Olympics 2008 News
Phelps snatches last-gasp win in 100m butterfly (Urgent)
Aug 16, 2008, 2:20 GMT
Beijing - American superstar Michael Phelps looked beaten on Saturday in the 100m butterfly, but pulled victory out on the last stroke as he beat Serbian Milorad Cavic by just one hundredth of a second.
Phelps' time of 50.58 was an Olympic record.
Bronze went to Australian Andrew Lauterstein in 51.12.
It was Phelps' seventh gold medal at these games and 13th overall, pushing him four gold medals above four athletes who have won a total of nine gold medals.
He has a chance for an unprecedented eight gold medals at one Olympics on Sunday in the men's 4x100 medley relay.
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It really did look like the other swimmer touched first but maybe with not enough force to trigger the machine.
Yeah... They sure did post an enlarged underwater picture. There's no way Phelps got that race... NOT! Like you know what you're talking about. HATER!
bez Aug 16th, 2008 - 02:29:50
There is no way Phelps touched that wall first. In the following days, someone's going post an enlarged underwater picture. There's no way Phelps got that race.
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bezAug 16th, 2008 - 02:29:50
There is no way Phelps touched that wall first. In the following days, someone's going post an enlarged underwater picture. There's no way Phelps got that race.
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