Michael Phelps earns his NINETEENTH gold medal

DailyMail ^ | 8 August 2016 | Hannah Parry For Dailymail.com

[raybbr]

men’s 4x100m freestyle relay Right there on the second line. Even leaving off the word relay. 4x100 means there are 4.

Yeah, I know. Does the article ever mention the names of the other three? I didn't read the whole thing.

[NorthMountain]

Caeleb Dressel, Michael Phelps, Ryan Held, Nathan Adrian

2016 4x100m Freestyle == USA GOLD!

[Bigg Red]

Good for him! He is amazing.

But as for this sentence:

He was cheered on by his girlfriend Nicole Johnson, who was sat with their son....

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Grammar crimes aside, it is so sad that such a statement would just be casually inserted. In just one generation, the shameful situation of shacking up has become nothing to bat an eye about. And then bringing q child into the situation? Lordy!

[Bigg Red]

Very clever. Love it.

[july4thfreedomfoundation]

The mother of his baby is also his fiancé.

Yeah, maybe they put the cart before the horse, but the two of them ARE getting married.

[Chgogal]

His start and turn were superb. They did good! They were really moved as the The Flag and National Anthem played. It was a great Olympic moment.

[Chgogal]

Ditto and how his reamates including Phelps reacted. Very nice. That is the America I remember!

[Chgogal]

Those three did good. The starts were good, the turns excellent and they charged the wall instead of gliding in. Just an awesome job. Two of them were new to the big time international events. Nothing like a relay to get you going. What the heck happened to the Aussies?

[hawg-farmer - FR..October 1998]

BUT, BUT, He smoked POT!/s

[Bigg Red]

Maybe?

[smokingfrog]

[InvisibleChurch]

#20

[dfwgator]

LOL. Michael Phelps is not impressed.

[Enchante]

yeah but he’s a white male and doesn’t wear a hijab, so who cares???

[Bratch]

[Krosan]

Swimmers are faster when underwater. That is why the rules only allow them to stay under for 15 meters.

Below is a video of a college kid staying underwater for the whole 50m and finishing far ahead of the others. He was DQ-d of course.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vox9KOxC1ZA

[dfwgator]

So if they have all of these different Swimming events, why can’t they have then events where you can be underwater for the whole time?

[Krosan]

Probably because the 4 styles were already a tradition before the swimmers figured out that if they train the underwater dolphin kick they’re faster.

[morphing libertarian]

They used to swim the 1600 meters all under water. I fogey what the problem was.

[PLMerite]

“They used to swim the 1600 meters all under water. I fogey what the problem was.”

Drowning?