Way back in Sydney Australia in 2000, there were so many great races it's hard to narrow down which would be the best. However, the Olympics are about taking part.
While some may laugh at this, and I agree it's tough not to smile, but think of it this way... HE'S SWIMMING IN THE OLYMPICS.
The question now is, what will we see THIS year? Enjoy.
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PS. Thanks Andrew for the heads up on this one. :)
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I don't know if you remember but Eric had never swum the 100 prior to this and only trained in the local hotel pool and only learnt how to turn the days before the race. But still...he's made more international events than I probably ever will!
And while Eric was a bit of a highlight, my personal highlight of the Games was "The Dream" with Roy & HG (The two guys commentating and shown at the end) and for those that were in Aust. or are Australian will know just how good they were. As for this year, lets just hope the guy that gives us this type of skills based highlight doesnt come from javelin or archery, we could be in a bit of trouble if they do. |
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Thanks Glenn for the video. This shows you what swimming is all about. The important part is that you finish the race. Now I can say that I can swim a 100 faster than an olympian. |
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As far as I know, the Olympic Compitee is considering cancling the wild cards. Unfotunately we might never see something like that again. Everything will be for competition and not for participation. :( |
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Leave it to a governing body to forget what the event is all about. Maybe if we gave them money they'd allow an entry from each country. Wait... did I say that outloud... it could NEVER be about the money... could it? Maybe the TV people are tired of dealing with ordinary people so they can spend more time only showing the featured athletes to ordinary people so ordinary people can sit through more of the ads featuring the featured athletes. ;) |
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Ahhhh Eric the Eel. I wouldnt laugh at this guy. After Sydney, Eric moved to SPain and trained and dropped his PB to 52 seconds in the 100 free. He was set to compete in Athens but last minute problems with his passport failed to gain him entrance to Greece and thus compete. DOes anyone know if he's entered in Beijing? |
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Well no one will ever accuse him of using performance enhancing drugs. |
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Daniel... 52? I heard he got under a minute, which is tremendous, but did he REALLY go 52? I'd love to see that if it's so. When you start going that fast, time compresses... those last few seconds between 58 or so, and 52, it's almost a different sport. If you can dig something up that shows his 52, that would be great. Call me skeptical, and not accusing, just curious. I'd totally be blown away if he went that fast. Gives us ALL hope. Heck, like I said, I think I saw doing some searching that he DID indeed break a minute, which is totally incredible, but 52 would be out of this world. Thanks. |
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This reminds me of Philip Boit from Kenya who participated in the 10K cross-country skiing event at Nagano'98. He finished 20 minutes after the second last. However, the winner, 7 times olympic gold medalist Bjorn Dahlie refused to accept his medal until everyone had finished the race and waited at the finish line for Boit and congratulated him for participating. Boit was so moved by this that he later named his son after Dahlie (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Boit). Will we see the same from Phelps this time? |
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