hate when people label sportsman "great" so early in their careers but i think its safe to say already at the age of 22 bolt is the greatest athlete of all time.

Never thought id see anyone run under 9.5 in the 100m and 19seconds flat in the 200 but am pretty sure come 2012 bolt will do both.

Michael Phelps winning 8golds by swimming endless laps via different methods does not make him a great. As long as youve mastered the art of being the fastest swimmer in one discipline the rest will eventually follow suit hence why the swimming medals should be pulled back drastically.

Phelps doing the 100m backstroke, butterfly, freestyle, breaststroke etc is the equivelant to athletics having a 100m hop, backwards, walk and so on its just plain stupid