tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16538424.post4436291289933841715..comments2024-02-29T23:31:03.341-05:00Comments on Out Of Left Field: Beijing 2008 wrap-up: The somewhere Big Ben is weeping sweet, sweet tears of joy editionsagerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08757652892056684490noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16538424.post-62344162582855690522008-08-19T14:50:00.000-04:002008-08-19T14:50:00.000-04:00I say we start the push for this one now. This cou...I say we start the push for this one now. This could be way better than Bailey/Johnson: they were both runners, just at different distances. This way, we'd get to watch Bolt flail in the pool and Phelps waddle down the track...Andrew Bucholtzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14156615450275929751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16538424.post-8358898648441522572008-08-18T20:08:00.000-04:002008-08-18T20:08:00.000-04:00can we also make sure to get donovan bailey to do ...can we also make sure to get donovan bailey to do commentary/colour? i just want him to be there just in case someone pulls up lame...so he can say "he's a chicken!!!!"Navin Vaswani (@eyebleaf)https://www.blogger.com/profile/08445618400360263938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16538424.post-80166875366908813992008-08-18T20:02:00.000-04:002008-08-18T20:02:00.000-04:00This needs to happen. Can we get Puma (Bolt) to wo...This needs to happen. Can we get Puma (Bolt) to work with Speedo (Phelps) and make it so? Think of the potential TV ratings/sponsorship revenue. They could bill it as Aquaman versus the Flash!<BR/><BR/>Duane's numbers can't be right, though. The world record in the 50 m is around 22 seconds, and the world record in the 100m freestyle is about 47 seconds, and Phelps doesn't hold it: Australia's Eamon Sullivan does. 100m freestyle is also one of the few events Phelps didn't compete in (but he did compete in the 100m freestyle relay, so he's obviously decent at it). <BR/><BR/>I think the best way to look at this is the National Post's Average Guy Games series. Their guy took <A HREF="http://www.nationalpost.com/story.html?id=721430" REL="nofollow">1:42:6 </A>to swim the 100m freestyle (55 seconds worse than the record) <A HREF="http://www.nationalpost.com/story.html?id=721430" REL="nofollow">and 17.2 seconds</A> to run the 100m dash (about 8 seconds worse than the record). Thus, if we assume both are average at the other's sport (they're probably a bit better than average due to athletic bodies, but this is looking at the differential), you'd have to make the run six times as long as the swim to even things out. 25m swim, 150m dash anyone? <BR/><BR/>(By the way, I liked Darren Rovell's CNBC <A HREF="http://www.cnbc.com/id/26257323" REL="nofollow">column </A>suggesting that Bolt purposefully eased up to be able to break the record again and cash in down the road. Makes sense to me. He also suggested tongue-in-cheek that Bolt should try out for the NFL: wouldn't that be something to see?Andrew Bucholtzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14156615450275929751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16538424.post-53668702496637687132008-08-18T15:57:00.000-04:002008-08-18T15:57:00.000-04:00If Bolt can swim at all, he would likely swim a 50...If Bolt can swim at all, he would likely swim a 50m in...say, 1:05. Phelps would come in at 45 seconds.<BR/><BR/>So, maybe it would have to be 200m running, 50m swim--or 25m swim, 100m run.<BR/><BR/>Ok, now I want to see his!Duane Rollinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16512076277116230020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16538424.post-22023243424526625382008-08-18T15:54:00.000-04:002008-08-18T15:54:00.000-04:00From Neate, accidentally posted in the wrong comme...From Neate, accidentally posted in the wrong comment section:<BR/><BR/>sager said...<BR/><BR/> Make it 100 metres on land, 50 m in the pool. Which would they do first ... because we all remember from our swim lessons that there's "no running near the pool!"<BR/><BR/>If Bolt trained really hard at the swimming for six weeks, could he build up enough of a lead over Phelps over 100 metres to hold him off over a 50 free -- and maybe we'd have Phelps swim his slowest stroke while Bolt was allowed to do freestyle.Duane Rollinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16512076277116230020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16538424.post-33650136041483536182008-08-18T15:02:00.000-04:002008-08-18T15:02:00.000-04:00"International highlight for day 11:Usain Bolt. He...<I>"International highlight for day 11:Usain Bolt. He tries to double up in the 200m. I propose a 150m race between Michael Phelps and Bolt--75m in a pool, 75 m on land—to determine the Games best athlete. They could hold it in SkyDome."</I><BR/><BR/>best. idea. ever.Navin Vaswani (@eyebleaf)https://www.blogger.com/profile/08445618400360263938noreply@blogger.com