Phelps

Grimm-.- · **Posted:** Sat Aug 16, 2008 12:14 pm

Who saw that?!!?
Fricken closest thing i've ever seen :o
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jEM ... lrmE4QJUZw

Pham · **Joined:** Aug 2007 **Posts:** 541 **Location:**

yes, that has got to be the closest match ever, even cloesr than the fuckin relay omfg that was nice. Dam youtube blocked and u can't see replays of the video but it is so fckin nice.

Grimm-.- · **Posted:** Sat Aug 16, 2008 12:19 pm

Hehe... Just saw it on tv about 10 minutes ago...
lol his mom looked like she was about to have a heart attack.
I really thought he didn't have that one... god was so damn close lol.

Da_Realest · **Joined:** Apr 2006 **Posts:** 2435 **Location:**

I thought he was going to lose when I was watching the match. Then I realized Phelps was holding back to make the match seem close.

Pham · **Joined:** Aug 2007 **Posts:** 541 **Location:**

phelps is a beast, that other guy was talkin shit and probaly crying for the judge to re evaluate.

tedtwilliger · **Posted:** Sat Aug 16, 2008 1:40 pm

Phelps has more medals than most countries, hes a gun.

Phelpsatsan ftw..

Jstar1 · **Joined:** Mar 2007 **Posts:** 4757 **Location:**

Pham wrote:

phelps is a beast, that other guy was talkin shit and probaly crying for the judge to re evaluate.

no the serbian guy said he was satisfied with his silver

Priam · **Posted:** Sat Aug 16, 2008 1:41 pm

That guy is Inhuman.

CrimsonNuker · **Joined:** Aug 2006 **Posts:** 13791 **Location:**

So this is the reason for the screeching in my house >_>

"Shooter Vincent Hancock added to the American gold count in the Skeet when the 19-year-old held his nerve in a shoot-off with Tore Brovold of Norway"

LUL?

crazyskwrls · **Joined:** Aug 2007 **Posts:** 2293 **Location:**

dude.... check out wat he eats

12k cal a day..... :shock:

http://blogs.wsj.com/health/2008/08/13/ ... t-at-home/
there is a better one but i cant find it

Key-J · **Posted:** Sat Aug 16, 2008 6:32 pm

From the Cam angles, it really did seem like the other guy had it, but hey you have to trust the timing equipment.

N of course, Phelps came from above, and the other guy was underwater, so you have to take light refraction into account.

Tasdik · **Joined:** Jan 2007 **Posts:** 13206 **Location:** Life

Phelps is such a beast....he's awesome

StealMySoda · **Joined:** Sep 2006 **Posts:** 5245 **Location:**

Phelps should compete as a country

Key-J · **Posted:** Sat Aug 16, 2008 6:37 pm

You gotta feel for the other Athletes, i mean. Phelps is doing great, but he isnt the only one scoring. Yet he gets all this attention, and the others get mentions.

crazyskwrls · **Joined:** Aug 2007 **Posts:** 2293 **Location:**

it still makes me wonder what athletes do after their career is over.... i heard they work at home depot....

Tasdik · **Joined:** Jan 2007 **Posts:** 13206 **Location:** Life

Key-J wrote:

You gotta feel for the other Athletes, i mean. Phelps is doing great, but he isnt the only one scoring. Yet he gets all this attention, and the others get mentions.

Yeah I'd bet the other swimmers are like oh crap I've gotta race Phelps this time...I hope I get silver

Grandpa · **Joined:** Feb 2008 **Posts:** 867 **Location:**

Yep, saw it!

Also saw the 1972 Munich Olympics with Spitz.
My son was watching and he didn't know who I was talking about.

I didn't mention the tragedy of '72
- 2 dead, 9 hostages taken and later killed. :cry:

It's strange how memory triggers work; seeing his records broken has made me both happy and silently sad.

Really enjoyed seeing him again in the interview after, Spitz is such a diplomat.
I can imagine how Phelps must have felt as he accepted praise from his hero.
Phelps said, "I'm at a loss for words, like I was when I saw the clock."

~Grandpa

cpinney · **Posted:** Sat Aug 16, 2008 7:23 pm

Key-J wrote:

From the Cam angles, it really did seem like the other guy had it, but hey you have to trust the timing equipment.

N of course, Phelps came from above, and the other guy was underwater, so you have to take light refraction into account.

there was a camera angle from underneath the water they showed and u can tell that phelps just out touched him, but yeah from the camera at the top it looks like the other guy almost out touches him :roll:

PB_and_J · **Posted:** Sat Aug 16, 2008 7:34 pm

Watching that whole race I was positive he would lose, the moment both of them touched (before the results were even shown) I just froze where I was a said...he won...

satman83 · **Joined:** Oct 2006 **Posts:** 9541 **Location:** London

i think he lost, but they gave it to him anyway....you know so they can be like this
was the Olympics he got 8 golds :shock:

The Mobius · **Joined:** Feb 2008 **Posts:** 126 **Location:**

His mother's reaction was by far the most amazing/cutest reaction I have ever seen. She's standing there with 2 fingers up as in 2nd place... she sees the scoreboard and just stands there with her jaw dropped for a good 30 seconds and collapses.

Phelps is da man... yo.

Grimm-.- · **Posted:** Sat Aug 16, 2008 8:18 pm

satman83 wrote:

i think he lost, but they gave it to him anyway....you know so they can be like this
was the Olympics he got 8 golds :shock:

nah. you can tell with the naked eye that he won from the cameras... just gotta look closely.

Snoopy · **Posted:** Sat Aug 16, 2008 11:22 pm

Grats to Phelps, He was so lucky that he ended on a good stroke! damn, I think if the Serbian guy ended on a better stroke it might even be a different story, but everything happens for a reason. Congratulations to Phelps, Aussies love him =D.

Makenshi · **Joined:** Aug 2008 **Posts:** 101 **Location:** Belgium

Congratz to him, now just hope he's one of the good guys and stayed/stays clean :-)

Trice · **Posted:** Sun Aug 17, 2008 1:46 pm

If he was a country, he would be 7th on the leaderboard.

thats just crazy.

Yasakira · **Joined:** Apr 2007 **Posts:** 573 **Location:**

crazyskwrls wrote:

it still makes me wonder what athletes do after their career is over.... i heard they work at home depot....

They make shitloads of money from sponsors while they compete. After that they can probably just become coaches.

Burningwolf · **Joined:** Jun 2007 **Posts:** 2583 **Location:** :|

gratz to phelps
he did it
8 gold medals

crazyskwrls · **Joined:** Aug 2007 **Posts:** 2293 **Location:**

Burningwolf wrote:

gratz to phelps
he did it
8 gold medals

woot!
go phelps!

Tasdik · **Joined:** Jan 2007 **Posts:** 13206 **Location:** Life

Awww...I didn't see his eight gold medal swim = /

Jstar1 · **Joined:** Mar 2007 **Posts:** 4757 **Location:**

Tasdik wrote:

Awww...I didn't see his eight gold medal swim = /

it was a relay and he relied on lezak to finish the job, it wasn't as close as the other ones though

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