Phelps 8, Greece 7
Currently, Michael Phelps has more medals than Olympic host country Greece, and he got them by swimming approximately 40 miles in eight days. I'm fairly certain that's more than I've swum in my entire life.
I've heard people complain that Phelps monopolized the Olympic press coverage, but the griping seems disingenuous. Who else did people expect to be the Olympic coverboy? Natalie Coughlin, like Phelps, a multi-discplinary swimming genius, pulled in five medals herself.
I like the white line NBC draws on the screen to indicate world-record pace, but I'd like to see them just superimpose the world-record swimmer(s) on the screen, perhaps in an extra lane somewhere. Maybe for the next summer Olympics.
I've heard people complain that Phelps monopolized the Olympic press coverage, but the griping seems disingenuous. Who else did people expect to be the Olympic coverboy? Natalie Coughlin, like Phelps, a multi-discplinary swimming genius, pulled in five medals herself.
I like the white line NBC draws on the screen to indicate world-record pace, but I'd like to see them just superimpose the world-record swimmer(s) on the screen, perhaps in an extra lane somewhere. Maybe for the next summer Olympics.