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London 2012 Summer Olympics |OT|

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Diprosalic said:
it cheapens the medals other athletes win. bolts two gold where WAY more impressive than phelps 8.
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Bolt could have done the long jump, the tripple jump, hurdles, steeple chase, speed walkin, etc. They're all firms of running and jumping. Phelps accomplishment is much much more impressive because he's mastered many different disciplines which is very hard to do. You lump all events as 'swimming' which is like lumping all events as 'track' or all gymnastics disciplines as 'gymnastics'. You'd appreciate swimming more if you knew how difficult it was to be good at it
 
Tapiozona said:
Bolt could have done the long jump, the tripple jump, hurdles, steeple chase, speed walkin, etc. They're all firms of running and jumping. Phelps accomplishment is much much more impressive because he's mastered many different disciplines which is very hard to do.
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don't even start comparing the track and field disciplines with swimming disciplines, that just foolish. you need totally different body types for a couple of those.
 
Tapiozona said:
Bolt could have done the long jump, the tripple jump, hurdles, steeple chase, speed walkin, etc. They're all firms of running and jumping. Phelps accomplishment is much much more impressive because he's mastered many different disciplines which is very hard to do. You lump all events as 'swimming' which is like lumping all events as 'track' or all gymnastics disciplines as 'gymnastics'. You'd appreciate swimming more if you knew how difficult it was to be good at it
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Bolt was more impressive for the simple fact that everyone runs, not everyone swims. Running is more important and the style he had with it added to it.
 
alright, i gif'd it

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Tapiozona said:
Bolt could have done the long jump, the tripple jump, hurdles, steeple chase, speed walkin, etc. They're all firms of running and jumping. Phelps accomplishment is much much more impressive because he's mastered many different disciplines which is very hard to do. You lump all events as 'swimming' which is like lumping all events as 'track' or all gymnastics disciplines as 'gymnastics'. You'd appreciate swimming more if you knew how difficult it was to be good at it
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While I don't think anything is 'cheapened' they're definitely not as different as those track n field events listed.
 
Diprosalic said:
don't even start comparing the track and field disciplines with swimming disciplines, that just foolish.
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He's actually right. Just look at the decathlon.

People complaining about the different swimming events, lumping the four different styles together like they're in any way the same, simply don't understand the sport.

I don't agree with the "Phelps' performance was better than Bolt's" because of my personal preferences, but to say something stupid like:

Diprosalic said:
swimming is ridiculous. why do they have no medals for swimming backward? oh wait, they do.
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Is really offensive.
 
Tapiozona said:
Bolt could have done the long jump, the tripple jump, hurdles, steeple chase, speed walkin, etc. They're all firms of running and jumping. Phelps accomplishment is much much more impressive because he's mastered many different disciplines which is very hard to do. You lump all events as 'swimming' which is like lumping all events as 'track' or all gymnastics disciplines as 'gymnastics'. You'd appreciate swimming more if you knew how difficult it was to be good at it
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I appreciate Swimming, but no way Phelps performance was better than Bolt's

Breaking the unbreakeable 200m WR was by itself more impressive than anything.
 
Tapiozona said:
Bolt could have done the long jump, the tripple jump, hurdles, steeple chase, speed walkin, etc. They're all firms of running and jumping. Phelps accomplishment is much much more impressive because he's mastered many different disciplines which is very hard to do. You lump all events as 'swimming' which is like lumping all events as 'track' or all gymnastics disciplines as 'gymnastics'. You'd appreciate swimming more if you knew how difficult it was to be good at it
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So much ignorance I don't even know where to start.
 
Tapiozona said:
Phelps accomplishment is much much more impressive because he's mastered many different disciplines which is very hard to do. You lump all events as 'swimming' which is like lumping all events as 'track' or all gymnastics disciplines as 'gymnastics'. You'd appreciate swimming more if you knew how difficult it was to be good at it
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Exactly. It'd be like lumping Judo, Tae Kwon Do, and Wrestling all in as "Fighting".

I find swimming really difficult, I'm awful despite living in Florida, a state that thrives on watersports. :U
 
Brazil said:
He's actually right. Just look at the decathlon.

People complaining about the different swimming events, lumping the four different styles together like they're in any way the same, simply don't understand the sport.

I don't agree with the "Phelps performance was better than Bolt's" because of my personal preferences, but to say something stupid like "if only they gave out medals for swimming backwards... Oh wait, they do!" is offensive.
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How often does a Decathlon athlete perform well enough to medal in individual events?
 
Brazil said:
He's actually right. Just look at the decathlon.

People complaining about the different swimming events, lumping the four different styles together like they're in any way the same, simply don't understand the sport.
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I'm now thinking that a relay medley in athletics could be awesome. Start with hurdles, then have the next contender speedwalking, then go with someone running backwars, and finish with a 100m sprint.

It'd be utterly bizarre.
 
Ha, my BBC stream's are buffering like crazy now too... bet they're probably getting killed from all the extra Americans/Canadians hopping on to watch.
 
Tapiozona said:
Bolt could have done the long jump, the tripple jump, hurdles, steeple chase, speed walkin, etc. They're all firms of running and jumping. Phelps accomplishment is much much more impressive because he's mastered many different disciplines which is very hard to do. You lump all events as 'swimming' which is like lumping all events as 'track' or all gymnastics disciplines as 'gymnastics'. You'd appreciate swimming more if you knew how difficult it was to be good at it
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Exactly.
 
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