Comments on: Phelps Catches Cavic Again in 100 Butterfly

By: vida

vida — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 16:01:19 +0000

Cavic should “give it a rest”. With only 2 events on hand (1 being non olympic standard, the 50m butterfly), he will not even come close to Michael Phelps’ league who competes in almost all swimming events(all gold) with the exception of the recent 200m freestyle loss where he took a silver. Michael Phelps is definitely by far the most superior swimmer of all time. Beating Cavic in Beijing and Rome respectively should be enough indication for Cavic to stop trash talking Phelps. Perhaps, he looking for a bigger media publicity?

Cavic is definitely a sore loser. “Give It Up Cavic”.

By: Roger Simpson

Roger Simpson — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 08:38:13 +0000

Paulie, the stuff about Cavic’s over-inflated ego is probably because he grew up in the US, inventors and home of over-inflated egos.

Once again Phelps has shown poor sportsmanship after the race, just like after the 200 free. He’s obviously just a tool to his immature coach, who is manipulating him like a puppet on a string. I hope this trend won’t catch on.

By: Just Another Fan

Just Another Fan — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 00:14:12 +0000

Way to kick the egomaniacle Serbs’s ASS Mikey!! Thats wat all you granola crunching liberals need to realize, that we are not as bad a country as others believe we are, Milorad Cavic being exhibit A for being “others”.

WAY TO BE, PHELPSIE, WERE ROOTING FOR YA BACK HOME!

By: Janel

Janel — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 19:49:34 +0000

Agreed with lil jon and NVASwimmin.

By: NVASwimmin

NVASwimmin — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 16:42:45 +0000

lil John has got it right on all counts….. in freestyle you are basically submerged during the entire swim as opposed to Fly where drag isn’t as much of a factor other than off the start and the turn, not to mention the increased distance.

If you take a look at Biedermans post race comments, he essentially gave credit to the suit himself.

By: lil jon

lil jon — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 16:18:56 +0000

“RoJaKa says:
August 2, 2009 at 4:05 am
Phelps’s victory over Cavic completely demolishes Phelps’s and Bowman’s complaints that Biedermann’s victory in the 200 free was because of Biedermann’s suit.”

That is not necessarily true. Other possible explanations for the difference between the two races could be explained by the following: 1) Phelps’ godly dominance in butterfly, apparent in the 200 since he was 14 and enhanced in the 100 this past season by focusing his training on short distance races, is simply so fast that he was able to beat the rest of the world while he was wearing a slower suit 2) Phelps’ freestyle as a whole has suffered since Beijing because of his failed attempt to focus on sprints and straight arm free (phelps was well off his beijing freestyle times in every freestyle swim of the meet) 3) the suits help some strokes more than others 4) the suits help some distances more than others 5) the suit helps cavic’s 100 fly less than it helps biedermann’s 200 free.

By: Jack

Jack — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 14:56:17 +0000

“Peter C says:
August 1, 2009 at 6:55 pm
Phelps is the sore loser, not Cavic. Anyone involved in swimming at a high level internally understands how egomanical Phelps can be”

From somone who is…..I can assure you that is complete BS.

By: Jack

Jack — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 14:52:15 +0000

Don’t poke the tiger baby….!

By: Arvydas Barzdukas

Arvydas Barzdukas — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 14:11:31 +0000

Oops. The Sunday sports pages’ TV and Radio listings, page D2, have Swimming right there with Major League Baseball, Soccer, Golf, Tennis and Auto Racing. Way to go, Post!

By: Jim Vandegriff

Jim Vandegriff — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 12:17:24 +0000

Nothing amps me more than Michael Phelps “walking the walk” like this. Think of the singlemindedness and focus the next time you can’t make that next rep, pedal up that hill or run back to guard your end of the court. This kid is the gold standard of competitive spirit. As for Cavic, he’ll be Michael’s bitch from now on, especially when the sport establishes ONE suit acceptable for ALL swimmers. Go Michael Go! JJV