Who's your favorite athlete of the Beijing Olympics? Phelps or Bolt?

[rocketpig]

Soleron said:

rocketpig said:

Soleron said:
Chris Hoy.

Out of those two, Bolt because his two medals require as much training as Phelps' eight (since all the swiming sports require similar skills) and his attitude upon winning is better.

You honestly think running 100m vs. 200m uses more varied skills than a butterfly stroke vs. a backstroke vs. a breaststroke (I can't remember all the strokes Phelps uses)?

 

No, they're about equal in my opinion. You are free to disagree, obviously.

I just don't understand your thinking... Swimming even uses different starts depending on the stroke. Then the swimmers are forced to use different turns at the wall, not to mention an entirely different method of propulsion for each race. As crazy-talented as Bolt is, the 100 vs. 200 is still "pick up left foot, move forward, pick up right foot, move forward, repeat". The only real difference is the turn in the 200.

If Bolt also ran the 400 and dominated, I would be more inclined to agree with you. Right now, he's a sprint specialist while Phelps won a more diversified set of events.