Michael Phelps Win Number 8
by anuj on Aug 16, 2008 11:18 PM EDT
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PrintWow. He does it. Swimming the butterfly, the third spot, in the 100 Meter Meledy, Phelps overtakes Spitz and wins his eighth GOLD medal in a single Oylmpics. He burned away his number one competetor, Austrailia, and gave Jason Leizak the cushion he needed to finish the race. 8 Gold medals guys. Its a big thing. So American Michael Phelps goes down into history as the winningest swimmer and the most decorated OLYMPIAN in history with 8 gold medals. A journey that started four years ago after his six-gold performance in Athens and included 17 swims over nine days here ended triumphantly for him.
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That was awesome, as was his “win by a fingernail” the other night.
My favorite moment of the whole Olympics so far is still the 4 × 100 freestyle relay where Lezak caught the French guy on the last lap.
My wife and were jumping up and down and cheering as if it were an Eagles game.
"He’s in trouble. Whatever he throws me, I’m going to hit it."
-- Alex Cintron
that was incredible
i never thought i go so crazy for swimming
by birdstothebowl44 on Aug 17, 2008 1:13 PM EDT up reply actions
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