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MechEngDropout
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 Posted: 08/14/04 - 17:24 Post subject: Olympic Swimming
Are you buying the Michael Phelps hype? Think he will get 8?
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Posted: 08/14/04 - 18:04 Post subject:
Nope and Nope
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Posted: 08/14/04 - 19:07 Post subject:
No, he will get a bunch I a sure but 8, no
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Posted: 08/14/04 - 19:28 Post subject:
We're seriously rooting fo rhim. Dh met him a while ago. He works for the company that is sponsoring Phelps and they had some dinner for him or something a while ago. Dh's boss is in Greece to watch the games, along with a few other BIG guys.
Very very very driven guy, with, at the moment, only one goal in life: swimming.
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Posted: 08/14/04 - 21:37 Post subject:
| rtpd113 wrote: | | No, he will get a bunch I a sure but 8, no |
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Posted: 08/15/04 - 07:45 Post subject:
He looked pretty impressive last night
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Posted: 08/16/04 - 09:19 Post subject:
And isn't there no chance for 8 now? As one of the announcers kept on repeating, lets not forget that he is only 19 and not yet in his prime.
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Posted: 08/16/04 - 09:20 Post subject:
The South Africans 'done blowed up' that relay last night.
Did you see the lead on the first lap? 
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Posted: 08/16/04 - 09:26 Post subject:
I think that if he wins 4 or 5 golds, that's more than living up to the hype. I personally did not expect him to win 8.
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Posted: 08/16/04 - 20:53 Post subject:
I'd say he is world class and is now an olympic champion.(4 by 100 IM )
Who needs hype, champions let their results do the talking.
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Posted: 08/17/04 - 07:40 Post subject:
| Phar lap wrote: |
Who needs hype. |
Miss Steph, maybe... 
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