Is Michael Phelps the Greatest Olympian of All Time?
SodaHead Sports
2012/08/05 18:42:58
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It is hard to believe that at just 27 years of age, American swimmer Michael Phelps is a living legend. Already considered one of the greatest swimmers of all time, Phelps cemented his legacy amongst athletes of every sport in this summer's Olympics. With 22 total medals (the most of any Olympian ever), Phelps may very well be the greatest swimmer and Olympian in history.
Phelps is definitely the most popular swimmer ever, appearing in Subway commercials and other forms of media. He is the "it" guy. But don't let his star power overshadow his athletic greatness. Those 22 medals Phelps owns are more than some countries can lay claim to the last decade. If he were a country, he'd rank in the top 60 in the history of the modern Olympics. When it comes to golds, his 18 medals would place him at No. 36 ahead of Argentina. Phelps owns 39 world records, has been named Sports Illustrated's Sportsman of The Year, and that's just scratching the surface.
Phelps is also the only swimmer to win the same individual event in three straight Olympics and he set the record for the most gold medals in an Olympic year with eight in 2008 (breaking Mark Spitz's record that was untouched since 1972). Now at 27, Phelps ends his career, with 22 total medals and six alone from this year's Olympics (four gold, two silver).
What do you think SodaHeads? Is Michael Phelps the greatest Olympian of all time?
Phelps is definitely the most popular swimmer ever, appearing in Subway commercials and other forms of media. He is the "it" guy. But don't let his star power overshadow his athletic greatness. Those 22 medals Phelps owns are more than some countries can lay claim to the last decade. If he were a country, he'd rank in the top 60 in the history of the modern Olympics. When it comes to golds, his 18 medals would place him at No. 36 ahead of Argentina. Phelps owns 39 world records, has been named Sports Illustrated's Sportsman of The Year, and that's just scratching the surface.
Phelps is also the only swimmer to win the same individual event in three straight Olympics and he set the record for the most gold medals in an Olympic year with eight in 2008 (breaking Mark Spitz's record that was untouched since 1972). Now at 27, Phelps ends his career, with 22 total medals and six alone from this year's Olympics (four gold, two silver).
What do you think SodaHeads? Is Michael Phelps the greatest Olympian of all time?
Read More: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/05/sports/olympics/...
Top Opinion
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Eyes See Wide North 2012/08/05 21:03:48
1. Imagine what he could have accomplished without smoking.
2. The exception does not make the rule. The average pot-head is still a loser.
He's the greatest Olympian and athlete of all time, and it just makes you squirm that someone could accomplish such a feat while smoking cannabis. I say get over it and stop judging people by what they put into their own bodies. It just makes you look petty...tell me, how many gold medals have you won while ABSTAINING from cannabis? None? Really? That's what I thought.
Can I get some lottery numbers hipster fan-boy?
Chugging all that alcohol giving you wet brain syndrome? I bet you're fine with that being legal even with the thousands of deaths it causes every year.
We have seen all matter of famous people who use(d) drugs. The question is not if you can get famous as a drug addict, it's if that use made you better.
I don't drink, do you?
I am sorry the cannabis has affected you cognitive abilities.
http://www.webmd.com/mental-h...
I don't take the word of ACTIVIST WRITERS like the link you sent me.
Need proof?
Take an IQ test then get high and take the same test.
If your opinions are so accurate why can't you back them up with scientific evidence? Why don't you post a study not covered by "activist writers?" It shouldn't be that difficult. You know how to use Google, don't you?
Hmm let's see someone who used to smoke weed using science and a purported abstainer using "things around him." Who sounds more logical and intelligent? It certainly isn't you.
Nope. This is called evidence and something you can't pervert with a left wing organization submitting a 'study'.
You are dopey when high. That's science.
Adjective:
(of an account) Not necessarily true or reliable, because based on personal accounts rather than facts or research.
Yup...pretty sure that fits the definition of 'anecdotal' EXACTLY.
But please then, submit your own study that's not biased. Just claiming that something is "science" doesn't make it true. But, you seem to have an obvious problem defining simple words. Maybe you should go back to grade school before using too much stupid logic?
A scientific experiment conducted by you on yourself is not an anecdote.
You want so badly to be right about pot that you ignore reality.
Pot makes you dopey and your comments prove your cognitive abilities are degraded.
Are you high right now?
Or can't you find anything meaningful/significant? If what you're saying IS true, there should be an entire body of research proving it.
Or, instead of posting something to back your claims up you can just keep insulting me...that's pretty pathetic, though.
Even a single experiment is a scientific experiment.
Are you familiar with the scientific method?
I asked if you are high. How is that an insult?
Your comments are consistent with someone who is under the influence of cannabis.
Are you?
A single experiment like that is not verifiable and may be scientific to me personally but to anyone else it wouldn't matter...it is not verifiable and you could not draw any conclusions. I could take the tests and tell you anything I wanted, the actual results would not matter. And, even if I could somehow verify I was telling the truth the results could also be a fluke and they wouldn't be significant when applied to the general population as a whole.
Since you obviously can't find any studies conducted on larger populations you have hit a dead end and can't really prove anything.
Deal with it.
You still live at home with mama?
I bet you do and I bet you are high.
You have absolutely nothing to stand on and you know it. Like I said before EITHER BACK UP YOUR CLAIMS WITH A REPUTABLE STUDY OR STOP TALKING. Thanks.
When was the last time you smoked?
Do you live at home with your mom?
But even if I was that is completely irrelevant, especially since you can't even present any evidence that smoking makes you stupid.
I have a feeling at this point that you're just trolling me. If not, simply back up your claims and I will respond. Otherwise, have a nice day and good luck with your trolling.
If smoking is not bad, how can it be an attack?
It's an attack because YOU think it's bad. It would be the same as me saying "you don't believe in Allah so you're going to hell." If I actually believed in Allah, it would be considered me attacking their intelligence.
Pointing out that science needs to be verifiable makes me sound like I'm smoking cannabis?
This is absurd. Do you really want to keep going in circles again, you obvious troll? Either post a study so we can actually debate it or find something better to do.
I also don't take orders from children.
Time for you to go to bed, boy.
GIVE ME PROOF OR STFU!
I am sorry cannabis has permanently affected your IQ.
If you had a father around to love you, perhaps you would have been spared this result.
“Adolescent-onset cannabis users, but not adult-onset cannabis users, showed marked IQ decline from childhood to adulthood."
I didn't even start smoking until I was 19. That study is totally irrelevant because NO ONE is advocating that we legalize weed for children. So thank you for posting that, you have fueled my argument and diminished your own...it looks like weed is completely safe for ADULTS to smoke and doesn't reduce their IQ at all.
1. I dont have to imagine, I know what he has accomplished while smoking.
2. There is no rule, I can make the statement that the average drinker is a loser, with 10000 times the evidence to prove it.
You still live with mama hipster pot fan-boy?
Go suck a pipe.
I'm on the fence on this issue, but I don't think weed every now and this will make the point. Unfortunately, there are many people who do fit that model.
Thats just a stereotype...
Its not that obvious that I can call it out, but if I talked about people who drink in the same manner, it would sound like I am jumping to massive conclusions.