I am not tired of the Michael Phelps storyline. Its been very cool to see all three of my kids (ages 7, 5 and 2) get so excited about the Olympics this year. Phelps is to 2008 as Michael Jordan was to my junior high and high school years. Any young kid that is paying attention wants to be Michael Phelps.
That being said, I think its unfair to any other Olympic Athlete to call Michael Phelps the greatest Olympian ever. Yes, he has done something remarkable this year, but what are the options for an athlete in most any other sport? Is he a better Olympian than Jordan? How about Michael Johnson? Edwin Moses? Mohammed Ali? Jesse Owens?
Calling him the best Olympic swimmer of all time - maybe. But not the best Olympian.
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