Phelps takes to the pool

Re:Phelps takes to the pool (BigHouseFootball)

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 03:11:33 GMT

HAHAHA that was great!!

Re:Phelps takes to the pool (zjgm02)

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 02:10:28 GMT

Maybe not the most gracious winner, though.

http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/774511cc7a

Re:Phelps takes to the pool (ZooWolverine)

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:11:31 GMT

MichiganFanInOhio

The Girl

After watching the 100M butterfly, I am speechless!! Beating this putz by .01?? (I call him a putz since he thought it would be best for swimming if someone else won the race.)

I agree with your assessment of Milorad Cavic being a putz. To add to why I feel he is nothing more than a putz is the fact that he and his coaches had to show their true colors in challenging the finish?! It's a freaking touch pad for crying out loud?! How could it be wrong???

I saw the finish and I thought it was wrong. They challenged it after watching it in person and I doubt that there was a single person in the Cube who thought that Phelps had won until the times came up. I would imagine that touch pads don't malfunction often but I'm sure they can and if I was the coach, I would have been very concerned that my swimmer's touchpad had not been triggered when he first touched the wall. The challenge was withdrawn when they saw the video, but I have to think that I don't want to see the video later, find out that my swimmer should have won except that it's too late to file a complaint.

Also, it may be of interest that Cavic's coach is replacing Bob Bowman as Michigan's Swimming Coach, if my memory serves me correctly (otherwise, I would still agree with the call, but probably wouldn't go trough the effort of defending it ).

Re:Phelps takes to the pool (MichiganFanInOhio)

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 15:28:13 GMT

The Girl

After watching the 100M butterfly, I am speechless!! Beating this putz by .01?? (I call him a putz since he thought it would be best for swimming if someone else won the race.)

I agree with your assessment of Milorad Cavic being a putz. To add to why I feel he is nothing more than a putz is the fact that he and his coaches had to show their true colors in challenging the finish?! It's a freaking touch pad for crying out loud?! How could it be wrong???

Anyways, TRUE class was shown later in the meet when Dara Torres improbable run for gold also came up just one onehudreth of a second short. But she showed true class by congratulating her opponent instead of going straight to challenge the outcome...

As a former swimmer, I have LOVED not only Phelps' performance, but all of the US swimmers as they have once again proven that US Swimming is the best in the world! And to prove that even more, just look at where a majority of the international swimmers that won medals train. Right here in the USofA!

I wonder how NBC's ratings are going to fare now that Phelps' record setting performance is over. I'm sure they are going to take a serious hit, especially seeing as how bad the US Track team has been performing so far... At least the Dream Team is kicking some serious arse!!!

Re:Phelps takes to the pool (UMWingedHelmet)

Sat, 16 Aug 2008 23:37:06 GMT

I am so proud for him! God bless him!!

Re:Phelps takes to the pool (wangler to carter)

Sat, 16 Aug 2008 23:23:25 GMT

Michael Phelps did it. Team USA did a great job at setting it up for Michael to break the record of the great Mark Spitz. To see a Michigan man break the record awesome!!

Re:Phelps takes to the pool (The Girl)

Sat, 16 Aug 2008 23:21:41 GMT

WOOHOO!!!!! I'm so happy for him!!!

He is the "Gr-eight-est!"

GoBlue4Life - thanks for the pic

Re:Phelps takes to the pool (GoBlue4Life)

Sat, 16 Aug 2008 20:07:33 GMT

This man is AMAZING...wonder if I can get his number (starts to ponder) anyways haha I've been definitely watching and hearing them name drop AA and Michigan has been a whole nother level. I'll definitely remember for the rest of my life this Olympic games, and jumping up in and out of my chair when they did the relay. I watched it live and when they finished first I was screaming...my poor animals head for cover though!

I worked with somebody going to the school and said he seen him around campus...nothing big hah he is normal guy but in so many ways not!

zaco

Phelps is the man! You seen his Block M tattoo?

I didn't know he had one hahah till you said that...so I went and looked for it

Michigan tat (it's a very, VERY low cut shot...doesn't leave to much for the imaganation so men beware hah and ladies by all means)

Re:Phelps takes to the pool (The Girl)

Sat, 16 Aug 2008 19:55:02 GMT

I knew if I looked long enough, I would find a picture of the photographers at the Water Cube:

I have a fairly large lens, but these guys make mine look almost midge-like! I'm guessing the average lens there costs around $3500 and up!

Photo courtesy of Getty Images: http://www.gettyimages.com/Search/Search.aspx?contractUrl=2&language=en-US&family=editorial&assetType=image&p=photographers%20at%20water%20cube&src=standard#

Re:Phelps takes to the pool (The Girl)

Sat, 16 Aug 2008 19:43:22 GMT

In this gallery, you can see the lenses of the photographers watching the swimming:
http://www.nbcolympics.com/swimming/photos/galleryid=211020.html

Re:Phelps takes to the pool (aMaizingMachine)

Sat, 16 Aug 2008 14:05:16 GMT

From looking at the frame by frame at Si, it looked like Michael was going to finish 2nd, but the other guy kind of floated to the wall, trying to touch, where as Michael kept swimming, and then darted his hands out to touch the wall at the last moment, was a great victory

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/multimedia/photo_gallery/0808/oly.phelps.sequence/content.5.html

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Re:Phelps takes to the pool (The Girl)

Sat, 16 Aug 2008 13:53:01 GMT

buckeyehater22

The Girl

After watching the 100M butterfly, I am speechless!! Beating this putz by .01?? (I call him a putz since he thought it would be best for swimming if someone else won the race.) I thought for sure he'd lost, even his Mom thought he'd taken second - holding up 2 fingers. Her daughter had to tell her he won - his mom looked like she was going to have a heart attack! Even Coach Bowman thought he was second. What an amazing feat - he is one of 2 people EVER to win 7 Gold Medals in a single Olympics.
I'm so proud to watch him - not because he trained at UM, but because I am a proud American!!

Congratulations Michael!!!

PS - as a photographer, I REALLY enjoy the shots of the gallery of photographers and the behemoth lenses they all have focused on Phelps. Looking for a picture of them, but can't find it.

I was at dinner at the time, but after the race I got a bunch of texts about it. I wish I would have seen it live. I can't wait to see it...it's not online yet.

http://www.nbcolympics.com/swimming/news/newsid=221520.html?_source=rss&cid=

When I watched it, I didn't have audio - hopefully it will for you.

Re:Phelps takes to the pool (OC Michigan Fan)

Sat, 16 Aug 2008 09:24:07 GMT

That was so crazy. I still can't tell that he did win, but I'll trust the times on the clocks!

Re:Phelps takes to the pool (wangler to carter)

Sat, 16 Aug 2008 01:29:04 GMT

Phelps is simply amazing. A Michigan man ties the Olympic record with 6 Gold Medals. He has to be one of the greatest athletes ever at Michigan.

Re:Phelps takes to the pool (buckeyehater22)

Sat, 16 Aug 2008 01:12:29 GMT

The Girl

After watching the 100M butterfly, I am speechless!! Beating this putz by .01?? (I call him a putz since he thought it would be best for swimming if someone else won the race.) I thought for sure he'd lost, even his Mom thought he'd taken second - holding up 2 fingers. Her daughter had to tell her he won - his mom looked like she was going to have a heart attack! Even Coach Bowman thought he was second. What an amazing feat - he is one of 2 people EVER to win 7 Gold Medals in a single Olympics.
I'm so proud to watch him - not because he trained at UM, but because I am a proud American!!

Congratulations Michael!!!

PS - as a photographer, I REALLY enjoy the shots of the gallery of photographers and the behemoth lenses they all have focused on Phelps. Looking for a picture of them, but can't find it.

I was at dinner at the time, but after the race I got a bunch of texts about it. I wish I would have seen it live. I can't wait to see it...it's not online yet.

Re:Phelps takes to the pool (The Girl)

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 22:27:29 GMT

After watching the 100M butterfly, I am speechless!! Beating this putz by .01?? (I call him a putz since he thought it would be best for swimming if someone else won the race.) I thought for sure he'd lost, even his Mom thought he'd taken second - holding up 2 fingers. Her daughter had to tell her he won - his mom looked like she was going to have a heart attack! Even Coach Bowman thought he was second. What an amazing feat - he is one of 2 people EVER to win 7 Gold Medals in a single Olympics.
I'm so proud to watch him - not because he trained at UM, but because I am a proud American!!

Congratulations Michael!!!

PS - as a photographer, I REALLY enjoy the shots of the gallery of photographers and the behemoth lenses they all have focused on Phelps. Looking for a picture of them, but can't find it.

Re:Phelps takes to the pool (The Girl)

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 21:21:49 GMT

This guy is just amazing. 6'4" with the legs of a man 6'0 and the torso of someone 6'8", double jointed at the knees and elbows ad able to plantar flex his feet an exxtra 15 degrees for more range of motion.

You can only coach some of what he does - the rest is nature's doing.

On a good note, we have a friend who is built like Phelps who is also a swimmer. He is only 15 and stands 6'4". He is a dual citizen, so if he can't qualify for the US, hopefully he can qualify for the Irish team...we'll see in 2012!

Re:Phelps takes to the pool (BlueSteel)

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 10:32:44 GMT

The guy is an eating machine. He eats over 12,000 calories a day! I couldn't eat half of this, if I tried.

http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/bei...urn=oly,100671

Quote: Phelps has to keep his intake up in order to compensate for all the calories he burns during the 30-hours per week he spends in training. He told NBC that an average day might have the following menu:

Breakfast: 3 fried egg sandwiches, 2 cups coffee, 5-egg omlette, bowl of grits, 3 pieces of french toast, 3 chocolate chip pancakes

Lunch: 1 pound pasta, 2 ham and cheese sandwiches, energy drink (1,000 calorie)

Dinner: 1 pound pasta, 1 large pizza, energy drink (1,000 calorie)

Re:Phelps takes to the pool (zaco)

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:12:50 GMT

i managed to slip in a little subliminal UM photo at the office this morning....

http://blog.starzlife.com/zaco/celebrities-of-the-week/

Phelps is the man! You seen his Block M tattoo?

Re:Phelps takes to the pool (OC Michigan Fan)

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 12:42:53 GMT

Now does count as one of UM's greatest athletes?