The 2012 London Summer Olympics Thread

[mooby]

Originally Posted by DynamiteRave

Man. Phelps isn't the swimmer he used to be. He's close to being a has been.

Yep. It sounds like once he reached the peak back in '08, he basically stopped working hard and started enjoying the spotlight more. If that's the case he should've just retired, because now I get the feeling the rest of the games is going to be embarrassing for him, seeing as how he hasn't trained as hard as he used to.

[Dirtbag59]

Originally Posted by mooby

Yep. It sounds like once he reached the peak back in '08, he basically stopped working hard and started enjoying the spotlight more. If that's the case he should've just retired, because now I get the feeling the rest of the games is going to be embarrassing for him, seeing as how he hasn't trained as hard as he used to.

I guess so. $40 million net worth is more then enough to retire.

Ironically I also found this little article about him.

While still quite young and able to continue competing, Michael Phelps has already broken 37 world swimming records. There are many who believe he hasn’t even scratched the surface of his talent and that, when finally done, he will have broken many more records, some of which currently belong to him.