I Stand Corrected…
I had made the mistake early last week before Michael Phelps got on the block for his first race, saying that he would “probably bring home a medal.” God am I an idiot.
Not only did Phelps bring home a gold in that event, he broke a world record.
Then he went on to win six more gold medals, a total of seven. Along the way the twenty-one year old broke five world records. Seven ties the all-time record for Gold medals in one international event set by American Mark Spitz in the 1972 Munich Olympics.
Phelps stood a good chance of grabbing hold of a new record eighth gold in the 400 medley relay, but teammate Ian Crocker entered the pool too early and caused the American team to be disqualified.
Phelps super human efforts exploded the Americans past the Chinese, past the Austrailians and past the Russians to the front of the pack at the Worlds with 21 golds and 40 total medals.
So yes, I stand corrected in the prediction that the US swim team needed a boatload of practice to be ready for Beijing in ‘08. Apparently they don’t need any practice, they just need Michael Phelps to race every event and they’ll sweep the golds.
Michael Phelps, FINA, swimming world championships, swimming gold medal, swimming world records
April 3rd, 2007 at 11:18 am
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