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Posted on 5/3/16 at 6:45 pm to Ostrich
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Greatest American swimmer of all-time? Greatest Olympian of all-time?
Yep. Yep.
Seconded.
Posted on 5/3/16 at 6:54 pm to Teddy Ruxpin
If it's so easy, why haven't you done it?
Posted on 5/3/16 at 7:26 pm to TH03
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If it's so easy, why haven't you done it?
Who said it was easy? We should boo that man.
Posted on 5/3/16 at 8:27 pm to gthog61
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I am not knocking his record, but they should add running backwards and skipping so Bolt has a chance to keep up.
There is even walking, and bolt sucks at it.
Posted on 5/4/16 at 2:01 am to MoarKilometers
Usain Bolt
F the haters
F the haters
Posted on 5/4/16 at 2:19 am to tduecen
I always thought it was kind of bullshite that with sports like basketball or volleyball you gotta win a bunch of matches... essentially the whole tournament... just to win one medal.
With swimming you swim for 50 seconds and here is your medal. You swim a slightly different way for 50 seconds and here's another medal. You swim with some partners and here's another medal. You swim a little bit longer than before and here's another medal, etc.
With swimming you swim for 50 seconds and here is your medal. You swim a slightly different way for 50 seconds and here's another medal. You swim with some partners and here's another medal. You swim a little bit longer than before and here's another medal, etc.
Posted on 5/4/16 at 2:57 am to tduecen
zero at best if golds, 4 total medals
This post was edited on 5/4/16 at 2:59 am
Posted on 5/4/16 at 8:10 am to gthog61
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I am not knocking his record, but they should add running backwards and skipping so Bolt has a chance to keep up.
this, swimming seems to have 325 different strokes that you can medal in
Posted on 5/4/16 at 8:19 am to crazycubes
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this, swimming seems to have 325 different strokes that you can medal in
Four. You over exaggerated just a wee bit.
Posted on 5/4/16 at 8:35 am to VABuckeye
But then add different lengths and relays and four strokes becomes an obscene number of medals.
Posted on 5/4/16 at 8:35 am to tduecen
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Greatest Olympian of all-time?
Caitlyn Jenner
/thread
Posted on 5/4/16 at 8:52 am to lynxcat
No different that the obscene number of medals in track and field. To win a bunch of medals in either you have to be an extremely versatile athlete.
Posted on 5/4/16 at 9:01 am to TbirdSpur2010
Greatest Olympian to me will always be Jessie Owens.
To be great enough for even Hitler to acknowledge you for wrecking an Olympics in Germany is pretty bad arse.
and then turn around, come home and to get snubbed by your own President...
To be great enough for even Hitler to acknowledge you for wrecking an Olympics in Germany is pretty bad arse.
and then turn around, come home and to get snubbed by your own President...
Posted on 5/4/16 at 9:10 am to partywiththelombardi
I can honestly see him and Usain Bolt both looking like their old selves, then post Olympics Doping/PED use etc....come up 
Posted on 5/4/16 at 9:12 am to VABuckeye
Both sports skew the medal count drastically.
Posted on 5/4/16 at 9:35 am to tduecen
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He is a married man expecting kids now.
You aren't kidding.
His lady is pregnant with a relay team, literally.
Posted on 5/5/16 at 2:57 am to tduecen
If it wasn't for the versatility I'd put Moses up there, in terms of singular impact it's hard to pass Owens (not to mention he never had the chance to show longevity what with the world being otherwise occupied during 1940 and 1944).
The only person I'd post on the same level is Carl Lewis- going from 84 to 96 in multiple explosive sports is nuts.
The only person I'd post on the same level is Carl Lewis- going from 84 to 96 in multiple explosive sports is nuts.
Posted on 5/5/16 at 8:10 am to PrimeTime Money
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I always thought it was kind of bullshite that with sports like basketball or volleyball you gotta win a bunch of matches... essentially the whole tournament... just to win one medal.
With swimming you swim for 50 seconds and here is your medal. You swim a slightly different way for 50 seconds and here's another medal. You swim with some partners and here's another medal. You swim a little bit longer than before and here's another medal, etc.
Prelims, semifinals, and finals... Yup, certainly seems like just 1 swim. A good portion of the basketball players would literally die attempting one 400 IM.
Posted on 5/5/16 at 8:44 am to tduecen
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Greatest Olympian of all-time?
He was definitely part of two of the greatest Olympic finishes of all time:
400 Free relay with the insane Lezak finish
100 Fly coming from behind to win by .01
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