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Did Phelps really win?
On August 15th a corporately-owned athlete by the name of Michael Phelps participated in a 100-meter Butterfly finals race at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. He was heavy favorite to win this race, despite losing the same race in qualifying session against someone who is, in an ignorant world we live in today, commonly refered to as 'some guy', but who in the world of competitive swimming is actually the 'big fish' Milorad Cavic. The world's media attention turned toward Phelps expecting him to tie Mark Spitz' 36-year-old record. The world's biggest stage was set. The show had to go on.
As it turned out, Michael Phelps did not start this race as expected. At the 50-meter mark he was only 7th out of 8th participants. Milorad Cavic led the race from start to finish, including at the 50-meter mark. Toward the end of the race, it appeared that Phelps closed on Cavic's lead, but still could not manage to beat him. The eyes of all the spectators in the aquatic center in Beijing, as well as those millions around the world, clearly saw that Milorad Cavic has won the race. Televised replays from all the different angles, including the one from underwater cameras, clearly showed that Cavic was the fist one to touch the wall. Television replays also showed Michael Phelps' coach Bob Bowman disappointedly muttering: "He's got him." (meaning that Cavic beat Phelps). Phelps' own mother sitting in the audience in all her confusion raised two fingers in the air as if accepting that her son came in second. Even Phelps himself, in the fist couple of seconds after the finish, appeared to be subdued knowing/believing that he lost the race. On August 15th a corporately-owned athlete by the name of Michael Phelps participated in a 100-meter Butterfly finals race at the 2008... more -
Stephanie Rice scandal photosStephanie Rice's DIRTY & PARTY PICS from her...
ALL PICTURES from the "scandal" with the famous Australian swimmer Stephanie Rice. The photos was published at her Facebook account, but the Australian Swimming Association forced her to bring them down from the site. ALL PICTURES from the "scandal" with the famous Australian swimmer Stephanie Rice. The photos was published at her Facebook ... more
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Federica Pellegrini, Italy [PHOTOS]
Pictures of one of the best european swimmers
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United Kingdom Talk Tuesday 26th August 2008
Tuesday's edition of my three times a week talk show.Watch the show on here on CURRENT TV on Tues, Thurs & Sats.
In today's show :
The sun returns !
New Russian friends.
Cat's - dirty stop outs !
Will they say anything ?
The honey has changed.
Don't worry about the English.
Nikki moves to Saudi, and is too hot !
What are Oysters like ?
Vile smelling cheese.
Tracey's dog.
It's difficult finding people on Facebook.
A cigarette box is dumped.
September soon.
Small swimming trunks on the Olympics.
The corn.
Mull of Kintyre cheese.
We LOVE Boris Johnson.
New lights.
A special offer on the blueberries.
Someone else has a thing for "W"'s.
Superarts.
Stuck to the bottom.
A white face.
Gordon Brown - so unfit for the Olympics !
More out of date food.
Do I look different ?
Joe IS worthy.
A lot of them are idiots - not all - just some.
An operation.
The squirrels have a near miss.
Pet insurance.
Will they notice ?
Email : chris@unitedkingdomtalk.co.uk
WWW.UNITEDKINGDOMTALK.CO.UK Tuesday's edition of my three times a week talk show.Watch the show on here on CURRENT TV on Tues, Thurs & Sats. ... more -
Omega finally releases Phelps photos
Wild and crazy photographic evidence suggests to me that Michael Phelps didn't win the 100-meter butterfly, but who cares at this point? Wild and crazy photographic evidence suggests to me that Michael Phelps didn't win the 100-meter butterfly, but who cares at this... more
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Best of Beijing Olympics - Day 15 (photos)
A photo gallery featuring the best of August 23, 2008.
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Japanese swimmer collapses at Water Cube pool
A member of Japan’s synchronized swimming team had to be helped out of the pool during Saturday’s final after she apparently fainted.
Hiromi Kobayashi, a 23-year-old from Osaka competing in her first Olympics, was taken off the deck on a stretcher after hyperventilating as the routine ended.
Two men in swimsuits jumped into the pool to assist the team, which was helping Kobayashi to the side. The other team members climbed out to await their scores, while the ailing woman clung to the pool’s edge.
Kobayashi was lifted out by the two men in swimsuits and she buckled to her knees. Her body and head went limp as they carried her. She was wrapped in a white sheet and rushed away on the stretcher, attended to by several volunteers and medical personnel.
The woman hyperventilated because of stress, said Hiroshi Takeuchi, press officer for the Japanese team.
“That kind of thing has happened to her before. She is a very nervous athlete,” he said. “She is good. Don’t worry, she’s not in serious condition.”
Kobayashi was conscious and resting at the arena, and did not require a hospital visit, he said. A member of Japan’s synchronized swimming team had to be helped out of the pool during Saturday’s final after she apparently fainted. ... more -
Best of Beijing Olympics - Day 14 (photos)
A photo gallery of the best of August 22, 2008.
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British swimmer wins 10km silver, throws bottle of water over Chinese official
British swimmer David Davies collapsed with exhaustion today after winning silver in the gruelling 10km open water marathon - despite going off course in the race.
Davies had to be put onto a stretcher as soon as he emerged from the water at the Shunyi Rowing Park but made a speedy recovery before rowing with an official.
The Welshman, 23, reacted with fury when a Chinese woman man-handled him as he was talking to the press and threw a bottle of water over her. British swimmer David Davies collapsed with exhaustion today after winning silver in the gruelling 10km open water marathon - despite ... more -
Russian Swimming GIRLS - Anastasia x 2 [PICTURES]
The queens of queens of synchronized swimming - Anastasia Davydova & Anastasia Ermakova. In Beijing2008 they won their 2nd Olympic gold. The queens of queens of synchronized swimming - Anastasia Davydova & Anastasia Ermakova. In Beijing2008 they won their 2nd Olympic... more
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United Kingdom Talk Thursday 21st August 2008
Thursday's edition of my three times a week talk show.Watch the show here on CURRENT TV on Tues, Thurs & Sats.
In today's show :
Technical people - here is your answer !
Joe from "Americantalkusa.com" has been elevated.
My geography is not good.
Carl says I am looking thin.
The dentist keeps ringing.
A corn.
What could happen to New York.
Lights on.
Do you swim like a Seal ?
I was wrong.
Ross P does a podcast.
Welcome Robert.
Beep Beep.
Leaving the answer phone on.
Wayne is close to the line.
A new book and good service from Amazon.
Oh dear - lost me toast !
Welcome Jean.
Fireworks.Were they there, or not ?
Water everywhere.
Some more noises to try.
The chemist.
Was the World better before us ?
A little lady.
Go to the cinema, but don't buy the food and drink.
Batman.
Where's that email ?
Repeat after the tone.
Trust.
Matt mentions the wrinkles.
Stunned viewers.
What's it like being 40 ?
Dell customer services.
It's the "W".
Robert wins everything
Email : chris@unitedkingdomtalk.co.uk
WWW.UNITEDKINGDOMTALK.CO.UK Thursday's edition of my three times a week talk show.Watch the show here on CURRENT TV on Tues, Thurs & Sats. ... more -
Pictured: The moment British Olympic swimmers confronted German rival over her �...
Britain's swimmers added two more medals to the 'Great Haul of China' today in the gruelling 10km open water event - but promptly claimed they were robbed of gold.
Keri-Anne Payne and Cassie Patten, who took silver and bronze, accused Germany's Angela Maurer who finished fourth of dirty tricks in an attempt to get ahead. Britain's swimmers added two more medals to the 'Great Haul of China' today in the gruelling 10km open water event - bu... more -
Human spirit at the Olympics
I personally think that the South African swimmer is an inspiration and an example of the human spirit, regardless of what happens tomorrow at the women's 10km open-water swim.
I am incredibly ashamed of the fact that I have a fully functional body and don't partake in any physical activity and I will definitely be taking up some sort of sporting activity, partially because of her. I personally think that the South African swimmer is an inspiration and an example of the human spirit, regardless of what happens tom... more -
Beijing Olympics - Day 10
Photos of the best of Monday, August 18, 2008.
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UK Olympic gold medalist in doping scandal
Dwain has been stripped of his Olympic goldfish gold medal. He gave the game away by pooping on the podium and turn his tank green!
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A Rare Moment of Celebration in Zimbabwe
BEIJING – Olympic swimmer Kirsty Coventry flies home to Zimbabwe each December from her training base in Austin, Texas.
She does because she likes to visit her family over the Christmas holiday, and because it's summer in the southern hemisphere. And because what few remaining pools in Zimbabwe that actually have water and aren't covered in green algae are no longer heated.
Coventry braves the sometimes frigid water as much as she can when she goes home. Her coach writes up supplemental dry-land workouts and prays it's enough so that her training regimen isn't set back irreparably.
“I wasn't super excited that she was going home,” says Kim Brackin, who recruited her from Zimbabwe to Auburn in 2000. “But I also know at her age you need to have a happy athlete. And that makes her happy. We went to the Opening Ceremony, and everyone was like, 'Why are you going to Opening Ceremony? You have to swim the next day.'
“But that's Kirsty. She just wanted the experience of walking with her country.”
Hers is a country rapidly descending into the realm of the absurd.
The longtime president, Robert Mugabe, has been accused of fixing the most recent election through intimidation and violence.
Inflation is hovering around 2 million percent, if you listen to official government figures, and several times that on the black market – forcing people to pay for a loaf of bread with backpacks full of bills that quite literally aren't worth the paper they're printed on.
Unemployment is pushing 80 percent. The average life expectancy, according to the CIA World Factbook, is 39.73 years.
But Coventry swims on, and tiny Zimbabwe is 18th in the medal count at the Beijing Olympics.
Zimbabwe has a gold and three silvers.
Coventry has a gold and three silvers.
“Right now,” Brackin says, “I'm sure people are doing some serious celebrating in Zimbabwe, as they should be.”
Michael Phelps won five individual events en route to his record eight gold medals. Coventry nearly won four, finishing second in the 100-meter backstroke, 200 individual medley and 400 IM by a combined .82 seconds. She finally claimed a gold in the 200 backstroke yesterday, and now is responsible for seven of Zimbabwe's eight all-time Olympic medals.
“Part of the reason I'm still swimming and still motivated is to raise my country's flag high and shine some good, positive light on my country at home,” says Coventry, who refuses to comment publicly on Zimbabwe's divisive political crisis. “I don't know how many athletes have their whole country supporting them. Every time I go home, I have people in the street cheering me.”
Or parents naming newborn sons and daughters after her. Shortly after the Athens Olympics, there was a Swimmingpool Nhanga born in Harare, a Freestyle Zuze, a Breaststroke Musendame, a Butterfly Masocha, a Backstroke Banda.
Her grand return to Harare was televised on live TV for two hours. Mugabe presented her with the equivalent of $50,000 U.S. as “pocket money.”
That Coventry is a white girl from a Harare suburb who went to college in the United States and still lives there doesn't seem to matter to the 12 million residents of Zimbabwe, all but a few thousand of whom are black and poor. They consider her one of their own, a lifeline to the rest of the world, a beacon of hope in an ever-darkening existence.
“Sometimes it's more pressure,” Brackin says. “She's expected to bring joy.” BEIJING – Olympic swimmer Kirsty Coventry flies home to Zimbabwe each December from her training base in Austin, Texas. ... more -
Beijing Olympics - Day 9
The best of Sunday, August 17, 2008.
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Swimhiking, walk with the fishes
"Swim-hiking" is a new pastime attracting many to have a go at hiking, and when confronted with water hikers swim across it.
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Palestinian Athlete Refuses to Breathe Same Air as Israeli Team
BEIJING -- A Palestinian Olympic swimmer has declared he will not "breathe the same air" as the Israeli athletes... [more]
--TheSkunk.org BEIJING -- A Palestinian Olympic swimmer has declared he will not "breathe the same air" as the Israeli athletes... [more] ... more -
Phelps Gets Record Eighth Gold as Americans Win 4×100m Medley
A quest that began four years ago after Michael Phelps won six gold medals at the 2004 Athens Olympics ended triumphantly for him at the 2008 Beijing Olympics on Sunday. Phelps earned his unprecedented eighth Olympic gold medal of the 2008 Olympics as he swam the butterfly leg of the American team's world-record win in the 4x100-meter medley relay.
Michael Phelps set world records in seven of his eight swimming events, with only the 100-meter butterfly mark not broken. He also won the 400-meter IM, the 200-meter IM and the 200-meter butterfly, breaking his own world mark in each, and led off in the 4x200-meter free relay.
This article includes a number of stunning photographs, as well as two absolutely thrilling videos (the American team's winning performance in the 4x100-meter medley relay and the concluding Olympic Gold Medal Awards Ceremony). A quest that began four years ago after Michael Phelps won six gold medals at the 2004 Athens Olympics ended triumphantly for him at t... more
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