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Michael Phelps was disqualified from competing in the 1996 Olympics when the IOC determined that running on the surface of the water did not count as “swimming.”
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It looks like he is wearing lip stick in that pic
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wow. he's fast. [/the guardian]
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He was genetically altered with some dolphin genes.
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He simply has another gear that others don't, just incredible.
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Did anyone see the one relay (or whatever the proper term is) where at one point 4 of the swimmers were ahead of the WR line? It was incredible.
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Last night the relay was amazing - the US team was at least three body lengths ahead.
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If Phelps was his own country, he'd have enough medals to be ranked 11th out of 46.
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They actually had a think on the news about why he's so good. He's 6'4" tall, but has the torso and wingspan of someone who's 6'8", the legs of someone who's 5'8", and size 14 feet. That combination allows him very efficient kicking and incredible upper body strength. Plus he apparently doesn't produce as much lactic acid as the average athlete allowing him much better recovery times.
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Originally Posted by Laminar 
He's 6'4" tall,..the legs of someone who's 5'8", and size 14 feet
I haven't been paying attention, but that has got look hilarious.
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Originally Posted by Dakar the Fourth
I haven't been paying attention, but that has got look hilarious.
Have you seen the man?
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Originally Posted by Oisín
Have you seen the man?
"I haven't been paying attention"
Have you even read the post?
not more than his head floating above water
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Originally Posted by Dakar the Fourth
"I haven't been paying attention"
Have you even read the post?
not more than his head floating above water
Paying attention ≠ having ever seen the man.
This picture shows the odd proportions. (Warning: Certain parts of his anatomy are, um, showing quite plainly, so picture may be NSFW!)
And this one is just odd.
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Originally Posted by Mrjinglesusa
According to the "experts" commenting on NBC, if someone could engineer the PERFECT swimming body, it would look like Phelps. Having short legs and a long torso is beneficial (I forget why they said it was). 6' 4", size 14 feet, SEVEN foot wingspan, and he's double jointed in his ankles and knees. He was made to swim and he's proving it in these (and the last) Olympics. It's really quite amazing to watch how completely dominating he his.
I'm not trying to take anything away from him, but it's also a subtle reminder that so much rides on the luck of nature.
I seem to recall something about Lance Armstrong having some type vein or artery (or something else altogether) that was 3 times larger than the average person, and this was attributed to his enhanced stamina.
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According to the "experts" commenting on NBC, if someone could engineer the PERFECT swimming body, it would look like Phelps. Having short legs and a long torso is beneficial (I forget why they said it was). 6' 4", size 14 feet, SEVEN foot wingspan, and he's double jointed in his ankles and knees. He was made to swim and he's proving it in these (and the last) Olympics. It's really quite amazing to watch how completely dominating he his.
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Yes, go look in Feedback.
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^ Looks like the server clock is acting up again …
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Originally Posted by Mrjinglesusa
According to the "experts" commenting on NBC, if someone could engineer the PERFECT swimming body, it would look like Phelps. Having short legs and a long torso is beneficial (I forget why they said it was). 6' 4", size 14 feet, SEVEN foot wingspan, and he's double jointed in his ankles and knees. He was made to swim and he's proving it in these (and the last) Olympics. It's really quite amazing to watch how completely dominating he his.
Of course, "double jointed" doesn't actually mean anything medically.
Are you just trying to say he's flexible?
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Originally Posted by Eug
Of course, "double jointed" doesn't actually mean anything medically.
Are you just trying to say he's flexible?
Oh c'mon, the term "double jointed" is a pretty common term.
It's just a colloquialism for hypermobility, which I believe DOES "mean something medically".
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Being in debt and celebrating a lower deficit is like being on a diet and celebrating the fact you gained two pounds this week instead of five.
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Originally Posted by Laminar
Sorry I was off by 5". I was going by what the NBC telecast said his wingspan was.
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Originally Posted by Eug
Of course, "double jointed" doesn't actually mean anything medically.
Are you just trying to say he's flexible?
It means his kicks are much more efficient and powerful than other swimmers. Who cares if it means anything medically? We're talking about how he has the perfect body type for swimming.
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Originally Posted by Mrjinglesusa
It means his kicks are much more efficient and powerful than other swimmers. Who cares if it means anything medically? We're talking about how he has the perfect body type for swimming.
i thought Ian Thorpe was the prototypical swimmer- size 17 feet!
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Could somebody tell me what this thing is?
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Seven gold now.
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Yahh! his hand is coming out of the screen at me!
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He listens to Young Jeezy 
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Obama was going to ask Phelps to be his VP, but Phelps never settles for second place.
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Eight Gold now! Simply amazing!
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He also plays Jim on "The Office" and won Super Bowl XLII as quarterback for the New York Giants [/Stephen Colbert]
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That was amazing! The man moves like a dolphin.
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Scientists tested to see if Michael Phelps was half dolphin, but the results concluded that dolphins are half Michael Phelps.
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Originally Posted by Dakar the Fourth
I'm not trying to take anything away from him, but it's also a subtle reminder that so much rides on the luck of nature.
I seem to recall something about Lance Armstrong having some type vein or artery (or something else altogether) that was 3 times larger than the average person, and this was attributed to his enhanced stamina.
his proportions can most likely be attributed to the fact that he has been swimming/training for pretty much his entire life. having a wingspan a few inches greater than your height is not that uncommon, just look at basketball players. in fact, professional swimmers have difficulty in competing in contact sports or sports that require greater agility and quickness because their joints are so loose from constantly being stretched and contracted from swimming in water.
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Mmmmmm... so much better than the hot girl threads...
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Originally Posted by abbaZaba
his proportions can most likely be attributed to the fact that he has been swimming/training for pretty much his entire life.
But nothing about swimming causes him to have disproportionally short legs.
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Originally Posted by Laminar
But nothing about swimming causes him to have disproportionally short legs.
they seem out of proportion because his arms are so long.
his arms are so long because he has been swimming (extending/stretching/stroking) the muscles and ligaments in his shoulders for most of his life
thus his arms are longer than his legs, which makes the ratio between the two out of whack (disproportionate).
so actually, swimming does cause him to have what appears to be legs that are "too short"
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Usain Bolt is more impressive to me than Phelps.
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Originally Posted by abbaZaba
they seem out of proportion because his arms are so long.
his arms are so long because he has been swimming (extending/stretching/stroking) the muscles and ligaments in his shoulders for most of his life
thus his arms are longer than his legs, which makes the ratio between the two out of whack (disproportionate).
so actually, swimming does cause him to have what appears to be legs that are "too short"
Nope. He actually has the torso of a man that's 6'8" and the legs of a man that's 5'8". There's nothing about swimming that did that to him, and it's nothing about how he "looks," it's about the actual measurements of his body.
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