Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games

[Soul]

Ho hum. Another world record and Gold medal for Phelps while sleepwalking.

[hardcorecubfan]

Love these women as well way to go Coventry

[Soul]

Natalie Coughlin brings another US Gold home, and looks pretty damn good doin' it.

[Derwood]

China still way up in the gold medal count

[SouthSideRyan]

Booyah 1-2.

[David]

and another gold

[Soul]

China still way up in the gold medal count

 

 

...Piersol brings home another US Gold. That's 3 Gold in the space of 20 minutes.

[Jon]

Congrats to Matt for the 2nd place finish.

[David]

How the hell do world records get broken so much in these things? Adrenaline?

[Soul]

How the hell do world records get broken so much in these things? Adrenaline?

 

Do you really want to know?

[hardcorecubfan]

chinese are banking on the gymnastics to cathc us ...and archery

[CoolHandLuke]

fancy swim suits.

[David]

How the hell do world records get broken so much in these things? Adrenaline?

 

Do you really want to know?

 

 

I'm not that cynical.

[Soul]

How the hell do world records get broken so much in these things? Adrenaline?

 

Do you really want to know?

 

 

I'm not that cynical.

I try not to be. Then another one gets caught. I wouldn't say it's only one team. It's probably all of them.

[Wilson A2000]

Did the announcer just say that it seems like everyone is moving backward compared to the American swimmer? Well it was the backstroke.

[Soul]

Phelps is just the greatest thing ever. He's literally stretching out for his next race as he takes the Gold for his last one.

[David]

I just meant that it's crazy how they wind up breaking the world record at this stage...when they probably come close to that every time they practice or perform that same race. It seems like a lot of them manage to have the best days of their lives on the biggest stage.

[hardcorecubfan]

Phelps is just the greatest thing ever. He's literally stretching out for his next race as he takes the Gold for his last one.

 

I said to my ten ear old " he is the Michael Jordan of your generation" she said "who's that?"

[David]

Tiger Woods is closer to being the Michael Jordan of this generation...

 

Phelps is only relevant every four years.

[Guest]

I just meant that it's crazy how they wind up breaking the world record at this stage...when they probably come close to that every time they practice or perform that same race. It seems like a lot of them manage to have the best days of their lives on the biggest stage.

 

Truffle can go into much more detail, I'm sure, but it's due to something called tapering. It's where the swimmers set their training regimines so they are at their strongest for the day of the race (or week in some cases). It's certainly not an accident or pure coincidence.

[Guest]

How the hell do world records get broken so much in these things? Adrenaline?

 

Do you really want to know?

 

Not to say that none of them do (because there have been a couple swimmers kicked out), but I don't think swimming hasn't had anywhere near the problems with doping that other sports have had, such as track or cycling.

[dew1679666265]

Anybody know if softball's actually going to be shown at midnight tonight, or is it just going to be sometime between midnight and 4 a.m.?

 

I'm struggling to understand exactly when things are going to be televised, for some reason.

[SouthSideRyan]

Phelps is going to swim this semi with just one arm and one leg. But he refuses to reveal which ones.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Phelps was in the middle of the pack halfway through that semi and ended up winning it by more than a second.

[SouthSideRyan]

Phelps is going to swim this semi with just one arm and one leg. But he refuses to reveal which ones.

 

Turned out it was left leg, left arm.