Re: Phelps at World Cup

"Colin Priest" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> I've been watching the Melbourne World Cup on TV and have noticed a couple
> of things about Phelps. Firstly, he has added some muscle. Perhaps this
> means that he wants to be part of the 4x100 free at Athens? 

It's genetics, dude.  You can't simply slap on muscle.  As a 16 year
old boy, Phelps looked like a man.  His father was a football player
and is now a State Trooper - I haven't seen a picture, but he's
evidently a mountain of a man.

>Secondly, his
> breaststroke is not very good (perhaps it used to be better). His splits in
> the 200IM had him well under (> 1 second) the world record split until he
> swam the breaststroke leg (from -1 sec vs WR to + 1 sec vs WR) and was
> pulled back to the field

This makes no sense.  Phelps IS the world record holder in the 200
I.M., and it's his most dominant event.  So if he went -1 to +1 on the
breastroke leg as you say, it means he had a terrible breastroke leg
compared to HIMSELF during his World record swim.  So don't know what
could be up there.  I didn't think his breastroke was actually that
bad - worst of his strokes by far but he does have a top 200 time in
the world for the 200 meter breast.

Eric