Michael Phelps with his 8th Olympic gold
And there he does it finally, he surpassed the Olympic record holders Carl Lewis and Paavo Nurmi, for the ‘most single sportsman golds’. Phelps broke the record Spitz set in Munich in 1972, and which was once thought to be unassailable
Michael Phelps made history today by winning eight gold medals in one Olympics while Australia claimed silver in the men’s medley relay.
The 23-year-old Phelps took a nasty stumble last October that imperiled his pursuit of Mark Spitz’s single Games record of seven gold medals. He slipped on a patch of ice and fell while climbing into a friend’s car in Michigan and broke his right wrist.
Phelps got a standing ovation in Beijing from the packed 17,000 capacity stadium as he acknowledged his historic win.
“The Beijing Olympics has witnessed the greatest Olympian of all time — Michael Phelps of the USA,” the announcer said
Phelps won five individual gold medals and was part of three winning relays. The most nerve-racking relay race was the 400 freestyle relay Monday, when anchor Jason Lezak caught France’s Alain Bernard in the final 10 meters and out-touched him at the wall.
The most gut-churning individual race for Phelps was Saturday’s 100 butterfly victory by one-hundredth of a second.
He has without any doubt proved to be one of the greatest Olympic sportsperson. You are the Supreme Olympian
Here I would like to quote Mark Spitz once again:
“It goes to show you that not only is this guy the greatest swimmer of all time and the greatest Olympian of all time, he’s maybe the greatest athlete of all time. He’s the greatest racer who ever walked the planet.
You did it Mike, now go have fun, enjoy that hip-hop music, texting with your buddies and wearing your cap backward
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