Only a fool fucks with Phelps when he’s in compete mode.

And fuck all this nonsense about him partying when he’s not swimming. That man has spent more time honing himself into the perfect swimmer than any of us have spent doing anything (including jerking off). He ought to have a life permit to party the fuck down…

I’ve been that high before.

Maybe there’s no Olympics, but I assume right before Gawker is sold and gutted we’ll get an all-time leaderboard and those with the most stars will be given medals (or sub-blogs, whatever).

There’s sadly no commenter Olympics.

The discussion seems to have the swimmer covered so this is only tangential: Bear Bryant- holy fucking shit! I’d never heard that story before and it’s frankly miraculous that no one died. The absence of water breaks is just downright sadistic. The man should’ve been sent to prison for holding the camp in those…

So you are saying that communication that is completely controlled by Tusup and Katinka only shows them in a positive light. Shocking.

Former college SID assistant here...

She had never before won an Olympic medal. Now, at the Olympics where the anti-doping lab was suspended last month, she breaks through and destroys a world record.

Where there’s smoke...

In my experience (I was a successful, albeit regionally, record-holding swimmer), a two second drop in any event less than or equal to 400 meters or more is truly remarkable. Especially at that level where the entire planet (of swimmers) has tried to beat the existing record. It stands to reason that longer distances…

For some reason the way they kept talking about and showing Tusup reminded me of Jenn Suhr, the US pole vaulter, and her husband/coach Rick Suhr. I have never seen a coach/competitor relationship on screen that made me as uncomfortable and I was somewhat fearful I would see a repeat of it here.

Those two are more juiced than a Florida orange grove.

Has anyone ever known a Shane that <i>wasn’t</i> an asshole?

Agreed. “Lifting weights more” doesn’t lead to smashing a world record like you’re from East Germany.

Does any athlete in this day and age really get that much faster without doping?

So, 3 or 6 months before this gets wiped?

Seriously, biggest jump since the East Germans. But it's because she, uh, practices harder because, uh, she lives in a democracy! Go Coca Cola!

It’s breathtaking.