People who know anything about swimming in the NBC studio all said that it was the most amazing relay of all time. I say it was one of the most exciting sports experiences I've witnessed. I couldn't care less about swimming or water polo or beach volleyball but the Olympics change all that. There's something about national pride that draws people in. Consider these:
- Ryan posted about the incredible splits swam by Phelps and Lezak. It should be noted that Phelps ran the first leg, which is traditionally slower because the swimmers have to wait to hear the horn rather than see their teammates touch the wall. Bernard of France ran a blistering first 50m leg and extended his lead to .82 off the wall. Essentially Lezak gained 9 tenths of a second (he won by .08) on the world record holder in 50m.
- The U.S. team crushed the world record set by their own team (swam by Cullen Jones, and 3 swimmers who did not swim the final) in the semis. They beat the record by 4 seconds.
- 5 of the 8 teams beat the previous world record. That means the Italian and Russian teams, who did not even medal both bested the previous fastest time ever recorded.
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EPIC. stayed up for that shit and i'm oen of those guys who watches damn near every minute of the olympics for something like this to happen. even when the announcer kept saying "i've run this in my head every number of ways and i still don't see the french losing"...he forgot about the one thing the silly french did. they talked the trash. trash talk is something i've done a bit of myself (as each of you also know a thing or two about). but i don't think i've ever done it before the battle began. i wait till gametime and during to voice my pleasantries. why you'd ever fire up an opponent or give them reason for more motivation is tough to comprehend.
it's the olympics. athletes are fired up to peak at the right time. michael phelps is on that relay team. he's pretty fuckin' sick. he's gonna bring his best at least 8 times. why give him any more motivation?! were the french expecting the US to say "well, they said they're gonna crush us so they're probably gonna crush us." nope. athletes prepare 4 damn years to showcase themselves ont he international stage. you can guarandamntee that the best athletes are as headtrong and mentally tough as they come. seriously, 4 years to what, fold? becasue of something you said? idiots. damn french are good for nothing....except for that hot swimmer maradaun (or somthing like that). to bad she finished dead last in the 400 but she looks good doing it!
Dunn is a D'back. jesus.
dar,
speaking of water-based activities..
does this do anything for ya?
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dammit.
try this.
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