was phelps given a gift?

[MB_722]

he won his 7th medal by .01

in the overhead shot it looked like the other swimmer touched first.


Did you see the gay interview on NBC w/ Spitz? That was scripted. Or Olympic athletes on NBC sound like robots 

[Krankenstein]

Those pads register the pressure of a touch....dont know quite how sensitive they are, but they are legit.

[divcom]

Gift so they can sell the BS of him being the best Olympian ever.  How about best swimmer under 200m ever?  Other guy touched first.  If those things are pressure sensitive...then Phelps had more pressure from a full strokes vs gliding in.  Anyway good job but not the best ever...based on him having more Golds.

Personally...I'm tired of Torres and him.  That's all they have showed on NBC.  They did the same thing with FLOJO but she had nice goods to look at.  Aint interested in Phelps in speedos.  Thank God for the feeds online, and track and field.   

[MB_722]

he was given a gift



Phelps Finish Photos: Sorry, Not Available
http://olympics.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/08/16/phelps-finish-photos-sorry-not-available/?hp

BEIJING — Soon after Michael Phelps claimed his seventh gold medal in a disputed finish in the 100 butterfly, Joe Ward, a graphics editor for The Times who sits next to me here in our office at the Main Press Center, hustled over to the Omega Pavilion down the block from the Water Cube. Omega, the Swiss watchmaker, is the official timekeeper for the Beijing Games. Joe wanted to find out if Omega had any underwater images from the Phelps-Cavic race that captured the wall touches more vividly than the photos we had seen.

Apparently Omega has underwater video that slows the action even more than the one-hundredth of a second that Phelps won by. A spokeswoman told Joe that Omega would soon send the images to the news media.

But when Joe returned to our office, he received an e-mail message from the spokeswoman. “Sorry but FINA decided not to release any timekeeping images to the media,” she wrote.

Christopher Clarey of The International Herald Tribune tracked down Cornel Marculescu, FINA’s executive director, at the Water Cube to ask him about the decision to not release the images. Marculescu said it was a matter of policy, and that the Serbian team was satisfied with the ruling after seeing the images — so there is no need to share the images.

Christopher pressed, asking why FINA wouldn’t distribute the footage if it showed the margin conclusively. Marculescu said: “We are not going to distribute footage. We are not doing these kinds of things. Everything is good. What are you going to do with the footage? See what the Serbians already saw? It is clarified for us beyond any doubt.

“He’s the winner in any way. He’s the winner no doubt. Even if you could see the pictures, I don’ t know how you could use them.”

[JasonH]

he was given a gift



Phelps Finish Photos: Sorry, Not Available
http://olympics.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/08/16/phelps-finish-photos-sorry-not-available/?hp

BEIJING — Soon after Michael Phelps claimed his seventh gold medal in a disputed finish in the 100 butterfly, Joe Ward, a graphics editor for The Times who sits next to me here in our office at the Main Press Center, hustled over to the Omega Pavilion down the block from the Water Cube. Omega, the Swiss watchmaker, is the official timekeeper for the Beijing Games. Joe wanted to find out if Omega had any underwater images from the Phelps-Cavic race that captured the wall touches more vividly than the photos we had seen.

Apparently Omega has underwater video that slows the action even more than the one-hundredth of a second that Phelps won by. A spokeswoman told Joe that Omega would soon send the images to the news media.

But when Joe returned to our office, he received an e-mail message from the spokeswoman. “Sorry but FINA decided not to release any timekeeping images to the media,” she wrote.

Christopher Clarey of The International Herald Tribune tracked down Cornel Marculescu, FINA’s executive director, at the Water Cube to ask him about the decision to not release the images. Marculescu said it was a matter of policy, and that the Serbian team was satisfied with the ruling after seeing the images — so there is no need to share the images.

Christopher pressed, asking why FINA wouldn’t distribute the footage if it showed the margin conclusively. Marculescu said: “We are not going to distribute footage. We are not doing these kinds of things. Everything is good. What are you going to do with the footage? See what the Serbians already saw? It is clarified for us beyond any doubt.

“He’s the winner in any way. He’s the winner no doubt. Even if you could see the pictures, I don’ t know how you could use them.”

Damn - looks pretty conclusive to me. Phelps got lucky.

[divcom]

Still tired of watching this dude.  He aint the Olympics.  Wish he had lost...so they could focus on Women's Soccer or something else.  Yet another night of this s##t Saturday with him and Torres.  That's the point.  Thanks for yet another photo of this dork.  Could have done without it.

Guo Jing, Diving Queen, is just as great as this fag.  Plus she's better looking.   




 

[JollySwagman]

gift

what a fraud

[Moosejay]

Still tired of watching this dude.  He aint the Olympics.  Wish he had lost...so they could focus on Women's Soccer or something else.  Yet another night of this s##t Saturday with him and Torres.  That's the point.  Thanks for yet another photo of this dork.  Could have done without it.

Guo Jing, Diving Queen, is just as great as this fag.  Plus she's better looking.   




 

Americans want to see Phelps and Torres.

In China, they can show their own champs on their televisions, as well as can other countries show their own entrants.

[onlyme]

he won his 7th medal by .01

in the overhead shot it looked like the other swimmer touched first.


Did you see the gay interview on NBC w/ Spitz? That was scripted. Or Olympic athletes on NBC sound like robots 

And Dara Torres lost by the same amount.  So NO he was not given a gift.  They are pressure sensitive.  If they weren't set at a certain pressure then the water itself from the waves would set it off. 

[El Diablo Blanco]

In a situation this close the tie usually goes to the champ.  Which in this case is Phelps.

[Hypertrophy]

And Dara Torres lost by the same amount.  So NO he was not given a gift.  They are pressure sensitive.  If they weren't set at a certain pressure then the water itself from the waves would set it off. 

You are absolutely right, Onlyme. I guess its OK for an American to lose by 0.01 seconds, but not win. Thank god we have electronic sensors at these events.