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View Poll Results: Who was the more impressive athlete?
Usain Bolt 30 56.60%
Michael Phelps 16 30.19%
FRAZ 7 13.21%
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Old 25-08-2008, 09:23 PM   #31 (permalink)
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I am sure that is a great achievement but what Phelps achieved hasn't been done either ever in Olympics. No one has won 8 Gold medals in a single Olympic and all of that by breaking Olympic Records in each of the event (7 WR and 1 OR).
i know and i acknowledge that, look at the post i was replying to...in any case, fraz beats the both of them pretty easily...
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Wait, changing my vote to Phelps, forgot he was hitting Stephanie Rice. Imagine the babies!
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Two awesome surnames for the record.
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Old 31-08-2008, 10:04 PM   #36 (permalink)
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Apparently Bolt was running 10.3 in high school.
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Old 31-08-2008, 10:24 PM   #37 (permalink)
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Old 01-09-2008, 01:14 AM   #38 (permalink)
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Apparently Bolt was running 10.3 in high school.
Pretty ordinary beep test, itbt.
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Can't really compare them. Both were extraordinary in their own ways. No comparison, no voting.
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Considering the amazing fact that Usain Bolt broke all the records of which he entered in his events is just amazing.
I think that justifies my vote.
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Considering the amazing fact that Usain Bolt broke all the records of which he entered in his events is just amazing.
I think that justifies my vote.
Phelps broke 6 world records too.
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Yeah 6 from 8, not a bad record really.
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