Phelps swims into history, wins 7th Olympic gold
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SushiSake3
Awesome stuff - what a haul!
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SushiSake3
LFRAgain - "web site plug"?
Gasp! I think you are right! :-)
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chibaman
Alright I will! Later.
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Smythe
The part that cought my attention is his mother either slipped of fainted when she realized he had won AGAIN. One will never know.
Without question Michael Phelps was one of the most outstanding to represent the USA at these Summer Games. He did something that most of simply did not expect.
As I said befoe some of the good must have rubbed off him since most of the swimmers were setting faster paces then previously.
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RomeoRamenII
Heh, wanna bet Cavic regrets clipping his fingernails last night?
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RomeoRamenII
Imagine how fired up this will make Michael Phelps for his last race. I pity the fools who'll be in that wake.
USA!! USA!!! USA!!!!
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rajakumar
Way to go Baltimore torpedo(Michael Phelps).
8 Olympic medals record haul coming soon,in the O80808 olympic games show in China.
The popularity of 2008 Olympic show, gets better via Michael Phelps.
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Sarge
Princess - Phelps beat the Serbian guy by 1/100th of a second. In competitive swimming, one hundreth of a second is a lifetime. You must respect him!
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ExPrinceska
Sarge, the Serbian guy is my hero who beat Phelps.
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Sarge
Princess - The judges say my hero Phelps won. You'll have to take it up with them.
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franknbeans
Um, When I watched medals being awarded and saw all the replays, I saw Phelps win and I saw the Serbian get a silver medal. Why is it people are so angry with Phelps superior abilities and training.
I have been watching this site for some time, and it really seems that many of the posters here a attempting to be revisionsits while history is still occuring.
Please can someone explain this for me?
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Sarge
Phelps is a winner because he listens to rap music on his ipod until 2 minutes before the race. I'm going to start doing that before I play my friend who always beats me in badminton.
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cleo
Oooer. Was that another sulky silver, then?
Well done Becky Adlington.
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ExPrinceska
So sad, Sarge, so sad...today is very bad day indeed! Butterfly swimming is the swimming that requires the most power and technique and it was obvious that the Serbian guy has more power, strength, speed and is more technical than Phelps. It is a real misfortune that because of a technical fault Phelps was awarded gold medal. :( so sad
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USNinJapan2
ExPrinceska
For heaven's sake will you give it up? Michael Phelps has/does not use illegal performance enhancing drugs and he didn't finish second in this race. He finished first. I don't know what you have against this superb athlete. Even the Serbs (after initially protesting and forcing FINA to review the video) have accepted the fact that Phelps touched the wall first, but I guess you know better is that it? Milorad Cavic turned out not to be a sore loser but evidently the same can't be said for you.
From the full AP story on Yahoo news:
The Serbian delegation filed a protest, but conceded that Phelps won after reviewing the tape provided by FINA, swimming’s governing body. USA Swimming spokeswoman Jamie Olsen said the tape was slowed to one frame every 10-thousandth of a second to make sure Phelps actually touched first.
It was impossible to tell on regular-speed replays.
“We filed the protest but it is already over,” said Branislav Jevtic, Serbia’s chief of mission for all sports. “They examined the video and I think the case is closed. The video says (Phelps) finished first.
“In my opinion, it’s not right, but we must follow the rules. Everybody saw what happened.”
FINA referee Ben Ekumbo of Kenya said there was no doubt who won after a review of the super-slow replay.
“It was very clear that the Serbian swimmer touched second after Michael Phelps,” he said. “One was stroking and one was gliding.”
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franknbeans
And since what you say is equally as wrong as what you type, we believe you.
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USNinJapan2
If you're not concerned with looking like a complete fool then go right ahead...
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HonestDictator
I watched the race myself. If you go by the video you're going to be misguided.
Exprinceska, there are sensors that determine who touches the wall first. The judges not only had to go by video but by what the sensors showed. The Serbs protested and after the match they even went through to the ones the technicians in charge of reading those sensors. Whether you like it or not, Phelps won fair and square even though it was by a hair thin margin. That Serbian was VERY close but during the last few seconds he chose to glide to the finish where as Phelps kept pushing until he hit the wall. I think he would have won if he just kept pushing too but he didn't.
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flammenwerfer
Anyone here remember Matt Biondi and Antony Nesty of Suriname? this is a real case of Dejavu.
In the 1988 Olympics in the same race - the 100 butterfly. The US hero Biondi, glided the last 50cms and was pipped by 0.01 secs by a better timed stroke at the finish by the massive underdog Nesty. B.T.W - A full two seconds slower than yesterdays race
Pretty freaky.
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