greatest olympian ever...

Michael Phelps with his gold - photo from Getty

while i was doing work in office, my attention is on the swimming results... my favourite sports is still swimming :) and i wasnt surprised that Phelps has got his 5th gold (until todate) in beijing , perhaps his dream might come true - to win 8 golds this time. However, by winning the 5th gold (with total of 11 golds in his olympics career), he is now crowned "the greatest olympian ever" in the olympics games history. wow... it's amazing...

i wonder how he could swim this well... and this fast. at first i was so unwilling to acknowledge Phelps' success until he wiped off Ian Thorpe's world records!


my fav swimmers ever! (Athens Olympics 2004)
From left, Pieter van den Hoogenband was second, Ian Thorpe first and Michael Phelps third in the 200-meter freestyle. (Sun photo by Karl Merton Ferron / August 16, 2004)

by the way, do u know who is Ian Thorpe?
who was the fastest swimmer for 200m, 400m freestyle... till 2006...

hahaha, and do u know i am his great fan?
Lets have a look the collections i have on Ian Thorpe... hehe


i remembered i rush to university union building to grab the stamps on Ian Thorpe (Sydney Olympics 2000) (when i was in tasmania) when it released, i have full collections of it! lol... and for the Athens Olympics 2004, my friends in OZ sent the stamps to me... kekeke... i used to keep them in my purse! ha!


and SuAnn got me the biography of Ian Thorpe... u can borrow from me if you are interested!


and i have some magazines bout ian thorpe as well... lol... (photos fr http://www.cbc.ca/, http://www.daylife.com/)


Ian swimming... (and guess what, becoz i like Ian Thorpe, I purposely sign up swimming lessons, solely to learn to swim Freestyle in a more pro way... hahaha... eventhough i already know how to swim... can't believe that!)


ian thorpe with his olympics gold medals in freestyle swimming...

however, i was so disappointed when Ian Thorpe announced his retirement in Nov 2006... coz i know i won't be able to see him swimming in Beijing... some news said due to his old injuries, broken ankle, wrist etc... dunno what's the correct cause... anyway, he is still the greatest OZ swimmer ever! Though Ian Thorpe was the history, he is still my favourite swimmer ever~ lol ;)