Was Michael Phelps cheating?

Posted 5 Sep 2008

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[Note: In his enthusiasm, our technical editor initially cropped out the caption from the newspaper clipping. This effectively ruined the point of this post. This has been corrected. Apologies for the mishap. The technical editor has been banned from his customary 'morning beer'.]

Blurb in USA Today about Michael PhelpsThe Beijing Olympics may be over, but we’re not prepared to let them go just yet.

I think we owe a debt of gratitude to the astute photographer – Eileen Bass – from the USA Today who captured what apparently NOBODY else saw in the Olympics. In the USA Today on Monday, 25 August, I found the following:

Pictured below is Michael Phelps clearly crossing lanes while swimming the mens 200 butterfly.

Michael Phelps crossing the lanes

Comments

8 Responses to “Was Michael Phelps cheating?”

  1. Shefaly on September 5th, 2008 10:46 am

    Ah, the joys of Photoshop!

  2. Liam on September 5th, 2008 11:24 am

    Hi Shefaly -

    No, no … No Photoshop trickery here. At least not by the editors of chickenmonkeydog. (Photoshop was used only to crop and save for web.)

  3. JP Adams on September 5th, 2008 6:41 pm

    I was getting a little tired of the guy taking the cake over and over again. Now I know the true story.

  4. Liam on September 5th, 2008 6:56 pm

    Hi JP -

    And you can thank the hard-hitting, top quality news editors at USA Today for the scoop!

  5. CheekyMonkey on September 5th, 2008 7:54 pm

    No Photoshop here!
    He actually crossed the lane _after_ the race.

  6. Conall on September 7th, 2008 4:37 pm

    @ CheekyMonkey

    While I would definitely support your theory as “more reasonable,” the caption included with the picture certainly indicates that it was taken while he was still swimming the 200 meters. Surely we’re not to doubt the integrity of the USA Today or its employees!

  7. Kris Bass on September 9th, 2008 4:11 pm

    LOL! Why don’t people have more sense of humor?

  8. Conall on September 9th, 2008 8:05 pm

    @ Kris

    If only the world had a better sense of humor…

    sure, we’d be out of a blog…

    but perhaps millions fewer would be slaughtered by the egos of little men.

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