Saturday, November 1, 2008

This photo is from the Bejing Olympics this last summer. It shows the U.S men's 4X100 freestyle relay team who won the gold despite what everyone thought. The odds were against them, as the French were heavily favored to win it. Michael Phelps needed this gold medal to beat out Mark Spitz for the most gold medals won at a single Olympics, and thanks to the help of Jason Lezak, a much older swimmer and anchor of the team they won the race. Lezak swam the fastest split for that race ever and came back in the last fifty meters to overtake the French. The French had been trash talking before the race, which only angered and motivated the U.S team. This was not too smart on the Frenchie's part. They were shocked to find that the U.S team had come back after such a lead, but it was only fair because trash talkers never win, and winners never trash talk.

1 comment:

ERIN'S BLOG!!!!! said...

WOW!!! did you go to the olympics? That last statement totally true!!!!! I <3 Michael Phelps and the US mens swimming team!