Posted on 08/12/2008 8:45:22 PM PDT by rawhide
Michael Phelps is 5-for-5 in his quest for eight golds in Beijing. After winning his fourth gold of these Olympics with a first-place showing in the 200 butterfly, his 4x200 freestyle team claims first for his fifth gold and a record 11th gold of his career.
Breaking news headline only
This guy is AMAZING! Keep it up Michael. Go USA.
Another world record, by the way. 4.68 seconds off the old mark.
Thanks for the update. I’m on the west coast, so if I stay up to see this on NBC, it will probably be 11:30 before I get to bed.
SPOILER!!!!!
Hey thanks for spoiling it for me! Now I dont have to stay up and watch it.
Here is NBC’s Olympic website for up to the minute coverage and results: http://www.nbcolympics.com/swimming/?forcereload=true
You’re very welcome. Nighty-night.
First time under 7 minutes, wow, I was really impressed. Phelps was like half of the pool length ahead when the second leg started to swim. Go USA!
That said, you're still an inconsiderate clod for posting this in the fashion in which you did.
Holder of 10 world records already Spitz predicted brashly he would win six golds at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. However, he won only two team golds: the 4 x 100 meter freestyle, and the 4 x 200 meter freestyle relays. In addition, Spitz finished 2nd in the 100 m butterfly. In this event he was beaten by fellow American Doug Russell by 1/2 a second despite holding the world record and having beaten Russell in the previous 10 times they had swam against each other in that year.[2] Russell did briefly match Spitz's world record in late August of 1967, holding the world record equally with Spitz for five days before Spitz regained it solely on October 2 1967.
As a result of being beaten by Russell, Spitz did not get to swim in the 4 x 100 m Medley Relay which gave Russell his second Gold medal and the USA team another World Record swim. He also finished third in the 100 m freestyle at the same games.
At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich (West Germany), Spitz was back to maintain his bid for the six gold medals. He did even more, winning seven Olympic gold medals, a feat still unequaled by any other athlete in a single Olympiad. Further, Spitz set a new world record in each of the seven events (the 100 m freestyle, 200 m freestyle, 100 m butterfly, 200 m butterfly, 4 x 100 m freestyle relay, 4 x 200 m freestyle relay and the 4 x 100 m medley relay).
Spitz became one of only four Olympic greats to win nine career gold medals, together with Larissa Latynina, Paavo Nurmi, and Carl Lewis.[3] At the 2008 Summer Olympics, Michael Phelps briefly joined the elite group, until he surpassed them by winning his 10th and 11th career gold medals, only a day after his ninth.
If you had gone to Fox News, CBS Sportsline, ESPN, and many other news or sports websites, you would have seen the same as what I had posted.
Here's a an idea......
Don't act like one.
This guy is just amazing!! In fact the entire American swim team is pretty damned awesome.
This guy is just amazing!! In fact the entire American swim team is pretty damned awesome.
This guy is just amazing!! In fact the entire American swim team is pretty damned awesome.
Off to bed early. No need to stay up now.
If the result is in the thread title, a [SPOILER ALERT!] does no good.
The thread title needs to change.
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