Just won another gold by 1/100th of a second, and tied Spitz, I believe.
Phelps
by John Cole| 28 Comments
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by John Cole| 28 Comments
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Just won another gold by 1/100th of a second, and tied Spitz, I believe.
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TCG
Crazy Close
Uila
by the tips of his gooney fingers!
Baltimore feeling good tonight…
Narcissus
Really amazing. I assume they must determine the winner electronically or something, because it looked like a simultaneous finish.
jake
Cue: More Human Than Human.
dmsilev
I think this Mike Luckovich cartoon sums up the last week in sports quite nicely.
-dms
kirk
Narcissus, yes, it’s electronic – old electronic, but electronic. Basically it’s a large, waterproof pressure pad. Tap the wall and it triggers the stop signal. I have no clue about the modern ones, but three decades ago one of the things you learned early was to spear that thing – much as you’ll see runners lean forward to break a tape (and be seen as ahead for the camera).
Jon H
Nice.
OT, but Jeffrey Goldberg at the Atlantic (not Lucianne’s odious crotchfruit at NRO) has an amusing post of some “Obama campaign emails” that he has obtained.
The contrast with the Clinton campaign memos is striking.
Dennis - SGMM
Wonder how fast he’d be with the same gear available to Spitz.
Jorge
The finish is being contested…
ThymeZone
What a great frigging athlete this guy is. It’s thrilling to watch the very best at something, doing it at his very best, and making history. Fabulous.
larick
Thanks (not) for the spoiler for those of us on the west coast :-(
I have intentionally kept my usually open nytimes tab closed in the evenings during the Olympics so I could watch the broadcast with some semblance of suspense.
Really, no biggie. I’ll still keep you in my feed reader because you have other redeeming qualities :-)
John S.
Conversely:
just me
Wonder how fast he’d be with the same gear available to Spitz.
He may not be as fast, but he would probably still be dominant. The man’s body is the perfect swimmer’s body. He was built for his sport-from his height to his double joints.
His speed is certainly helped by technology, but my guess is he would have been dominant no matter what era he swam in.
Keith
Hillary Rules state that if the finish is close, the loser is the winner by virtue of leading on more metrics than the winner. Touching the finish line first is only one small (potential) piece of what constitutes a win.
Warren Terra
Does it suggest something disturbing about my politics obsession that I’m wondering which convention Phelps will speak at?
Bob In Pacifica
At the BBC there’s an article on Phelps’ daily diet, 10 to 12 thousand calories:
I like this:
cleek
whatever.
neither of them were drinking Lagunitas CENSORED at the time.
Michael G
Dammit! Spoiler alert?
J.W. Hamner
Towson High School, bitches.
Walker
The Serbs have now conceded that Phelps won. They slowed it down to one frame every 10-thousandth of a second to see it.
Warren Terra
Sorry for you, Michael G. Those of us on the east coast are getting spoiled by late-prime-time Phelps, those of you in later time zones or stuck at work will likely be seeing it on delay.
Still, given the drama, hearing about it may have been inescapable. And it’s a 2 minute race, and pretty incredible; you’ll likely see it over and over, especially the last ten yards.
w vincentz
Quoting JC, “I believe”.
Jumpin’ Jesus on a bronco, John, so do I!
Halleluia!
If a swimmer can bring you to that, wow! Time for a baptism.
Just wear clean underwear, no peeing in the baptism pool, and bring that “I believe” faith.
HALLELUIA!
You too can swim.
Matt
Boo for spoiling one of the most exciting moments of the Olympics for me. :P
Matt
That’s not supposed be a happy face, BTW. That should be very frowny. The only thing worse that happened today was trying to drive through Morgantown on move-in day. What was I thinking?
Mary
Word to the fucking max.
And I knew that male swimmers shaved their legs and chests, but until I carefully examined the entire series of photos I just linked to, I didn’t know they were being so thorough these days. You have to admire that kind of dedication. To the sport, I mean.
Michael G
The West Coast is seeing everything three-hours time delayed, and if you go to a major news site, you stand a huge chance of seeing spoilers. And Drudge loves being an asshole on everything he can. So staying away from those sites is pretty much required.
But who’da thunk I’d see a spoiler on Balloon Juice?
Ted
Apparently. His legs are almost strangely short relative to his torso, his arm-span is longer than his height, and reports say his feet are size 14. I’m taller than that guy and even I don’t have feet that big.
KRK
You can’t list his swimming-beneficial physical traits and omit his natural flippers. Those feet!