08/11/2008
Phelps Wins Second Gold, Jones Makes History at the Water Cube
Michael Phelps said he lost his voice after winning his second gold medal at the Water Cube in Beijing, as he and his teammates Garrett Weber-Gale, Jason Lezak, and Cullen Jones set a new record in the 4x100 freestyle relay, nudging out France for a time of three minutes 8.24 seconds:
"In the pool, Phelps' attempt at breaking Mark Spitz's record of seven golds in a single Games appeared doomed when France took the lead of the relay at the 250-metre mark. They were 4.03 seconds under world-record pace at 350 metres before Jason Lezak, the oldest American male swimmer at 32, rallied over the closing strokes. Nearly a body length behind Alain Bernard at the final turn, he overtook the Frenchman at the wall by a fingertip."
Phelps will go for his third gold at Tuesday's 200 freestyle final.
Jones made history as well, becoming the first (sorry, make that second) African-American swimmer to win a gold medal.
Posted 9:12 AM EST by Andy Towle in Beijing, China, Michael Phelps, Olympics, Sports, Swimming | Permalink
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Wow..look at that last picture..
Americans cant even kiss the gold medal properly...
Posted by: pft. | Aug 12, 2008 10:49:45 AM
Wow...look at that..
Idiots can't even post messages properly...
Posted by: Jason | Aug 12, 2008 10:57:27 AM