Michael Phelps

I am not sure how many people know, but this past week Michael Phelps competed at the FINA World Championships held in Australia. During the course of the meet he won 7 gold medals and set 5 world records. I am here to make the argument that his performance during the past week was the greatest individual sporting performance in history of not only swimming, but all sports. In a sport where 1,2, or 3 tenths of a second seperate the winners from the losers, Phelps domolished the competition, and his own world records by as many as 4 seconds a race. This type of domination is unheard of in this sport. This article argues both sides of the question, whether he is the greatest athlete of all time or not. At this point the concensus is that he is far from it, but I to differ. Any true sports fan should at least take a look.