Scientific evidence invalidates Phelps Beijing 2008 Olympic swimming gold, world records?

Doping Journal ^ | Aug 14

[DemonDeac]

"Did you notice that Michael Phelps wears earphones and is listening music just before his every Olympic start, at Beijing's Olympiad Water Cube pool deck, be it finals or semifinals? I first noticed that before his first gold swim on August 10: Phelps removed earphones 2 minutes before the start, and he was the only swimmer who worn earphones at the pool deck. Intriguing scientific evidence testifies: Listening to music improves blood oxygen capacity and is a performance enhancement."

"So what? Can one call listening to music shortly before entering the swimming pool for competition a performance enhancement? Yes, say both Koelsch and Cherniak. If so, how long could this enhancement last? "Duration [of the effect is] not certain, from seconds to minutes," adds Koelsch. Beijing Olympic and world records by Phelps fall into the expert's projected time frame. Yes, testifies Dr. Vance Bergeron, of Ecole Normale Superieure de Lyon, Laboratoire de Physique in Lyon, France: "[M]usic next to the swimming pool, less than 2 minutes before the start could indicate performance enhancement because of transient increase of blood oxygen capacity.""

"Straightforward ruling results in a straightforward conclusion: Listening to music through earphones before the start is in line with other measures prohibited. Therefore, Phelps' Beijing swimming golds is faked and should go to others who battle for it fairly."

[DemonDeac]

Talk about a serious case of hatorade. I guess nobody else is allowed to have an iPod.

[Jeff Head]

The Doping Journal is well named.

[Petronski]

Hatorade. LOL

By the tanker truck.

[vladimir998]

The journal for dopes?

[beezdotcom]

Is this another site alias for Scrappleface?

[mnehring]

So, I take it that other countries are jealous that we don't get pumped up listening to good old rock!.. They are just as free to listen to a Rocky soundtrack before they work out.. trust me, it works...

[Revolting cat!]

Good one! Hysterical responses from fans will even be better! Shall we post the “Leave Michael Alone!” pic?

[TASMANIANRED]

It ain’t the music it’s the breathing.

[irishtenor]

All this time I thought it was his crooked teeth that were aiding him.

[Lakeshark]

Obviously the drugs are given through the inner ear from the Ipod...............

[sionnsar]

Talk about a serious case of hatorade. I guess nobody else is allowed to have an iPod.

OK with that, as long as they allow my Toshiba Gigabeat.

[eddie willers]

And he probably eats saltpeter so his “rudder” doesn’t create drag.

[Sax]

So....what’s loaded into the iPod?

One guess: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sfp9bzzTbBw One Vision.

[Redbob]

Is this from The Onion?

[shankbear]

Is this the same lab that chased Lance Armstrong and Floyd Landis? Probably not but it’s in the same vain. Get over it......Michael Phelps is the best.

[Frank_2001]

“So....what’s loaded into the iPod?”

The Bush/Cheney Swimming Modulator!;)

[JLS]

This is the second time I have seen this. This time it dawns on me that perhaps singing to oneself would also have the same effect. So I guess singing two would be viewed as doping? Shows how stupid this is.

[bluegirl]

Dr. Koelsch says that "music can have influences on the breathing rate (e.g. via emotional effects such an increased arousal) which will alter oxygen levels in the blood, or relaxing effects (so that fewer muscles consume oxygen, which also increases oxygen levels)." He says that his group "has reported clear changes in breathing rate on a conference last year, with breathing rate being higher during pleasant music."

The small difference in breathing rate of someone at rest will be hugely overshadowed by the effect that extreme physical exertion has on breathing. To know if music makes a difference, it would have to be tested under the same circumstances.

[Issaquahking]

Cue the music to "Eye of the Tiger"

Risin up straight to the top
had the guts got the glory
went the distance now I'm not gonna stop
just a man and his will to survive

It's the eye of the tiger
its the cream of the fight
risin up to the challenge of our rivals
and the last known survivor stalks his prey in the night
and he's watching us all with the eye of the tiger

[jimfree]

And I am reading excessive Free Republic the evening before a race. Do I have a competitive advantage? (Hope so!!!)