Posted on 08/15/2008 7:18:22 PM PDT by Blogger
Phelps ties Spitz's with seventh gold By Steven Nelson Posted Friday, August 15, 2008 6:38 PM ET BEIJING -- Move over Mark Spitz.
Michael Phelps won his seventh gold medal of the Beijing Olympics on Saturday, edging Milorad Cavic by .01 of second in the 100m butterfly.
Spitz won his seven gold medals at the 1972 Munich Games. Phelps will try to beat the record in the 4x100m medley relay Sunday.
"I've always marveled at the fact that in the last four years (since Phelps won six golds in Athens), he has had to live with a lot more expectations and anxiety that I had to deal with," Spitz said.
"I was under the radar circle. Only in swimdom circles did people understand what I was trying to do. And only after four days of an eight-day competition did people from other venues start to understand what was happening at the swim venue in Germany."
While the pre-meet, potential upset talk in the 100m fly centered around world-record holder Ian Crocker, Cailfornia-trained Cavic, who competes for Serbia, surpassed Phelps in the heats as the second-fastest man to swim the event. He nearly spoiled Phelps' chase at history.
Almost.
Fine as frog hair.
Nope, it comes on in two hours here out west. But thanks for spoiling it anyways!
I did, it was amazing. But did you see “mom”? She is awesome too.
Unbelievable finish.
Well if you don’t read the article or thread, it won’t be totally spoiled. Worth watching.
What do they have to touch in order to be declared the winner?
Unbelievable!
That made me nervous.
He tied it
Ahh I know, I gave up the battle a couple of days ago but feel the need to drop a pithy remark on every thread. NBC IMO should burn in hades for doing the olympics telecast this way.
The wall.
I think there are sensors in the wall, not sure though. Anyone?
Did he set a new record?
The Headline.........
Phelps ties Spitz's with seventh gold
You're kidding, right?
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