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Why would he retire? Isn't he still young?
ing quitter!
With a seven foot frame it's unlikely he would make an Olympic swim team, but he was well on his way when the hurricane blew away the pool he practiced in. IIRC from the Inside the NBA piece he did with Ahmad Rashad there was a story of him putting up a top ten record time for his age group in some event.Come on D228... We are all Duncan fans but there is no WAY he would be a gold medal contender, let alone anywhere near the level Phelps is on.
Duncan was a damn good swimmer.... but Olympic caliber swimmer? I think not.
Why would he retire? Isn't he still young?
ing quitter!
To each their own opinion.Come on D228... We are all Duncan fans but there is no WAY he would be a gold medal contender, let alone anywhere near the level Phelps is on.
Duncan was a damn good swimmer.... but Olympic caliber swimmer? I think not.
I didn't say he'd be Phelps' calibur, but I do think he would have made an Olympic team.
A piece about his swimming days:
Like his older sisters, Cheryl and Tricia, Tim had a long, supple athletic body. On St. Croix, that doesn’t make you a basketball player, it makes you a swimmer. Tricia in particular was a great one. She was internationally ranked in the 100-meter and 200-meter backstroke, and competed in the 1988 Olympics in Seoul. She believed her little brother would eventually surpass her.
Tim had already decided he wanted to be an Olympic champion, and his parents fully supported the decision.
Tim’s specialty was the 400-meter freestyle. In his early teens, he was already known in the international swimming community. He broke several records at 12 and 13, his times were on par with the top swimmers is age in the U.S., and he was only getting longer and stronger. Think Ian Thorpe with longer legs and bigger arms and feet. Tim’s physical gifts were obvious, but it was his focus and concentration that enabled him to stay at the top of his game. He had the ability to break down every stroke and analyze what he was doing right, and what he could be doing better. He was a coach’s dream.
Even though the Barcelona Olympics were three years away, Tim was a lock to make the VI swimming squad in the 50, 100 and 400 meters. What he really wanted was to make the U.S. team, for which Crucians are technically eligible.
On September 17, 1989, Hurricane Hugo crashed into St. Croix and everything changed.
http://jockbio.com/Bios/Duncan/Duncan_bio.html
i really hope he doesnt. it'd be a huge blow to the sport. he's the only reason im staying up late to watch swimming.
I just read another interview...he will be competing in 2012, but he's not going to be going for 8 medals again...so I was wrong about him retiring, he's just not going to have this big of a program again.
Phelps>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Everyone else in the world......
I think it's safe to say that he has been the face of these last two Olympics easy. I'm really surprised he wasn't carrying the flag for the US. I was sure it was either going to be him or Carmelo Anthony. Both Baltimore heroes.
Yeah I was going to reply with this to your above post but you already beat me to it.
From what I've heard the swimming experts say he won't be able to pull this off in 2012 because of how hard it is. Its not just swimming the final races but you have to swim in all the qualifiers for each event (except the relays since the lesser swimmers do that so they main guys don't get too tired) but its pretty hardcore.
The relays will be the toughest because he's not in total control of course, but the US men are favored in the remaining relays.
he'll be able to do it, no problem
No, but I'm hoping he does. He is amazing.
and then there was one...he stands alone
Phelps is just incredible! I have seen that Condor swing of his...good lord that boy has some long arms. I just got home from work and I don't know if he has tied Spitz record yet or not. If he has not (yet) ...he will. What an athlete!
Then Again>>> Who Really Gives A >>> It Is Just Swimming!
Men's Swimming 200x4 relay results: Team USA takes Gold and they have the new Record!
I have been rooting for the dude since it started and was blown away by the first Team USA Freestyle where they stunned France in the last leg of the race...but what kills me in watching all these world records being shattered is I cant help but wonder who's on roids and who is sincerely clean. Sports has been tainted in my mind by the actions of some in the past. Its just crazy how bad Phelps is blowing away the comp....especially in that second Team USA Relay
Hip Hip Hooray
I am getting mother ing sick of the sports journalism cliche "I don't think [team/athlete] will do it, but if anyone can, it's [same team/athlete]." That's just a cop out way of saying "I don't know about the job I'm in."
yes
Well tonight was very cool.
Phelps has volunteered himself for the new method of supertesting for drugs. There is no way he could possibly be doping. They are keeping his blood from 5 years into the past to compare his body chemistry, ensuring nothing is out of the ordinary (well as ordinary as it gets for a guy like Phelps). He's the most dominant swimmer of all-time, and he's clean. Period.
Michael Phelps got the fifth golds on the road~~~~~~
and also broke the world record~~~~~~~
sons I find myself cheering in front of the tv whenever he is swimming screaming "go whitey!!! go whitey!!!"
I'm starting to believe. And I remember watching Spitz. I never thought this could be done, but it just might.
I could've heard wrong, but I thought I heard today that he submits to drug testing twice a day.
I think hes clean.
dude is good, but he aint a legend...come back to me when he can triumph jesus walking on water or moses hackn a river down the middle.....ORLY
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