SA only had 26 medals since re-admission, with only 5 golds.

Gotta say, it is slightly suspicious, but what the heck.

I think he and Johnson are great commentators on the bbc.

After months an months of hard preparation, I’m sure you can allow him some emotion after making a mistake like that

“Got game plan…..No brains”
Regards

The only choking that will be done is you on a Zimbo’s purple head.

After being initially upset (who would not have been?) Phelps regained his composure and showed great sportsmanship and dignity in defeat as pointed out on numerous occasions by the british commentators.

It is also no disgrace to be out touched to the wall by another swimmer-all that it means is that he misjudged his final stroke – in tight finishes it’s a split second decision of whether to reach for the wall or to try and get more propulsion before reaching – in Beijing he got it right and won by 0,01 second and last night he got it wrong and lost by 0.05 seconds. That is sport- mistakes happen, no disgrace whatsoever.

If Phelps who has won more medals than any other person in the history of the olympics is according to you the “so-called” king of Olympics who would you regard as the real king and why?

‘Carl Lewis has broken his silence on allegations that he was the beneficiary of a drugs cover-up, admitting he had tested positive for banned substances but claiming he was just one of “hundreds” of American athletes who were allowed to escape bans.

“There were hundreds of people getting off,” he said. “Everyone was treated the same.”

Lewis has now acknowledged that he failed three tests during the 1988 US Olympic trials, which under international rules at the time should have prevented him from competing in the Seoul games two months later.

The admission is a further embarrassment for the United States Olympic Committee, which had initially denied claims that 114 positive tests between 1988 and 2000 were covered up. It will add weight to calls by leading anti-doping officials and top athletes for an independent inquiry into the US’s record on drug issues.’

And then the big baby Phelps threw his goggles out of the pool and storms past the media like a spoilt brat. Disgraceful behavior from the Olympic King!

how can they give phelps 19 golds, sacriledgeous, gdam daylight robbery, carl lewis, michael johnson – those are olympic champions.

19 medals and no other Olympian has that number and it will increase. Gold medals alone number 15 now.
He is a very gracious winner and loser too as shown by his looking after(as if he was a little brother) your Le Clos who choked up during the medal ceremony. And all of that barely minutes before this 4 X 200 relay gold winning performance.

The BBC does a great job on that swimming commentary as they do with all sport.

Claire Balding can present any sports programme, she can make anything interesting!

Great to have on the BBC team

Bwahahhhhahah………..

Very funny Rob

Yes, SA is a very diverse country as you probably know by now
People differ from area to area
For example:

Best swimmers: Durban
Best surfers: Durban
Best rugby players: Cape Town
Best girls: Cape Town
Biggest boeps: Pretoria

I can give more examples but don’t want to upset people so let’s leave it there