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[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago

Gonna have to add Simone Biles to that list

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago

I'm almost more impressed that 7 people apparently beat Phelps. Guessing those were mostly relays?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago

I guess the Americans are out trying to huff some compium for their current standings in the Olympics

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago

Wow, 3 Chinese top-medal-earners are what it takes to match 1 Phelps.

Incredible.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago

There are other measures of dominance. For instance, Bob Beamon set a record at the Olympics that stood for more than 30 years.

Ledecky laps the field in the 1500m (she also has 13 medals so far). No one is competitive with her.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The olympics are a circus that comes to town so they can rob you while you are distracted by the bullshit.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago

It took Montreal 30 years to pay off the debt incurred for hosting the Olympics. Host cities build vast infrastructure that is essentially disposed of after the games because there is no possible use for it absent a world event that is not going to return. Paris brags about being the "greenest Olympics ever," though clearly they are not including the vast environmental impact of inducing millions of humans to migrate across the world releasing megatons of CO2, and temporarily housing them in a place that cannot support them except in a massively unsustainable manner.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago (2 children)

My bad Olympics opinion is that you should only be allowed one medal per games. Let more people have fun Michael, damn

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago

Just swim faster than him, duhhhhh

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It's kind of skewed with some sports having several events (swimming, gymnastics) where one person can earn many medals and many that are just one unique event.

Interesting to see some variations in the mix though, like 3 on 3 basketball.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

Also 8 of his medals were with the sharkskin swimsuit which was immediately banned as it conferred an absolutely immense advantage to those wearing it.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Do you think he wouldn't have won without the suit?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

and that's exactly why he doesn't deserve it.