In one of the closest and most dramatic races I have ever witnesses in swimming, Michael Phelps, just an hour ago won his 7th Gold medal of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing China. Phelps, in the 100m Butterfly, won the race. Having said this, at first look, everyone in the arena thought Michael Phelps had come in second and won the Silver.
The race was so close, that from a naked eye probably all 100 million people watching the Olympics on NBC thought Phelps had come shy of his 7th Gold metal. Even his mom put up 2 fingers signifying 2nd place. The 100m (Meter) Butterfly is ones of Phelp’s less dominant races, however most expected him to win by more the the 0.01 second he did. Milorad Cavic of Serbia took the silver with a time of 50.59 seconds, just missing the Gold to Phelps who ran the 100m in 50.58 seconds. Phelps’s 7th gold medal made him match Mark Spitz’s record of seven gold medals at a single Olympics.
All I can say is that these Olympic games have been more memorable to me then any Olympics I ever recall. Granted I am only 32 years old, however, between this race, the 200meter really ion which Phelps and company overcame a huge gap in the final 20 meters to win gold, as well as numerous other exciting events, I have been more excited then I was even when I favorite NFL franchise, the Giants won the Superbowl last year!
Aug 15 2008
Michael Phelps 100m Butterfly Race
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Jun 01 2008
100m World Record Broken
The 21 year old Jamaican, Usain Bolt has broken the world record for the 100m (100 meter) track and field event. Bolt’s time of 9.72 seconds at the Reebok Grand Prix meeting in New York broke the previous record of 9.74 seconds set by compatriot Asafa Powell. The amazing thing about this race was it was only Bolts fifth race at this distance, yet he still managed to knock 0.02 seconds off the record time.
When asked if he thought he was going to break the record for the 100m, or had a chance at the record, a confident Usain Bolt stated: “I had an idea (the record was on) because I ran in Trinidad and I ran pretty bad and still ran 9.92, so I was pretty confident coming here.”
