Phelps BEATEN + his WR gone

[Phokus]

Originally posted by: TehMac
I agree with a few posts above.

They should just swim naked, ffs.

You forgot to add 'not gay (not that there's anything wrong with that)'

 

[darkxshade]

All Phelps has to do is have Nike confiscate the tapes and the new WR never happened.

 

[Barfo]

Originally posted by: Epic Fail

Originally posted by: Platypus

Originally posted by: paulney
They should swim naked. No more of these high-tech suits. The guy with the smallest penis wins - less drag.

Edit: although if you can propel yourself with the penis - that's an extra boost in speed.

I'm all for this, I might actually give a shit about a sport for once :heart:

No pooping in the pool! but if it can propel you faster....

ROFL!!!

 

[her209]

Is this the same event?
link (NSFW)

 

[fustercluck]

I guess the trouble with being an 8xgold medal winner is that it's considered a big deal everytime you lose in the future.

 

[sammyunltd]

Phelps was upset by Paul Biedermann of Germany in the 200-meter freestyle final. Biedermann wore a 100 percent polyurethane Arena suit, while Phelps stuck with last year?s LZR Racer from Speedo because of contract obligations.

?We?ve lost all the history of the sport,? Bowman said. ?Does a 10-year-old boy in Baltimore want to break Paul Biedermann?s record? Is that going to make him join swimming?

?It took Michael from 2003 to 2008 to go from 1:46 to 1:42.9 and this guy?s done it in 11 months. That?s an amazing training program. I would love to know how that works.?

LOL.

 

[I Saw OJ]

How much could one of those suits cost?

 

[thegimp03]

Phelps is actually smart for not using one of these suits since they give the swimmer a false sense of confidence...kind of like a baby's blanket. What happens when you take a baby's blanket away from them?

 

[Barfo]

Originally posted by: thegimp03
Phelps is actually smart for not using one of these suits since they give the swimmer a false sense of confidence...kind of like a baby's blanket. What happens when you take a baby's blanket away from them?

you get charged with pedophilia

 

[TehMac]

Originally posted by: Phokus

You forgot to add 'not gay (not that there's anything wrong with that)'

Being gay is very unacceptable

 

[EMPshockwave82]

Originally posted by: I Saw OJ
How much could one of those suits cost?

peedo Male LZR Racer Highneck Bodyskin (neck to ankles) --- about 550 bucks


Looked for about 10 minutes but I can't find any prices for the Arena X-Glide. Not long ago the LZR suits were in the 800 range.....

 

[Passions]

No one complained when Phelps used the LZR to win gold in Beijing.

Now that the LZR is old technology and this German guy wins in a newer suit, all the Americans are crying about it.

HAAAAA!!!

 

[EMPshockwave82]

Originally posted by: Passions
No one complained when Phelps used the LZR to win gold in Beijing.

Now that the LZR is old technology and this German guy wins in a newer suit, all the Americans are crying about it.

HAAAAA!!!

What are you talking about? Everyone started making a stink about this about 6 months before the Olympics.

Please exit the thread coolly, calmly, without incident.

US Masters Swimming Forum from April 2008. This was not the first time it was brought up. Just the first one I found from before the Summer '08 Olympics I found.

Edit:
Another Link from April 2008
Another Link

 

[EMPshockwave82]

hit the wrong button

 

[StageLeft]

Swimsuits are now banned, they were insane. Some expect these records to stand for many years now because the swimsuits helped that much. There is some worry, valid I think, that interest in swimming (try to hold your laughter; fact is nobody gives a sh*t about it anyway except in the olympics) will wane because records will be so hard to break. They shouldn't have allowed these in the first place.

Most sports have gear and it helps to varying degrees. This is not black and white. However, in this I think it's hard to argue for the suits. They're just silly. It's really disrespectful for a sport, if nothing else, to allow the introduction of some ridiculous piece of gear and watch all the previous records be shattered. Makes it a bit of a joke.

No one complained when Phelps used the LZR to win gold in Beijing.

I thought it was stupid last year and said as much to at least a few people. Seeing their lats all squeezed out over the top, it's retarded.