In the profile they did on Michael Phelps, NBC showed his mother cheering at one of his meets -- she sounded like Mrs. Kiss also.
I had not realized that Mark Spitz wasn't invited to the Olympics. That seems really strange. He's said quite a few things about Phelps' drive to break his record including that in watching him train and seeing how focused he is, he has no doubt that he he can do it. He also mentioned today that he sees Phelps as a much more determined swimmer than he ever was in that Phelps goes after events that he isn't the best in and strives to be the best (like the the 200 free where he took bronze in 2004 -- Spitz called it Phelps' best race). Spitz said he never would have done that when he was swimming and it really impresses him that Michael Phelps does.
You're right about Rowdy not mentioning conceding the race to the French before it was over. In his defense, though, Lezak was nearly a full body length behind Bernard when he made that concession (with only half a pool length to go).
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Date: 2008-08-12 05:29 pm (UTC)I had not realized that Mark Spitz wasn't invited to the Olympics. That seems really strange. He's said quite a few things about Phelps' drive to break his record including that in watching him train and seeing how focused he is, he has no doubt that he he can do it. He also mentioned today that he sees Phelps as a much more determined swimmer than he ever was in that Phelps goes after events that he isn't the best in and strives to be the best (like the the 200 free where he took bronze in 2004 -- Spitz called it Phelps' best race). Spitz said he never would have done that when he was swimming and it really impresses him that Michael Phelps does.
You're right about Rowdy not mentioning conceding the race to the French before it was over. In his defense, though, Lezak was nearly a full body length behind Bernard when he made that concession (with only half a pool length to go).