As you have probably seen Michael Phelps on the Olympics Michael Phelps as won EIGHT GOLD MEDALS!!!First in the men's 4x100-meter freestyle relay when his teammate, the U.S. tri-captain and oldest member of the swimming crew, Jason Lezak, was losing to France's Alain Bernard in the anchor leg.
Lezak beat Bernard in the last meter by eight-hundredths of a second -- the closest finish in the event's history. Lezak's finish, and fastest split in history,
The second nail-biter was Phelps' 100-meter butterfly. Phelps gave everyone a scare after hitting the wall seventh at the 50-meter mark and, still trailing Milorad Cavic of Serbia with five meters left in the race, he didn't seem like he was going to catch his rival.
In the closest race a swimmer can achieve, Phelps beat Cavic by one-hundredth of a second with a quick half-stroke.
The relay that was swum by Aaron Peirsol (backstroke), Brendan Hansen (breastroke), Phelps (butterfly) and Lezak (freestyle) with a time of 3:29.34, beating out the Australian men and smashing the U.S.'s previous world record. The squad of Peirsol, Hansen, Ian Crocker and Lezak won the gold in Athens, so it was the U.S. team's race to lose.
Lezak beat Bernard in the last meter by eight-hundredths of a second -- the closest finish in the event's history. Lezak's finish, and fastest split in history,
The second nail-biter was Phelps' 100-meter butterfly. Phelps gave everyone a scare after hitting the wall seventh at the 50-meter mark and, still trailing Milorad Cavic of Serbia with five meters left in the race, he didn't seem like he was going to catch his rival.
In the closest race a swimmer can achieve, Phelps beat Cavic by one-hundredth of a second with a quick half-stroke.
The relay that was swum by Aaron Peirsol (backstroke), Brendan Hansen (breastroke), Phelps (butterfly) and Lezak (freestyle) with a time of 3:29.34, beating out the Australian men and smashing the U.S.'s previous world record. The squad of Peirsol, Hansen, Ian Crocker and Lezak won the gold in Athens, so it was the U.S. team's race to lose.
The Water Cube was packed Sunday morning to witness history in the making.
"There are definitely more people here than any other session. For the entire meet, pretty much the last four rows of the media section have been empty.
You can imagine the nerves of each athlete on the final relay team, let alone the men who swam in prelims. Matt Grevers, who swam the backstroke leg of the preliminary 4x100-meter medley relay and won silver in the 100-meter backstroke, said he didn't think the squad would ever make it out of China if they were disqualified.
Well, the U.S. men can sleep easier tonight, as they've helped a teammate achieve his goal.
Phelps' relay team member Hansen (fourth-place finisher in the men's 100-meter breastroke) said of Phelps' eight-medal achievement, "This beats the Tour de France, it beats the U.S. Open ... it beats every part of what sport is ... all athletes should tip their hats to Phelps."
When asked about the possibility of winning eight golds, and if he felt it was physically possible, Phelps replied, "In my dreams I always wanted it."
(Tipping my hat) If that's not motivating, I don't know what is.
Olympics committee and swimming staff who questioned the outcome. Cavic says he is "completely happy," and "there's nothing wrong with losing to the greatest swimmer there has ever been."
At the Olympics everyone was screaming in amazment following Phelps' butterfly finish, "He gets it done again! He gets it done again!"
Even Phelps' mom had two fingers held up because she believed her son finished second. When she looked at the scoreboard with her daughter seated beside her, and realized he won, a look of disbelief and nausea seemed to overcome her, so she took her seat. I think Michael Phelps mom is very funny! I keep seeing her holding the two fingers up!!!
"There are definitely more people here than any other session. For the entire meet, pretty much the last four rows of the media section have been empty.
You can imagine the nerves of each athlete on the final relay team, let alone the men who swam in prelims. Matt Grevers, who swam the backstroke leg of the preliminary 4x100-meter medley relay and won silver in the 100-meter backstroke, said he didn't think the squad would ever make it out of China if they were disqualified.
Well, the U.S. men can sleep easier tonight, as they've helped a teammate achieve his goal.
Phelps' relay team member Hansen (fourth-place finisher in the men's 100-meter breastroke) said of Phelps' eight-medal achievement, "This beats the Tour de France, it beats the U.S. Open ... it beats every part of what sport is ... all athletes should tip their hats to Phelps."
When asked about the possibility of winning eight golds, and if he felt it was physically possible, Phelps replied, "In my dreams I always wanted it."
(Tipping my hat) If that's not motivating, I don't know what is.
Olympics committee and swimming staff who questioned the outcome. Cavic says he is "completely happy," and "there's nothing wrong with losing to the greatest swimmer there has ever been."
At the Olympics everyone was screaming in amazment following Phelps' butterfly finish, "He gets it done again! He gets it done again!"
Even Phelps' mom had two fingers held up because she believed her son finished second. When she looked at the scoreboard with her daughter seated beside her, and realized he won, a look of disbelief and nausea seemed to overcome her, so she took her seat. I think Michael Phelps mom is very funny! I keep seeing her holding the two fingers up!!!
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