What a beast! I swear he is part fish! He looked amazing during the 400IM. The guy wasn't even breathing hard after he was done! He set a world and Olympic record - covering 400M in just over 4 minutes! Absolutely amazing!! He is the best swimmer I've ever seen and he has only just begun!!

Regarding our military: "If you can't stand behind them, stand in front of them."
RIP Bo. You were an amazing man; it is because of you, I am the Michigan fan I am today.

He won the first gold medal im swimming yesterday right?

Its great to a be a Michigan Wolverine!

Yes he is something else, i saw on mgoblue.com  the other athletes also  from Michigan and the schedule of the events.

http://mgoblue.com/history/article.aspx?id=142024

SaveUsRichRod


He won the first gold medal im swimming yesterday right?

Yup.

Regarding our military: "If you can't stand behind them, stand in front of them."
RIP Bo. You were an amazing man; it is because of you, I am the Michigan fan I am today.

UM and Ann Arbor is getting a lot of good PR throughout the olympics...especially with Peter Vanderkaay's success. Very nice...

Now does count as one of UM's greatest athletes?

“If we’re not committed 100 percent to everything we do in our lives, we start to fall short of our dreams.”
Mike Barwis

i managed to slip in a  little subliminal UM photo   at the office this morning....  

http://blog.starzlife.com/zaco/celebrities-of-the-week/


Phelps is the man!   You seen his Block M tattoo?

The guy is an eating machine.  He eats over 12,000 calories a day!  I couldn't eat half of this, if I tried.

http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/bei...urn=oly,100671

Quote:

This guy is just amazing. 6'4" with the legs of a man 6'0 and the torso of someone 6'8", double jointed at the knees and elbows ad able to plantar flex his feet an exxtra 15 degrees for more range of motion.

You can only coach some of what he does - the rest is nature's doing.

On a good note, we have a friend who is built like Phelps who is also a swimmer. He is only 15 and stands 6'4". He is a dual citizen, so if he can't qualify for the US, hopefully he can qualify for the Irish team...we'll see in 2012!

Regarding our military: "If you can't stand behind them, stand in front of them."
RIP Bo. You were an amazing man; it is because of you, I am the Michigan fan I am today.

After watching the 100M butterfly, I am speechless!! Beating this putz by .01?? (I call him a putz since he thought it would be best for swimming if someone else won the race.) I thought for sure he'd lost, even his Mom thought he'd taken second - holding up 2 fingers. Her daughter had to tell her he won - his mom looked like she was going to have a heart attack! Even Coach Bowman thought he was second. What an amazing feat - he is one of 2 people EVER to win 7 Gold Medals in a single Olympics.
I'm so proud to watch him  - not because he trained at UM, but because I am a proud American!!

Congratulations Michael!!!

PS - as a photographer, I REALLY enjoy the shots of the gallery of photographers and the behemoth lenses they all have focused on Phelps. Looking for a picture of them, but can't find it.

Regarding our military: "If you can't stand behind them, stand in front of them."
RIP Bo. You were an amazing man; it is because of you, I am the Michigan fan I am today.

The Girl


After watching the 100M butterfly, I am speechless!! Beating this putz by .01?? (I call him a putz since he thought it would be best for swimming if someone else won the race.) I thought for sure he'd lost, even his Mom thought he'd taken second - holding up 2 fingers. Her daughter had to tell her he won - his mom looked like she was going to have a heart attack! Even Coach Bowman thought he was second. What an amazing feat - he is one of 2 people EVER to win 7 Gold Medals in a single Olympics.
I'm so proud to watch him  - not because he trained at UM, but because I am a proud American!!

Congratulations Michael!!!

PS - as a photographer, I REALLY enjoy the shots of the gallery of photographers and the behemoth lenses they all have focused on Phelps. Looking for a picture of them, but can't find it.

I was at dinner at the time, but after the race I got a bunch of texts about it. I wish I would have seen it live. I can't wait to see it...it's not online yet.

Phelps is simply amazing.  A Michigan man ties the Olympic record with 6 Gold Medals.  He has to be one of the greatest athletes ever at Michigan.

Let's Go Blue!!

That was so crazy. I still can't tell that he did win, but I'll trust the times on the clocks!

“If we’re not committed 100 percent to everything we do in our lives, we start to fall short of our dreams.”
Mike Barwis

buckeyehater22

The Girl


After watching the 100M butterfly, I am speechless!! Beating this putz by .01?? (I call him a putz since he thought it would be best for swimming if someone else won the race.) I thought for sure he'd lost, even his Mom thought he'd taken second - holding up 2 fingers. Her daughter had to tell her he won - his mom looked like she was going to have a heart attack! Even Coach Bowman thought he was second. What an amazing feat - he is one of 2 people EVER to win 7 Gold Medals in a single Olympics.
I'm so proud to watch him  - not because he trained at UM, but because I am a proud American!!

Congratulations Michael!!!

PS - as a photographer, I REALLY enjoy the shots of the gallery of photographers and the behemoth lenses they all have focused on Phelps. Looking for a picture of them, but can't find it.

I was at dinner at the time, but after the race I got a bunch of texts about it. I wish I would have seen it live. I can't wait to see it...it's not online yet.

http://www.nbcolympics.com/swimming/news/newsid=221520.html?_source=rss&cid=

When I watched it, I didn't have audio - hopefully it will for you.

Regarding our military: "If you can't stand behind them, stand in front of them."
RIP Bo. You were an amazing man; it is because of you, I am the Michigan fan I am today.

From looking at the frame by frame at Si, it looked like Michael was going to finish 2nd, but the other guy kind of floated to the wall, trying to touch, where as Michael kept swimming, and then darted his hands out to touch the wall at the last moment, was a great victory

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/multimedia/photo_gallery/0808/oly.phelps.sequence/content.5.html

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In this gallery, you can see the lenses of the photographers watching the swimming:
http://www.nbcolympics.com/swimming/photos/galleryid=211020.html

Regarding our military: "If you can't stand behind them, stand in front of them."
RIP Bo. You were an amazing man; it is because of you, I am the Michigan fan I am today.

I knew if I looked long enough, I would find a picture of the photographers at the Water Cube:

 
I have a fairly large lens, but these guys make mine look almost midge-like! I'm guessing the average lens there costs around $3500 and up!

Photo courtesy of Getty Images: http://www.gettyimages.com/Search/Search.aspx?contractUrl=2&language=en-US&family=editorial&assetType=image&p=photographers%20at%20water%20cube&src=standard#

Regarding our military: "If you can't stand behind them, stand in front of them."
RIP Bo. You were an amazing man; it is because of you, I am the Michigan fan I am today.

This man is AMAZING...wonder if I can get his number (starts to ponder) anyways haha I've been definitely watching and hearing them name drop AA and Michigan has been a whole nother level.  I'll definitely remember for the rest of my life this Olympic games, and jumping up in and out of my chair when they did the relay.  I watched it live and when they finished first I was screaming...my poor animals head for cover though!

I worked with somebody going to the school and said he seen him around campus...nothing big hah he is normal guy but in so many ways not!  

zaco


Phelps is the man!   You seen his Block M tattoo?

I didn't know he had one hahah till you said that...so I went and looked for it

Michigan tat   (it's a very, VERY low cut shot...doesn't leave to much for the imaganation so men beware hah and ladies by all means)

 

WOOHOO!!!!! I'm so happy for him!!!


He is the "Gr-eight-est!"


GoBlue4Life - thanks for the pic

Regarding our military: "If you can't stand behind them, stand in front of them."
RIP Bo. You were an amazing man; it is because of you, I am the Michigan fan I am today.

Michael Phelps did it. Team USA did a great job at setting it up for Michael to break the record of the great Mark Spitz.  To see a Michigan man break the record awesome!!

Let's Go Blue!!