  Olympics are in full swing! Yippee! No, Phelps isn't doing what the media predicted, and YES, he is living up to expectations. If you don't know much about swimming, then you will believe all the media hype and absurd predictions.
Yes, it would have been nice, but y'all have to realize that he is already the best swimmer in the US and that is a HUGE feat unto itself. He is also pretty well-rounded, swimming different strokes and different distances. The swimmers who are beating him specialize in one or two events and that's pretty much all they swim. And remember, this guy is only 19. Can you imagine what a powerhouse he will be in four years? Iam Thorpe really seems to be peaking NOW, not in Sydney, when he was target of all the hype and didn't sweep his events. In other swimming news, Yana Klochkova is moya tyolka! Slava Ukrainu! 
