bolt more impressive then phelps?

[perkele]

I think phelps is the greatest olympian of all time.

No he's not. Phelps has won gold in two consecutive Olympics.

Al Oerter and Carl Lewis in four consecutive Olympics.

 

[jd_uk]

No he's not. Phelps has won gold in two consecutive Olympics.

Al Oerter and Carl Lewis in four consecutive Olympics.

Also Britain's Sir Steve Redgrave won 5 Gold medals over 5 Olympics...from 1984-2000.

But Bolt will be the guy everyone remembers in years to come...Phelps' acheivement was great but Bolt doesn't have the chance to run the same distance over many different strokes. He's so much better than the rest of the field that he looks like he could win whenever he wants.

 

[lartinos]

They asked bolt if he thought he was better than phelps and Bolt called him phillips lol.

 

[redsamurai]

the two could be compared if phelps had only swam the 50 and the 100.........phelps swam everything. Bolt would have to compete in the 100, 200, 400, 800 etc. to have the same overall round out of phelps.

Honestly, the only track and field athlete you can compare to phelps is the decathlete. The american who won the decathlon could probably held up as the greatest athlete in the world due to the variety of events these guys have to compete in and the timeframe their given. They are the only ones' that can compete with what phelps did. Bolt is the fastest man on the planet in shoes, hands down. But he's all legs........does he exhibit the same overall full body athleticism as a decathlete or a swimmer?.........no


Bolt is the flashier athlete though and track/field is more interesting to watch than swimming........hence we'll remember him jogging backwards across the line in the 100 more than we'll remember phelps's runs.

 

[bigmann245]

Yeah but he's blaque and this olympics is all about the whites. He has to wait til next time.

NBC needs to make a national hero - don't get in their way. Too bad after the olympics no one will give a shit aobut a SWIMMER!

r

and this is where racism starts.....

 

[bill.french]

Very few nations actually swim at a high level. USA, Austrailia,only a few countries in europe and the asians only recently

he killed the field. as long as he doesnt test + .... i dont think he will

 

[bluepeter]

the two could be compared if phelps had only swam the 50 and the 100.........phelps swam everything. Bolt would have to compete in the 100, 200, 400, 800 etc. to have the same overall round out of phelps.

Honestly, the only track and field athlete you can compare to phelps is the decathlete. The american who won the decathlon could probably held up as the greatest athlete in the world due to the variety of events these guys have to compete in and the timeframe their given. They are the only ones' that can compete with what phelps did. Bolt is the fastest man on the planet in shoes, hands down. But he's all legs........does he exhibit the same overall full body athleticism as a decathlete or a swimmer?.........no


Bolt is the flashier athlete though and track/field is more interesting to watch than swimming........hence we'll remember him jogging backwards across the line in the 100 more than we'll remember phelps's runs.

Phelps swam 100, 200, 400, 800 distances?

 

[AAP]

We will see Bolt again on the mens bobsledding team.

 

[redsamurai]

Phelps swam 100, 200, 400, 800 distances?

scratch the 800..my mistake. But he swam the other distances all in multiple strokes. For london he's planning on adding the 100 free and some backstroke....not sure what distance though. If he can pull that off there will be absolutely no question as to him being without a shadow of a doubt the greatest athlete in modern recorded times.

 

[Basikstylz]

What about Lisa Leslie?? 4 olympics... for golds for USA basketball... No losses. No one impressed?? haha

Honestly both these guys are amazing at what they do, and right now no one is better than either of them at what they do.

I think a lot of people on here discount what phelps did because everyone has tried to run fast, how many of you have actually learned how to do all these different strokes and know how slow you swim them?

Either way both are great, Phelps is HUGE in the USA not cuz hes white because hes a USA athelte. If Bolt was from the USA he would get just as much hype.