Originally Posted by Sarah_MaxCash

I do really appreciate what he has done but I also agree and not only that I don't think he is the best olympian. Maybe the best Olympic swimmer but how can you compare across the events. Steven Redgrave won five gold medals for rowing at five consecutive Olympics. There weren't the same number of races each Olympics for him to win but he stayed the best in his sport for five Olympics. I don't see how either could be fairly judged against the other.