Mark Spitz, below, won 7 golds in Munich in 1972. No goggles. No multi-million-dollar endorsement deals from sponsors. No LZR racer suit and no electronic score board or touch wall to rely on. It was just raw swimming. And swimming very fast.
Ambrose Aban:
With all the talking about Michael Phelps swimming his butt off to break Mark Spitz's record, first in Athens and now in Beijing, where is Spitz? Why isn't he invited to Beijing to watch Michael?
Jefferey Johnson:
Good question. I don't think he should go on his own without a formal invitation.
Chris Goodridge:
FINA, the international body that governs world swimming, should have brought him to the Games this year, with Phelps making a go at his record. I think that is so rude of FINA or Michael Phelps himself. Spitz definitely can go there on his own but because of who he is he is not going to sit there and watch just like that.
Ambrose Aban:
That is why I said earlier that Michael Phelps and his management teams are all about breaking Spitz's record, making millions in endorsements along the way, but not whole heartedly or genuinely or sincerely promoting swimming or celebrating the legendary Olympians like Spitz. It is sad. Spitz is history. So will Michael someday if he didn't do something right right now.
Jefferey Johnson:
True. Being one of the most famous athletes in the world at the 1972 Munich Olympics, winning seven gold medals—with seven world records—in what many consider to be one of the greatest achievements in all of sport. How could they do that to him? One day they will do that to Phelps, too, if he didn't do something about it now.
Chris Goodridge:
Spitz is one of the top five Olympians still alive.
Ambrose Aban:
What is Mark Spitz doing now?
Chris Goodridge:
I read in a Hong Kong newspaper, he is now a stockbroker and motivational speaker.
he could have won eight golds himself in Munich if only he had had the chance. He said that he won seven events because they didn't have the 50m freestyle back then, which they do now.
Ambrose Aban:
He'd probably would have won that too.
Jefferey Johnson & Chris Goodridge:
Absolutely.
Ambrose Aban:
With all the talking about Michael Phelps swimming his butt off to break Mark Spitz's record, first in Athens and now in Beijing, where is Spitz? Why isn't he invited to Beijing to watch Michael?
Jefferey Johnson:
Good question. I don't think he should go on his own without a formal invitation.
Chris Goodridge:
FINA, the international body that governs world swimming, should have brought him to the Games this year, with Phelps making a go at his record. I think that is so rude of FINA or Michael Phelps himself. Spitz definitely can go there on his own but because of who he is he is not going to sit there and watch just like that.
Ambrose Aban:
That is why I said earlier that Michael Phelps and his management teams are all about breaking Spitz's record, making millions in endorsements along the way, but not whole heartedly or genuinely or sincerely promoting swimming or celebrating the legendary Olympians like Spitz. It is sad. Spitz is history. So will Michael someday if he didn't do something right right now.
Jefferey Johnson:
True. Being one of the most famous athletes in the world at the 1972 Munich Olympics, winning seven gold medals—with seven world records—in what many consider to be one of the greatest achievements in all of sport. How could they do that to him? One day they will do that to Phelps, too, if he didn't do something about it now.
Chris Goodridge:
Spitz is one of the top five Olympians still alive.
Ambrose Aban:
What is Mark Spitz doing now?
Chris Goodridge:
I read in a Hong Kong newspaper, he is now a stockbroker and motivational speaker.
he could have won eight golds himself in Munich if only he had had the chance. He said that he won seven events because they didn't have the 50m freestyle back then, which they do now.
Ambrose Aban:
He'd probably would have won that too.
Jefferey Johnson & Chris Goodridge:
Absolutely.
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