Quote Originally Posted by Scrap View Post
At the end of the day, who would you sooner watch. If the truth is told its Bolt, why because He did something that inspires.
I think that's really a matter of subjective opinion though. Winning 8 Olympic Golds out of 8 events is every bit as inspiring imo, although Bolt did smash two world records which Phelps didn't do.

Both acheivements are incredible imo.

If you mean that running is more inspiring than swimming though I don't really agree.

They are both demanding events, one to see who is the fastest on land, the other to see who is the fastest on water. One is not more inspiring than the other except in a subjective way depending on your own preference.

If anything I think Phelps is a victim of his own success. He has become so utterly dominant that people don't regard his truimph as a big deal, but really to defeat the best in the world in 8 seperate events in one Olympic games is pretty damn inspiring stuff.

Phelps is even more dominant in his sport than Bolt is in his, at least for now.