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Bootscooter 
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JimC
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Yeah but... if people want to buy tickets to all those swimming events. Selling tickets and TV is a big part of it, even if we don't like to think so.
And although the different strokes do seem pretty silly when often the same people are good at all of them, there are walking races as well as running, running races where there are obstacles on the track to jump over, races off the track as well as on it... Not to mention different sorts of boat sailed round the same course... |
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They should cut the swimming medals. All those different strokes are a joke, just think if you had 100m running backwards, sideways and hopping as well as forwards.
The should just have a range of distance events, any stroke you like, just like running. How can it be fair to other sports and athletes that one person can win so many?
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JimC
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There are certain sports where its less hard to win lot of medals than others, so arguably those medals are "cheaper". Swimming is one of the most notorious.
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Bootscooter
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... stuff that's being bandied around about Phelps by the media - anyone else think it's a bit insulting to other Olympians?
Agreed, it's a fantastic achievement and a tremendous medal haul, but it's been done over 3 editions of the Games. Names like Elvestrom, Redgrave, and even Ainslie (I may be a little biased here  ) spring to my mind as although they haven't the outright numbers of gongs, they have dominated over fare longer periods in their sports. Micheal Johnson just mentioned that context of achievement must be taken into account when making these claims, and that for him Jesse Owens is still the man.
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