Posted by: no_quiero August 17, 2008
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Thank you everybody for the comments.
The swimmers of today has a luxury of playing in many events then the swimmers in yesteryears. Many experts consider Spitz better than Phelps. Why? becaause Spitz won the medal in each and every events he participated. Even Phelps has not done that.
I found a quote by Mark Spitz in 1972 before the olympics . He said " I am participating in 7 events . If I win 6 gold It will be a faliure?"
The result. Mark Spitz not only won gold in all the seven events but also set world records in each one of those. Now that is some performance.
As far as loote pointed out Carl Lewis too may well have point in being an outstanding olympian. He won gold in long jup and running. In anybody's book that is completely two different kind of game.
I remamber Maurice Green had GOAT tatto in his arm. Somebody asked him what is that. He said " Greatest of all time". As far as Michael Phelps is concerned, he may not yet be the greatest but he certainly in his way. But to be greatest in the olympic he needs to dominate in the next 2-3 olympics like sir steve Redgrave did when he dominated from 1984 to 2000.
The swimmers of today has a luxury of playing in many events then the swimmers in yesteryears. Many experts consider Spitz better than Phelps. Why? becaause Spitz won the medal in each and every events he participated. Even Phelps has not done that.
I found a quote by Mark Spitz in 1972 before the olympics . He said " I am participating in 7 events . If I win 6 gold It will be a faliure?"
The result. Mark Spitz not only won gold in all the seven events but also set world records in each one of those. Now that is some performance.
As far as loote pointed out Carl Lewis too may well have point in being an outstanding olympian. He won gold in long jup and running. In anybody's book that is completely two different kind of game.
I remamber Maurice Green had GOAT tatto in his arm. Somebody asked him what is that. He said " Greatest of all time". As far as Michael Phelps is concerned, he may not yet be the greatest but he certainly in his way. But to be greatest in the olympic he needs to dominate in the next 2-3 olympics like sir steve Redgrave did when he dominated from 1984 to 2000.