Also 8 of his medals were with the sharkskin swimsuit which was immediately banned as it conferred an absolutely immense advantage to those wearing it.
Everyone else didn’t start wearing it and training with it at the same time that the sponsored players did. The Japanese players started using it the month before because they were 100% sure they would lose without it. Phelps lost to a German the next year when he wasn’t wearing the suit.
He lost the next year to a German wearing a similar suit while he wasn’t, so yes I think it’s highly likely that he wouldn’t have had the dominance he did with the suit if he wasn’t allowed to wear it. But of course there’s no way to know.
Also 8 of his medals were with the sharkskin swimsuit which was immediately banned as it conferred an absolutely immense advantage to those wearing it.
Basically everyone was wearing it. Everyone else in the pool was wearing it too.
Everyone else didn’t start wearing it and training with it at the same time that the sponsored players did. The Japanese players started using it the month before because they were 100% sure they would lose without it. Phelps lost to a German the next year when he wasn’t wearing the suit.
Do you think he wouldn’t have won without the suit?
and that’s exactly why he doesn’t deserve it.
Brother you take eight of his medals away he still has 20 medals. You fucking clowns trying to trash Michael Phelps. My God.
relax meng, it’s just a meme.
Nobody is trying to trash Michael Phelps. This post is literally a comparison of medal counts.
He lost the next year to a German wearing a similar suit while he wasn’t, so yes I think it’s highly likely that he wouldn’t have had the dominance he did with the suit if he wasn’t allowed to wear it. But of course there’s no way to know.