michael phelps breaks all time medal record

[bababuey]

michael phelps becomes the most decorated olympian ever after winning his 19th medal in 3 olympics.
he passed the russian gymnast, larisa latynina, who competed in the 50's and 60's.

does this make him the greatest olympian ever?
hard to imagine this record ever being broken.

 

[dj1470]

thank god
im sick and tired of hearing about it
he can now fade away

 

[DigitallyYours]

michael phelps becomes the most decorated olympian ever after winning his 19th medal in 3 olympics.
he passed the russian gymnast, larisa latynina, who competed in the 50's and 60's.

does this make him the greatest olympian ever?
hard to imagine this record ever being broken.

Not only can I imagine it, it is inevitable.

 

[fuji's mom]

michael phelps becomes the most decorated olympian ever after winning his 19th medal in 3 olympics.
he passed the russian gymnast, larisa latynina, who competed in the 50's and 60's.

does this make him the greatest olympian ever?
hard to imagine this record ever being broken.

greatest olympian- no.

 

[Sexy_Dave]

He only has 11 medals as an individual where as there are two others with more than him.

 

[needinit]

If that young chinese swimmer is anything to go by,t hen this record will be broken - she is 16 and the american (Missy...) is 17 so plenty of time for them to continue in 3 or 4 olympics with possibly 5-6 medals per one

 

[bababuey]

still a pretty impressive achievement

 

[fuji's mom]

still a pretty impressive achievement

it would be more impressive if not all in swimming.

 

[basketcase]

Thankfully for him his team gave him a huge lead. He lost about 2 seconds to the 4 second lead in the final leg.

 

[bababuey]

it would be more impressive if not all in swimming.

like a clara hughes

 

[fuji's mom]

like a clara hughes

yes.

 

[fmahovalich]

Clara is not too pretty.

 

[scouser1]

I would rather enjoy seeing Ronda slap Phelps around the octagon

http://www.opposingviews.com/i/sports/boxingmma/ronda-rousey-really-seems-hate-michael-phelps

 

[fmahovalich]

Ronda's a bit hard n the guy..try a sell fight tickets.

Phelps suffers from autism..hard for him to socialize.

 

[DigitallyYours]

Ronda's a bit hard n the guy..try a sell fight tickets.

Phelps suffers from autism..hard for him to socialize.

I heard this guy was one of the biggest male sluts on the U of Michigan campus. The girls seek him out.

 

[maurice93]

I'll give him credit once they start to creatae evens and give medals for less efficient running styles.

 

[pointz]

Does anyone of whomever posted above have at least one Olympic medal of ANY kind? Or have you ever participated in an Olympic trials of any kind and made it to the games? Or have you ever tried competing at anything for that matter? Let's just give him a break and accept the fact that he is indeed the greatest olympian ever regardless of what he does or doesn't do in London. He could have very well been retired by now as getting 8 gold medals in one games is an amazing achievement already. Who cares of he collects a few more medals? He has nothing left to prove so it's even surprising that he found motivation to qualify for London.

 

[lovelatinas]

I don't think you can judge that he is the "greatest Olympian ever" based on the record of medal count. I mean he is in sport that allows him to compete in multiple events. What about some of the greatest marathon runners who only compete in 1 event.

My Argument is for Jesse Owens and Muhammad Ali as the greatest Olympians of all time.

 

[tedhe]

michael phelps becomes the most decorated olympian ever after winning his 19th medal in 3 olympics.
he passed the russian gymnast, larisa latynina, who competed in the 50's and 60's.

does this make him the greatest olympian ever?
hard to imagine this record ever being broken.

Yes - He is one History's greatest athletes. Very few people can say they dominated their sport for over 12 years like he did..Scary thing is he still has more medals in him

 

[DigitallyYours]

He has nothing left to prove so it's even surprising that he found motivation to qualify for London.

Clearly, he was motivated to add "most medals" to his resume.