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Listed below are comments made by Nathan_The_Red between Wednesday, 13th August 2008 and Wednesday, 13th August 2008.

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What makes Phelps so special? 1:37pm on 13 Aug 2008 Michael Phelps is now unquestionably the greatest swimmer of al time however to say he is the greatest olympian of all is frankly misguided and ignorant.

He may have the most medals and his dominance across a range of strokes is impressive however in his sport there are many more events which he can compete in! If Carl Lewis/Jesse Owens/Paavo Nurmi/Steve Redgrave had as many different events they could have entered I'm sure they would have had many more medals so medal count isn't by any means conclusive.

The reason so many other athletes (including Mark Spitz) rank Steve Redgrave as the greatest olympian ever is because he was able to maintain his position as the best over not one or two games but five, an acheivement I'm not sure will ever be seen again.

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