Originally posted by bigjimslade002
yeah its crazy down here in bammatown right now.theve even approved for his last race to be shown on the baltimore ravens mega screen in the stadium here.what a finish though.its the kind of thing around here that people will talk about forever along with "ol johnny u" and "the colts movin in the night" and "the ravins winnin the souperbowl hon!"
best of luck to phelps though.lets hope he breaks the "baltimore curse" of people and teams from here or competing here comin up short.they say the ravens finally broke it in 2000 but people say the curse lives on because of what transpired after the victory.(ie the orioles, barbaros,big brown etc....
i wish my city was as cool as yours
bas
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Originally posted by LoveHate
i wish my city was as cool as yours
Too bad you live in Vancouver. The penis of Canada.
MrJiveBoJingles
My personal favorite Olympic swimmer is probably Alexander Popov.
He wasn't as versatile as Phelps, but he was so dominant and graceful at the same time within his events, the freestyle sprints. Watch him set the world record in 2000 in the 50M Freestyle:
Notice how he takes just thirty-one strokes to finish the race while everyone else takes around forty or forty-five.
The record was broken seven years later, but remember that Popov did this with no hyper-engineered body suit and no swim cap.
:cool:
woscar99
Anyone got a link to the Usain Bolt race? Can't find it anywhere and they already took down the video Mikey Mike posted...
Krypton
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Originally posted by Lebezniatnikov
The "best Olympian ever" thing is so hyperbolic, it's disgusting. He has won more golds because he enters eight events every Games. I saw an interview with Kerri Walsh (beach volleyball) where she was saying that even though she and Misti May have won 104 matches in a row without losing, they can never win more than one Gold Medal in an Olympics so they'll never be considered as one of the Olympic greats even though they're arguably more dominant in their sport than Phelps ever could be.
Originally posted by woscar
Anyone got a link to the Usain Bolt race? Can't find it anywhere and they already took down the video Mikey Mike posted...
Just saw it on TV...holy !!!
This guy is out of this world, he could've shattered the world record by an even bigger margin had he not start to slow down with still 15-20 meters to go. Just WOW :eyes:
MrJiveBoJingles
Phelps just won his eighth Olympic gold, by the way, in the 400M Freestyle relay.
gehzumteufel
Usain Bolt 100m run.
whiskers
people should shut the up about phelps, especially in their facebook statuses :o
/vent
Beat Blog
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Originally posted by gehzumteufel
Usain Bolt 100m run.
Bolt is undoubtedly better now, but I have far more respect for Asafa Powell.
That bloke is unbelievable.
hooknife
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Originally posted by gehzumteufel
Usain Bolt 100m run.
Usain is INSANE!
hooknife
AMERICA FTW! (sorry other ty countries of the world) j/k :)
