This one's for you, Emma.
Meanwhile, the debate rages whether or not Phelps is the greatest ever Olympian, just because he's now won 10 Gold medals. Wouldn't argue that he's the greatest swimmer, he's been so completely dominant in this particular meet, but the greatest Olympian? Surely 5 golds in 5 Olympics in an endurance event? Or what about this view from drickyb over on the beeb?
"Michael Phelps? Brilliant at what he does. greatest Olympian? No. Sir Steve Redgrave. Brilliant Olympian? Yes. Greatest ever? No. Daley Thompson. The BEST Olympian ever! Thompson excelled in 10, different, events whereas the above only excelled in their own, specialized, event. Not only that but he did it twice. Who could, possibly, claim a greater achievement?"
Meanwhile, aside from an impressive choke in the Ladies Team Gymnastics by the USA (someone fell off the beam as she jumped on to it, then fell over doing an easy bit of the floor exercise), a good piece on how dusty these olympics are. Check out the crying Italian who gets Silver in the 'endurance sport' of double trap shooting...Also includes a salutary reminder of who is currently our leading contender for the Maddocks Memorial Ginger Medal, Michelle Breeze, who fought through a back injury to finish out of the medals in the Weight Lifting. What a story, hope Poola reads it on her road to Olympic redemption -
"There was no-one to replace me," said a devastated Breeze - who has single-handedly held up British female weightlifting for years, credit to her. Clearly in agony with every lift, she grimaced in pain during the clean and jerk and actually could not stop herself letting out a stifled 'Ooow!" as the camera lens zoomed in on her. She gave an interview with BBC TV afterwards: "They didn't even feel heavy, I can lift much heavier weights, but it was just the pain I was in. I put in so many years of training to get this far and I just did not want to pull out, It's an Olympics - the pain is irrelevant"
*wipes away speck of dust*
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