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dems_rightnow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-15-08 05:42 PM
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Michael Phelps accused of cheating
By Dr. Alexei Koudinov, editor of the Israel-based Doping Journal Web site.

"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."

Such an enhancement is "a bio-chemical feedback mechanism from an external source."

Forget the hard work, intensive training and complete dedication to his sport. He's doing it by listening to an iPod.

http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/sports/specialevents/blog/2008/08/does_music_give_phelps_an_unfa.html
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cynatnite Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-15-08 05:43 PM
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1. The guy is half-fish, too...
I suppose that had nothing to do with it, either.
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panader0 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-15-08 05:45 PM
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2. Yeah, but Lil Wayne?
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burythehatchet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-15-08 05:46 PM
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3. What about Wayne?
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panader0 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-15-08 06:13 PM
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13. That's who Phelps listens to before his races to get pumped
He's a rapper from NOLA
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burythehatchet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-15-08 07:52 PM
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29. Wayne is a necessary part of every day for me. I thought you were dissin' him.
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CreekDog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-15-08 05:47 PM
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4. i never heard anything so stupid in my life
it's not cheating if what you do is not against the rules. :wtf:
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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-15-08 05:49 PM
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5. Oy yoy yoy! He gets tested after each win; I think this guy is 'out there'. nt
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Nikki Stone1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-15-08 05:50 PM
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6. He's been wearing earphones since the Athens Olympics
If the IOC had been worried about the effects of music, they would have addressed it way before now.
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Codeine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-15-08 05:51 PM
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7. Ten minutes of Metallica
gets me worked up too, but I really doubt I'd swim any faster. This guy's a douchebag.
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MrCoffee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-15-08 05:52 PM
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8. Dr. Alexei Koudinov, president of the Anything for a Buck Society
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muriel_volestrangler Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-15-08 05:54 PM
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9. I suppose that makes listening to the cheers of the crowd illegal too
Who knew that all athletes in history had been cheating all along?
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MercutioATC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-15-08 05:57 PM
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10. Maybe the bastard was even thinking good thoughts!
CHEATER!


:eyes:
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JeanGrey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-15-08 06:27 PM
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19. At least he isn't 12 and claiming to be 16.
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TexasObserver Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-15-08 06:00 PM
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11. Koo-den-noff?! He must be desperate for 15 seconds.
It's performance enhancing substances, not music, which are verboten.
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sniffa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-15-08 06:06 PM
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12. I thought this was satire
People are idiots - even doctors.
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bemildred Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-15-08 06:15 PM
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14. Especially doctors.
Nothing quite like arrogance to make you stupid.
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undeterred Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-15-08 06:20 PM
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15. Maybe he's absorbing extra oxygen through his gills.
:shrug:
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dems_rightnow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-15-08 06:23 PM
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16. Look how freaking thin that waist is compared...
.... to that powerful upper body. My!
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elehhhhna Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-15-08 06:50 PM
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20. swimmers body, babay ...the best kind!
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MercutioATC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-15-08 07:01 PM
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25. I saw something that said that although he's 6'2", his upper body is proportional to somebody 6'8".
...and I watched him swim...I think his legs are really fish tails. They move in ways human legs aren't supposed to move.
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undeterred Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-15-08 07:36 PM
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28. I think they said he is 6'4" and his legs are proportionate
to a 6' man while his upper body is proportionate to a 6'8" man - and these two are both advantageous to swimming. It really takes a lot of muscle mass to move that fast.
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AnnieBW Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-15-08 09:05 PM
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38. Have you seen his feet?
Holy Mother, they must be a size 15! Bigfoot isn't in Georgia - he's hanging out in the Water Cube in Beijing!
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undeterred Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-15-08 10:32 PM
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44. Those aren't feet, they're flippers!
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Th1onein Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-15-08 09:28 PM
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41. MercutioATC, everytime you post, I hit my screen.
That damn bug!
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MercutioATC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-15-08 09:30 PM
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42. I find myself doing it too, at times.
...and it's my own damn sigline....
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NightWatcher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-15-08 06:25 PM
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17. have you seen any olympics? they ALL have ipods on
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ColbertWatcher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-15-08 06:27 PM
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18. Listening to music is cheating? Is this "Dr." hard up for attention, or what!? n/t
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GreenPartyVoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-15-08 06:52 PM
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21. If this guy thinks no other athlete has ever done that, he's crazy
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Catchawave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-15-08 06:57 PM
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22. Good grief....
when my daughter was a competitive figure skater, she spent the 30 minutes before she took the ice to listen to her music so she could do the routine in her head. It was calming for her, and sometimes changed the choreography :silly:

I'll explain this more for the Winter Olympics threads. Heh.
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dems_rightnow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-15-08 06:58 PM
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23. Tomorrow's headline
"Ryan Lochte upends Phelps with 2 Boomboxes Strapped to His Head!"
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SoCalDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-15-08 07:00 PM
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24. Were the other swimmers REFUSED earphones to listen to their music?
Is music against the IOC rules?

what a doofus:rofl:
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Fleshdancer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-15-08 07:02 PM
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26. don't they play music in the swim center between competitions?
Unless the IOC decides to add this nonsense to their list of rules, then Phelps isn't cheating.
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LisaL Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-15-08 07:22 PM
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27. Unless listening to music before the competition is
forbidden (which it obviously is not) then he is not cheating. LOL.
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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-15-08 08:04 PM
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30. I smell
bull$hit!
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DemoTex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-15-08 08:08 PM
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31. Mozart?
Motivates me!
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Swamp Rat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-15-08 08:36 PM
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35. Motörhead!
Edited on Fri Aug-15-08 08:37 PM by Swamp Rat
"The ace of spades!... the ace of spades!!" :headbang:
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flvegan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-15-08 08:16 PM
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32. It's not cheating if they aren't banned.
End of story.
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Th1onein Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-15-08 10:37 PM
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45. Hey! Read the rules, guy! You're spamming!
Who is this guy?
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northernlights Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-15-08 08:31 PM
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34. this just in..
recent studies have shown that breathing increases blood oxygen capacity. Therefore, all the athletes have been cheating since the first olympics. All records are invalid. All medals should go to those who won them honestly, i.e. without breathing. :smoke:
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Berry Cool Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-15-08 08:56 PM
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36. If listening to an iPod alone will turn you into a champion swimmer like Phelps,
Edited on Fri Aug-15-08 08:56 PM by BerryBush
I should have about 50 Olympic gold medals around my neck.

Naah, something tells me his success might have something to do with his having the absolute ideal body for a swimmer, coupled with years of hard work, conditioning, training and both physical and mental discipline. Just a hunch, but unless he's mainlining steroids 24/7 and it's not showing up in any of the doping tests, that could be the explanation for why he's a champion and I am not.

ed. typo
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Canuckistanian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-15-08 09:00 PM
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37. STFU, Dr. Koudinov
If you have any legitimate PROOF of cheating, present it RIGHT NOW.

Otherwise, shut your soup-hole.

And I say that as a Canadian, NOT an American with something to gain.
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MiniMe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-15-08 09:07 PM
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39. OK, lets test this out
I'll enter the race and listen to Michael Phelps iPOD before the race. I'm sure that I will beat him if I listen to his iPOD. :eyes:
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blonndee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-15-08 09:08 PM
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40. Excuse my language, but
freaking CHRIST! Who doesn't know that music can ramp you up for physical activity? I almost CAN'T do cardio without my MP3 player. I can't believe this is serious.
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Occam Bandage Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-15-08 09:40 PM
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43. Plus, I heard he trained, making his muscles stronger and form sharper. Huge advantage.
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