Michael Phelps...

[Xavier]

Good lord, I thought for sure he'd gotten a silver, Phelps is just ridiculous. Record tied.

[Zenoch]

Good lord, I thought for sure he'd gotten a silver, Phelps is just ridiculous. Record tied.

Ha! Same here...freaking insane. What an incredible race.

[Akiyama]

Man.. what an amazing race. I was at a loss for words for a while. So fucking close.

[Korietsu]

Its official. His new name is Jaws. Coming back and biting people in the ass at the last second!

[Kimiko]

1 more to go, and that one is one the Americans (iirc) have never lost. I'm just worried about the incredible level of scrutiny this will put Phelps under. 8 golds in one games in this day and age will leave a lot of people wondering how he's done it.

edit: ding, post 1000

[Maguspk]

1 more to go, and that one is one the Americans (iirc) have never lost. I'm just worried about the incredible level of scrutiny this will put Phelps under. 8 golds in one games in this day and age will leave a lot of people wondering how he's done it.

edit: ding, post 1000

Training and superior swimwear. Swimwear being the big factor.

[Kimiko]

Training and superior swimwear. Swimwear being the big factor.

More likely...

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[Colm]

As Colm said, TSN shows a small amount of coverage in the day, usually different then CBCs. I've never heard of this Bold station though.

Bold is a re-branding of CBC Country Canada, to reflect the change in programming. They're showing more uncut drama and comedy shows, I believe. It's supposed to be kind of like HBO for Canada.

On-topic: That 7th medal was really close. o_o Barely out-touched Cavic. But it seems the 8th medal is a formality though, given the Americans' history in the event.

[Enkidu]

Training and superior swimwear. Swimwear being the big factor.

Meh... Spitz did 7 races more then 30 years ago. It has less to do with swimwear and more to do with training and genetics.

Swimwear figures in with world records, but even there it's somewhat minor compared to other factors.

[Rigor]

Don't jinx it!!

Think about the symbolism winning that 8th gold medal would be: 8 gold medals, opening ceremony being 8/8/08, and it being 2008. Pretty cool. Also since iirc 8 is a lucky number in some asian countries.

[SephYuyX]

Any videos of this stuff?

[Rigor]

They have some of the games on this site: http://www.nbcolympics.com/ but im not entirely sure if they have the primetime events up there.

[Akiyama]

They just showed a repeat of the race before the Costas/Phelps/Spitz interview. This interview has been pretty good.

[Boyiee]

Watched it at work with my partner. We were in shock. The reactions of his family, his coaches, and pretty much everyone there was priceless. It could not have been any closer, literally.

Well we can pretty much garuntee he's got the 8th in the bag, really this was the last bump in the road. I was saying for sure he'd get 7, and not 8, but now they have their best event in front of them and unless a DQ or something retarded happens, like a swimming injury (inorite?) then good for him. Grats on his cool mil from speedo by winning that 7th tonight. The million dollar race.

[terranova]

lol, someone doesn't understand the point of sportsmanship and competition.

Also, you're dumb

Actually I do understand the concept >_>.

Secondly, I've been called worse things but more moronic people, just take a number and get in line.

[Maguspk]

Meh... Spitz did 7 races more then 30 years ago. It has less to do with swimwear and more to do with training and genetics.

Swimwear figures in with world records, but even there it's somewhat minor compared to other factors.

Well you better tell that to all the people covering the events who are saying the swimsuits are a big factor. They have been terrible wrong for so long

[Foof]

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lawl

when's his last race scheduled to run?

[Akiyama]

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lawl

when's his last race scheduled to run?

Wow. Fucking LOL. That's great.

Also uh.. around 9 PM CDT I think. I can't remember for sure. Check yahoo for the schedule. Should be up there.

[Remyo]

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lawl

when's his last race scheduled to run?

sunday the 400 IM relay? i think or the 800 anyway the US hasn't lost it in recent times iirc, thats pretty funny btw.

[Ramor]

*little late*
dammit Ian Crocker! I had some serious hopes up for you that you'd (unfortunately) win the 100 fly =( but really well played by phelps, again with the .01 win situation