Olympics.

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i like it like i like too much sugar.

i kind of like watching swimming but i think its more of an appetizer for the track and field events.

Phelps won the other day....

Thorpe is arrogant and full of himself. I can't stand people like him.

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US starting to kick some real ass now, with more swimming golds today, along with major gymnastics wins. And we're not even to the track and field yet.

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FLUSHED THE JOHNS!

Yeah and the people who initially started this whole absurd thread seem to have quieted down. Must have been the 4x200 relay the other day that did the trick.

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Hahaha, you guys are only talking about phelps and thorpe.... Who won and defended his title in the most important swimming series of the olympics (100 M freestroke)??? Van Den Hoogenband! He just bitchslapped, both, Ian Thorpe and Michael "I am going 2 win 8 gold medals" Phelps Keep it real guys....

Who annointed you to the position to name the most important series? Tell Hoogenband to race the butterfly, backstroke, and breaststroke, get his results, then get back to me.

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Originally posted by BadBadNeil Yeah and the people who initially started this whole absurd thread seem to have quieted down. Must have been the 4x200 relay the other day that did the trick. Who annointed you to the position to name the most important series? Tell Hoogenband to race the butterfly, backstroke, and breaststroke, get his results, then get back to me.

Dude, dunno if u know anything bout swimming but it is generally known that the 100M freestroke it the most important series of the olympic swimming championship!!

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I just can't believe all the things people say! Why must I deal with this shit every fucking day!

I know plenty about swimming, been following it for 15 years. Important to who? To Netherlands because they won it? Seriously, there is abolutely nothing that makes the 100more important than the 50free, 200free etc other than some media hype because there are more big names in the 100free.