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512OW wrote:There is one single person other than Michael Phelps who understands what it takes to win all those events. Mark Spitz. Prior to the Olympics, what did Spitz say?

That it was a "foregone conclusion" that Phelps would win all 8.

I'm just guessing that Spitz knows more about swimming than anybody on this site...
Do you have a link to such an article. I would be interested in loking at it.
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Best. Olympic. Photos. Yet.

It is from Germany, so a couple are probably NSFW, but some very funny/cool images that you probably won't see in the US.

http://www.stern.de/olympia2008/fotostr ... .html?cp=1
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Post by Josephine »

Wes wrote:Best. Olympic. Photos. Yet.

It is from Germany, so a couple are probably NSFW, but some very funny/cool images that you probably won't see in the US.

http://www.stern.de/olympia2008/fotostr ... .html?cp=1
wow! some of those are REALLY awesome. some make me wish i remembered more of my highschool german. i bet the captions are pretty amusing on some of them
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512OW wrote:
Lateralus wrote:OW, I think perhaps you should look up the word foregone as well and then go watch the 100 butterfly and the 4x100 finals again. If those equate to forgone conclusions to you, quit pretending you have anything to say that makes any sense.
Haha. Maybe you should look it up. If I watch it, How can I then form a "foregone conclusion" based on that? A foregone conclusion must come prior to whichever event its foretelling, not after seeing it happen...
Yes foregone conclusion means inevitable that is correct. I suggested that you watch the close races, to understand how ludicrous your prediction and anyone else who said that was . If Spitz said that he is a moron, considering he should know better. There were 2 -3events that were well known ( to those who follow swimming) to be extremely possible for Phelps to lose especialy at the Olympics.
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Post by TankAzz »

wow, wes those pics are sick!!! i only got through about 25 of them.. i will have to look again later... that's what sports photography should look like!
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Post by rockman »

im sure this has been posted before, ,but im not going to find it.

This is just crazy perspective.


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Post by Wes »

Heh, the power of teh intardweb!

http://strydehax.blogspot.com/

Will it hit the mainstream press?
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those photos are awesome thanks for the link!
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Post by chriss »

For an interesting article on how Spitz views Phelps accomplishments check out

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympic ... 564802.stm
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Wes wrote:Best. Olympic. Photos. Yet.

It is from Germany, so a couple are probably NSFW, but some very funny/cool images that you probably won't see in the US.

http://www.stern.de/olympia2008/fotostr ... .html?cp=1
I don't know about "NSFW", unless you work at the American Prude Association. In that case, you don't have time to browse the web - you're busy "dealing" with this shocking "outrage":
http://chicagoist.com/2008/08/18/hoosie ... _photo.php
http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/a ... /808170398

Of the German photos - my favorite is the woman hammer throw-er shot from above -
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