Don't get me wrong I agree that he's the fastest swimmer in the world but why are there so many swimming events?
Most of the other events if you lose you go home.
Just curious if I'm the only one who thinks like this.
I suppose it depends on you perspective and background. I swam competitively through college and to me this is very cool to watch. The media coverage and their constant press on Phelps is extremely old though. The guy is a freak of nature and a lot like Lance Armstrong IMO in his drive to punish those pitted against him, just witnesing someone who can dominate by that much has its own appeal.
Track and field puts me right to sleep, but has the same draw to see people compete at such an eleite level. The events where they have judges are the ones that need to go. Synchonized diving and even gymnastics... whos to say whose flip with 2 twist is .05 pt beter than the other guys twist with 2 flip. What we need is for them to put 2 sets of rings together and see who can knock the other guy off - Then we have competition. <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />
