Michael Phelps

[LoriMagician]

Whats with his mouth slanted like a retard??

[tashakor]

btw i read yesterday that he has to eat 20000 carbs each day to function

hahahaha no way man, thats like 10 big mac meals at least. Even Rezazadeh cant eat that much. The ppl from Worlds Strongest Man competition eat 8-12000 adn those guys are beasts.

[chuck bass]

btw i read yesterday that he has to eat 20000 carbs each day to function

[PFS]

phelps is a good athelete bu they exaggrate him a bit
when someone wins 100m of course their gonna win 50 m

[amirkarimi2]

He got 8 gold medals in 8 races and set 7 world records!

[tashakor]

off topic: I think for weightlifting they should give separate medals one for "Snatch" and one for "Clean & Jerk"...this way ppl like rezazadeh could have gotten 2 gold medals....just like swimming, where you have 50m, 100m, 200m etc....

[Arash_Iran]

heyf ke ma kesio mesle Phelps enghadr bagheyrat nadarim

[persianbruin]

Are there any "unofficial" sports this year in Beijing? Because IRNA is reporting that a few of our Wushu fighters are heading to Beijing to take part in the olympics.
http://www1.irna.ir/en/news/view/men...7022172930.htm

have no idea!! but I bet you that faisal danesh winning a medal in taekwando would make a great trivia Q. like who was the first Iranian to win a olympic medal in taekwando and I bet you most people would say saei!!

[sullakh]

Spitz is still my hero.... he's a motivational speaker too.. i could use some of that ..where as phelps is mostly testasterone and teeth ...LOL

[tashakor]

what the f is wushu?

Its a type of Martial Arts....its not an official sport in the olympics...

[Payam_Ali]

what the f is wushu?

[Demis-11]

great achievement for him but i think come september he wont be in the news anymore...maybe just on the wheaties box lol

[tashakor]

technically this isnt true and most people especially younger people dont know this. In 1988 seoul games, I remember that Iran won a bronze medal in a martial arts sport (taekwondo or judo, ) but that sport wasnt an official olympic sport yet so whoever won medal that year in that sport, didnt contribute to their country's medal standings. Nonetheless they WON an olympic medal.

EDIT: I just googled and found it. It was taekwando which was a "demonstration" sport at the time. The name of the athlete was Faisal Danesh.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taekwon...ummer_Olympics

Are there any "unofficial" sports this year in Beijing? Because IRNA is reporting that a few of our Wushu fighters are heading to Beijing to take part in the olympics.

http://www1.irna.ir/en/news/view/menu-238/0808167022172930.htm

[persianbruin]

43 of Iran's 46 Olympic medals have been won in weightlifting and wrestling. Only in 2000 did Iran win a medal in a sport other than these two sports.
http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/NOC/IRI.shtml

technically this isnt true and most people especially younger people dont know this. In 1988 seoul games, I remember that Iran won a bronze medal in a martial arts sport (taekwondo or judo, ) but that sport wasnt an official olympic sport yet so whoever won medal that year in that sport, didnt contribute to their country's medal standings. Nonetheless they WON an olympic medal.

EDIT: I just googled and found it. It was taekwando which was a "demonstration" sport at the time. The name of the athlete was Faisal Danesh.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taekwondo_at_the_1988_Summer_Olympics

[persianbruin]

Iran's total gold medal count from its very first Olympic presence to date.
1956- 2 Gold
1968- 2 Gold
2000- 3 Gold
2004- 2 Gold
2008- None so far.
That brings Iran's total Olympic medal count to 9 Gold Medals.
Phelps on the other hand...
2004- 6 Gold
2008- 7 Gold (thus far)
You do the math.

didnt that wrestler rasul khadem win gold in the 96 olympics???