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they should have a swim off...
I understand what you are saying but every single close race this Olympics like that one the swimmer in Phelps position lost because they took that last stroke, and that maybe true but like I said earlier, Phelps usually makes up ground underwater off the wall when he is behind because of his hard push off the wall and dolphin kick when the other swimmers are already out of the water beginning their stroke again
they should have a swim off...
Exactly.
What is the basis of their argument? That they don't like the decision?
Good luck winning that fight against the USA Darling of this Olympics.
are there no rules in case of a tie???!!!
Too simple.
Let's decide this with Ping Pong.
if Cavic would have kicked his legs a few more times under water he would have won, but still it was clear from the underwater replays that Phelps won , so congrats to him
they were saying that he will probably anchor on the last relay
They both would have gotten a gold in the event of a tie and there would be no silver.
I think the worst that happens to Phelps at this point is that they declare the race a tie, award two golds and no silver. I do think that Phelps' extra stroke allowed him to extend his reach and move quickly enough to touch the wall, at worst, simultaneously with Cavic.
For whatever it's worth, the entire wall is a sensor. The question might be how much pressure is necessary to register on the sensor -- there's no doubt that Phelps touches with more force than Cavic -- but even at that, it would be nearly impossible (given the super-slo-mo replays that I've seen) to say definitively that Cavic touched the wall before Phelps did.
I suppose it's possible that Cavic will be declared the winner outright, but I think that would be nothing more than a guess and it would really shock me if that ended up being the result; and before anyone drops the homer tag on me, I'd think that if that race had come down to an Australian and a Russian.
In any event, Phelps is a virtual lock to win gold in the medley (I'd think the USA wins absent disqualification), so he's going to get 7 -- the only real question is whether he gets 7 or 8 golds.
I would say definitely, probably, maybe, doubtful, no.
well, there you go...justice served as far as i'm concerned...
no clue what the that is but I love it.
haha you Serbs.
I guess the U.S. 4x100 Medley team will be Peirsol, Hansen, Phelps, and Lezak.
For what it's worth, the 4x100 medley has been competed in every Olympics since 1960; the only time the USA hasn't won gold in the event was 1980.
It's Dragonball Z
I still like this one better though.
Phelps got him...I don't know what that guy was thinking by coasting like that.
One thing is that Phelps is definitely starting to run out of gas...I am not sure if it's the best idea for him to swim in the relay if he actually wants to win the gold and set a WR. Maybe he should do what he did in Athens and let one of his teamates swim on his place. He's definitely slowing down.....and he hasn't been as good in the relays as he has been in the individuals anyway. He was arguably the reason Team USA was trailing in that relay that Lezak won.
nah, i think the 3rd guy was more responsible for them trailing
the second swimmer had them in 1st, the 3rd guy then proceeded to lose the lead
Man they need that NFL angle where they show that from like 10 different angles. Preferably a super slow wallshot with just the wall and the finger tips of the two swimmers.That is too close to call from those angles.....
It wasn't that he was slow it was that France's 3rd swimmer was incredibly fast.
See the thing is that Phelps thrust his hands out of nowhere. If anything it should be a tie IF they are going by that replay anyway.
Sensor don't lie.
Hopefully he wins the 8 golds now and doesn't lose it because of some other slow person.
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