Michael Phelps

[amirkarimi2]

Michael Phelps Biggest Win!!! [Unbelievable}

Yesterday Michael Phelps made the biggest comeback to win the 200m Butterfly by .01 seconds!!! it was so exciting
look:

[tashakor]

well he won his 8th Gold medal....

[teammelli34]

^Yea i saw it.
wasnt as exciting.
I wish hed of won it with that relay race he had like a week ago, where the guy won it at the end.
that woulda been special!

[persianbruin]

You're just upset cause he hails from the East Coast. Maryland Represent!!

The lakers should sign him. That will solve the problem

[persianbruin]

Iran's total gold medal count from its very first Olympic presence to date.
1956- 2 Gold
1968- 2 Gold
2000- 3 Gold
2004- 2 Gold
2008- None so far.
That brings Iran's total Olympic medal count to 9 Gold Medals.
Phelps on the other hand...
2004- 6 Gold
2008- 7 Gold (thus far)
You do the math.

didnt that wrestler rasul khadem win gold in the 96 olympics???

[persianbruin]

43 of Iran's 46 Olympic medals have been won in weightlifting and wrestling. Only in 2000 did Iran win a medal in a sport other than these two sports.
http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/NOC/IRI.shtml

technically this isnt true and most people especially younger people dont know this. In 1988 seoul games, I remember that Iran won a bronze medal in a martial arts sport (taekwondo or judo, ) but that sport wasnt an official olympic sport yet so whoever won medal that year in that sport, didnt contribute to their country's medal standings. Nonetheless they WON an olympic medal.

EDIT: I just googled and found it. It was taekwando which was a "demonstration" sport at the time. The name of the athlete was Faisal Danesh.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taekwon...ummer_Olympics

[tashakor]

technically this isnt true and most people especially younger people dont know this. In 1988 seoul games, I remember that Iran won a bronze medal in a martial arts sport (taekwondo or judo, ) but that sport wasnt an official olympic sport yet so whoever won medal that year in that sport, didnt contribute to their country's medal standings. Nonetheless they WON an olympic medal.

EDIT: I just googled and found it. It was taekwando which was a "demonstration" sport at the time. The name of the athlete was Faisal Danesh.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taekwon...ummer_Olympics

Are there any "unofficial" sports this year in Beijing? Because IRNA is reporting that a few of our Wushu fighters are heading to Beijing to take part in the olympics.

http://www1.irna.ir/en/news/view/men...7022172930.htm

[Demis-11]

great achievement for him but i think come september he wont be in the news anymore...maybe just on the wheaties box lol

[Payam_Ali]

what the f is wushu?

[tashakor]

what the f is wushu?

Its a type of Martial Arts....its not an official sport in the olympics...

[sullakh]

Spitz is still my hero.... he's a motivational speaker too.. i could use some of that ..where as phelps is mostly testasterone and teeth ...LOL

[persianbruin]

Are there any "unofficial" sports this year in Beijing? Because IRNA is reporting that a few of our Wushu fighters are heading to Beijing to take part in the olympics.
http://www1.irna.ir/en/news/view/men...7022172930.htm

have no idea!! but I bet you that faisal danesh winning a medal in taekwando would make a great trivia Q. like who was the first Iranian to win a olympic medal in taekwando and I bet you most people would say saei!!

[Arash_Iran]

heyf ke ma kesio mesle Phelps enghadr bagheyrat nadarim

[tashakor]

off topic: I think for weightlifting they should give separate medals one for "Snatch" and one for "Clean & Jerk"...this way ppl like rezazadeh could have gotten 2 gold medals....just like swimming, where you have 50m, 100m, 200m etc....

[amirkarimi2]

He got 8 gold medals in 8 races and set 7 world records!