I suppose this is less an issue with Michael Phelps, and more an issue with all this "greatest olympian in history" talk. Now granted, Phelps in a monster in the pool, absolutely dominating in the pool during these games, so I'm not trying to take anything away from his accomplishments, but hopefully people have realized how much greater his chances are at medaling by simply being a swimmer in the olympic games.
You could say that Misty May-Treanor and Carrie Walsh dominate the sand in much the same way as Phelps is dominating the water. When you watch them play, they seem to be unbeatable. And for the most part they are. They haven't lost a match in over a year! They could win every point of every match this year, and end up winning one gold medal. Most sports don't have the opportunity to win multiple medals the way that swimming and also gymnastics does.
Seventeen athletes have won three or more gold medals in a single summer olympic games. They are made up of five swimmers, seven gymnasts, two track and field athletes, two shooters, and one fencer. Outside of these events, you really have no chance of winning multiple medals in a single event. Hopefully people realize this as they watch the games.
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Other notes:
1. The woman who does the diving announcing annoys me. Some people just seem to be way more negative than others. She is one of these people. I'd like to see her dive once so that I could pick it apart.
2. I've seen a Target commercial twice while watching this morning where I'm pretty sure we watch two girls have a room decorating dance off. Now if that's not a future olympic sport, I don't know what is.
3. Subway's Peel-off-your-winning-sticker-thing-and-then-throw-your-soda-all-over-the-person-next-to-you commercial? Yeah, absolutely awful. Someone should be fired for such a horrible ad campaign.
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