The Michael Phelps Groupies Thread
 

Just because I'm bored and glued to NBC, I thought I would start a thread on Michael Phelps progress to beating Mark Spitz' record (Sort of like Irishpipes follows Recruitment).

Phelps' Events: 200m freestyle, 100m butterfly, 200m butterfly, 200m individual medley, 400m individual medley, 4x100m freestyle relay, 4x200m freestyle relay, 4x200m medley relay

Finals or medal events are in bold.

Saturday, August 9
· Men's 400m Individual Medley -- Heats - Breaks own Olympic Record from 2004 with a time of 4:07:82.
· 10:03pm Men's 400m Individual Medley -- Final Gold Medal and World Record of 4:03.84

Sunday, August 10
· 9:54 a.m. Men's 200m Freestyle -- Heats Qualified 4 with a time of 1:46.48
· 10:21 a.m. Men's 4x100m Freestyle Relay -- Heats Team set a new Olympic Record and World Record, with a time of 3:12.23. (Nathan Adrian, Cullen Jones, Ben Wildman-Tobriner and Matt Grevers) Phelps will swim in the finals
· 11:26 p.m. Men's 4x100m Freestyle Relay -- Final Gold Medal Team of Cullen Jones, Jason Lezak, Michael Phelps and Garrett Weber-Gale set a world record with a time of 3:08.24

Monday, August 11
· 12:28 a.m. Men's 200m Freestyle -- Semifinals Qualified fourth with a time of 1:46.28. Peter Vanderkaay from Michigan qualified first with a time of 1:45.76
· 8:15 a.m. Men's 200m Butterfly -- Heats Qualified 1st with a time of 1:54.70, a new Olympic Record
· 10:16 p.m. Men's 200m Freestyle -- Final Gold Medal and World Record with a time of 1:42.96
· 11:50 p.m. Men's 200m Butterfly -- Semifinals Qualified 1 and matched his Olympic Record from the Heats

Tuesday, August 12
· 8:55 a.m. Men's 4x200m Freestyle Relay -- Heats Qualified for the Finals 1st with a time of 7:04.66, demolishing the old Olympic Record of 7:07.05. (David Walters, Ricky Berens, Erik Vendt and Klete Keller)
· 10:21 p.m. Men's 200m Butterfly -- Final Gold Medal, Olympic Record and World Record 1:52.03,
· 11:19 p.m. Men's 4x200m Freestyle Relay -- Final Gold medal and World Record 6:58:56 (Ryan Lochte, Michael Phelps, Peter Vanderkaay and Ricky Berens)

Wednesday, August 13
· 9:51 a.m. Men's 200m Individual Medley -- Heats Qualified 7th: 1:58.65, one-half second behind top Qualifier Ryan Lochte

Thursday, August 14
· 12:32 a.m. Men's 200m Individual Medley -- Semifinals Qualified 2nd , 1:57.70 to Ryan Lochte 1:57.69
· 9:02 a.m. Men's 100m Butterfly -- Heats Qualified second, 50.87
· 10:48 p.m. Men's 200m Individual Medley -- Final 1:54.23, Olympic Record, World Record
· 11:55 p.m. Men's 100m Butterfly -- Semifinals Qualified 2nd overall, 50.87

Friday, August 15
· 9:45 a.m. Men's 4x100m Medley Relay -- Heats USA qualified 1st (Matt Grevers, Mark Gangloff, Ian Crocker and Garrett Weber-Gale) with a time of 3:32.75
· 10:10 p.m. Men's 100m Butterfly -- Final Gold Medal and Olympic Record, with a time of 50.58. Tied Mark Spitz's mark of seven Gold Medals in one Olympic Game

Saturday, August 16
· 10:58 p.m. Men's 4x100m Medley Relay -- Final Gold Medal and World Record (Aaron Piersol, Brendan Hanson, Michael Phelps and Jason Lezak) 3:29.34

LOL! Wow, you're addicted to Michael Phelps. ;):p

They played a kinda weird version of the American anthem, IMO. They kinda repeated the first bit like 3x, and then cut it short. Oh well.

I thought that was a little weird, as well. My mom didn't notice though, so I thought I was just hearing things!

At first I thought they had the wrong country's music. I'm glad Phelps (and the President) took the song being cut short in stride. Lord knows there are countries where this would become a major major issue.

I thought at the start of the anthem it sounded like they played it twice

Nope, I'm just bored. I do admit that I'm always glued to the TV during the whole olympics.

He set a new record today!

Yes, so I thought it sounded a lil' bit odd.

Update time!

Michael Phelps won his 2nd gold!

That relay was beyond incredible. Lezak will be on Phelps' Christmas card list forever.

:eek: THAT KICKED ASS.

French ass

If you looked close, you could see a little bit of the top-of-the-butt. Very nice. I second whoever it was calling for the return of the speedo.

That was a great relay.

I think I just had a heart palpitation while watching that race. Holy.

On the replay as Phelps was cheering Lezak on, jumping up and down, his suit was sliding lower and lower - in the front. It came close.

Ahhh yes. I caught that too. Where's the wardrobe malfunction when you need it?

They'll be raising the US flag soon enough. ;)

I thought it was cool that the NBA players were in the stands during the 200 Fly.

· 8:15 a.m. Men's 200m Butterfly -- Heats ::New OR with 1:53.70

CRAZY.

That relay was AMAZING!!! def. olympic history.. i'm soo happy the French didn't win after all their trash talking...

favorite part?? when the commentators said "maybe the French should've used a word other than smash"

I was praying that Phelp's swimsuit would slide just a smidge lower.. (it was soo close)

Michael Phelps is an ass, just like Mark Spitz before him.

http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/new...=afp&type=lgns

I hope he chokes in the 200IM or 100FLY. Ryan Locte and Ian Crocker need some gold for themselves.

""I won seven events. If they had the 50m freestyle back then, which they do now, I probably would have won that too," he said."

Gee, there were the 400 and 1500, the TWO backstrokes, the TWO breaststrokes and the IM? I'm sure he could have PROBABLY won those too.l

I watched Spitz win each of those medals. I cheered him on. I had the team suit. We all idolized him. But even when I was 10 years old, I knew he had an ego (we called it "stuck-up" at that age)

Special invitations don't go out to everyone. Was Janet Evans invited? For those who don't know, she had the longest standing Olympic swimming record (400 Free). I doubt that she was whining about not being invited.

Sure, if Locte or Crocker have the ability, I wish them the best. But get over your blubbering about Spitz and buy him a ticket for Bejing yourself.

"I never got invited. You don't go to the Olympics just to say, I am going to go. Especially because of who I am," Spitz told AFP in Hong Kong.

LAME...get over yourself. Last time I checked, you don't have to be invited to watch in the stands you puke. MAybe you didn't get invited because you're an ass!

i think it was either me or Sen.

SERIOUSLY. i was so intimidated by its hotness.

Three for Three
Three Golds
Three World Records

Update time! He won his 3rd gold medal.

I'm soo hoping he can make his goal of 8... he just won another GOLD!!!

come on mikey, get out the water, you sessy topless thing you.

(sessy from the neck down, IMO)

10 OLYMPIC MEDALS!!

Gold #4 + World Record in the 200 Fly!

I just saw him win again!!! he's doing sooo well.. hopefully he does the same on his next race..

He just makes it look so easy!

tell me about it.. i wish i had a set of lungs like he does..

Johnny-on-the-spot with Visa's congratulations commercial!

He is an absolute freak of nature, and I can't stop watching.:)

Did anyone else catch the piece last night where he said that he has to eat 10,000 calories every single day? And despite all those calories, he has never weighed over 200 pounds.

Well hellooooo Gold #5.

&& World Record broken by 5 seconds @ 6:58:56!

That wasn't even a race. That was a domination.

I adore Michael Phelps. Just sayin'.

And I watched the little thing about his life. The 10,000 calories thing made me sick. I want his metabolism so bad. And I want his dog! So adorable.