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6 - 7 - 8 DOWN!

History has been made. 8 events. 8 Golds. 8 World records. I know I am kind of late on this post but lately I just haven't been signing into my blogger, on the account that I now longer have steady job haha. But it is alright. I'm back because there is nothing to do during the week.

But I digress, the 8 golds came with their fair share of dramatics. Jason Lezaks come from behind victory in the 2oom relay. As well as the one one-hundreth of a second come fomr behind victory for Phelps in the 100m fly. It was a roller coaster ride and I am glad to have been there to see it all.

Five Down!

Whaddup! Another event and another gold. That puts Phelps at five. Which puts his total at 11. 11 gold medals for this Olympian which is now eclipsing Spitz and Carl Lewis who both only had 9 in their respective Olympics.

The US Relay team won the 4 by 200m freestyle with relative ease in of course world record time.

Four Down!

200m fly. Another win, another gold, another world record. Can't say it enough; he's the most dominant olympian to every compete in the games.

Three Down!

Another world record and another gold medal. Nothing more to really say.

Phelps was never challenged in the 200m and lead from the moment he exploded off the blocks. After 150 metres, he had built a 1.77-second advantage and could have floated to the wall and still won.

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Two Down!

Jason Lezak is the man of the hour. Two golds now for Michael Phelps in what were supposed to be his two toughest events. The US 4 by 100m relay team smashed the world record by four seconds and beat France by .08 seconds. Now those are numbers.

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One Down!

Michael Phelps has one his first gold of 08'. One down and seven to go. He smashed his World and Olympic records for the 400m.

It was a dominating performance and should be an indication of things to come.



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Beijing 2008

Here it is ladies and gentleman. The highly anticipated. Highly picketed. Highly opposed. Summer Olympics of 2008. It's going to be a very very exciting event. Here is why. Michael Phelps is slated to dominate the hydro once more this go around.
This go around Phelps currently holds 25 world records and last Olympics in Athens medaled in 8 events. And walked away with 6 gold and that ties him for an Olympic record as well. Personally I am set on him breaking his own Olympic and world records this year and I am sure it's going to be exciting. Swimming is one of my favorite events because I myself used to swim competitively, I was quite good too. If I stuck with it who knows may I'd be in a lane by Phelps this year. Too bad we'll never know.

Now if Phelps' domination isn't enough to convince you then let me introduce you to the Re-deem team. That's right TEAM USA basketball is back and they mean business this go around. They may be a small team but they're chalked with superstars, superstars who can play some real team ball. Kobe, Lebron, Dwyane, D12 and company all have their work cut out for them. But seriously this team has shown some early signs of powerhouse contendership. Except for the latest game against Australia. They may not be shoe-ins but they are heavily favored. They're not the dream team either but then again...who is.

On the Canadian front we have world class runner Perdita Felicien, and if you remember her from the last Olympics; she was favored to dominate hurdles. She became a household name when she raced in the 100m hurdles and was a shoe-in to win and tripped over the first hurdle. PSYCHE! To save her the emberassment this year Perdita won't be participating in the Olympics due to a foot Injury. And Canada didn't qualify in Basketball. Soooo GO USA GO! How tragic. We really aren't a 2 Olympic nation. Save face Canada, focus on Vancouver 2010.