Michael Phelps wins his 8th Gold Medal! Absolutely amazing! Phelps won his 7th Gold Medal, beating Serbia’s Milorad Cavic by only a hundredth of a second! See Michael Phelps 100 meter butterfly 7th gold medal video below.
Update: Michael Phelps just won his eighth gold medal, breaking Mark Spitz’s record!
Michael Phelps had been perfect thus far, and Saturday was no different. The mens 4X100 medley relay was the last swimming event of the 2008 Olympics in Beijing and it was Phelps last bid for a gold medal. Just as he had done in his previous 7 events, he won Gold. Phelps’ 8th gold of the 2008 games breaks US swimmer Mark Spitz’s record of 7 golds in one year.
Phelps admitted to being overwhelmed after achieving his feat, and was quick to pay tribute to his US team-mates.
“I don’t even know what to feel right now,” Phelps said.
“There’s so much emotions going through my head and so much excitement. I kind of just want to see my mom.
“Without the help of my teammates this isn’t possible.
“I was able to be a part of three relays and we were able to put up a solid team effort and we came together as one unit.
“For the three Olympics I’ve been a part of, this is by far the closest men’s team that we’ve ever had.
“I didn’t know everybody coming into this Olympics, but I feel going out I know every single person very well. The team that we had is the difference.”
He added: “Nothing is impossible
“With so many people saying it couldn’t be done, all it takes is an imagination, and that’s something I learned and something that helped me.”
Phelps 7th Gold Medal win by one hundredth of a second will go down in history. Michael Phelps said of his close race, “When I took that last stroke, I thought I lost the race, but it turns out that was the difference,” Phelps said after setting an Olympic record at 50.58 seconds. “I had no idea the race was that close.”
When Phelps saw he had touched the wall first and won, he was really emotional. Michael Phelps put his fists up and slapped both hands on the water. Phelps is normally low-key so it was nice to see his excitement.
“I feel a little bit of everything - relief, excitement, everything,” he said. “I had to take my goggles off to make sure the ‘1′ was next to my name. When I saw the 50.58 and the 50.59 and I saw the ‘1′ next to my name, that’s when I sort of let my roar out.”
Cavic and Phelps were going at it but Phelp’s powerful stroke kicked into overdrive, and he began passing all the other swimmers. But it still looked as if Cavic was going to win. Even at the very end, Cavic appeared to be ahead of Phelps, but Phelps’ long arms hit the wall first.
Cavic’s coach at first protested the win, but officials confirmed the result, saying the overhead camera and touch pad provided sufficient evidence that Phelps touched first.
“I know I’m fast in the first 50, and I know Michael would be chasing me down at the end,” Cavic said. “The last 15 meters there was no point to look over, I knew he was there. I saw his shadow in the side of my goggle and I knew he was coming.
“It’s too bad we couldn’t have both finished at 50.58. It would have great to share that gold medal. … If it was up to me, I would drop the protest. I’m stoked with what happened and very, very happy. I don’t want to fight this.”
Michael Phelps was like superman as he had to pass all the other swimmers to pull out the win!
“When I took that last stroke, I thought I lost the race there, but it turns out that was the difference,” said Phelps, who’s almost certain to pick up his eighth gold in tomorrow’s 4 x 100 medley relay (broadcast tonight at 10:58 EDT), which the Americans never have lost at Olympus. “I’m at a loss for words.”
Phelps himself was very surprised at his 7th gold medal win!
“I have seven out of seven so far,” said Phelps, who’ll swim the butterfly leg on the medley relay. “I don’t know what to say.”
Michael Phelps won his eighth gold medal! He broke Mark Spitz’s record!
Phelps is nice to watch even if he doesn’t win, cute face and sexy bod, don’t you guys think?
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