OlderMichael Phelps: One More Gold To Rule Them All!
Swim-king Michael Phelps wins his 7th gold model of the 2008 Olympics games with a win in the 100-meter butterfly on Friday in Beijing, China.
Although Phelps, 23, has been used to winning by substantial margins, he proved he could win the tough race by eclipsing Milorad Cavic of Serbia by 0.01 seconds! Phelps finished the race in 50.58 seconds and for the first time, didn’t set a new world record.
American Ian Crocker, who is the current world record-holder, finished off the medal stand in fourth place.
Phelps now only needs a gold in his final 4×100 medley relay on Saturday night to win a record eight gold medals in one Olympics. He will surpass Mark Spitz, who initially set the record at 7 gold medals.
CONGRATS MICHAEL PHELPS! GOOD LUCK TOMORROW!
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I love him!!! CONGRATS!!!!
serbia just filed a complaint….lame
I hope he wins!
HELL YESSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
NUMBER ONE IN SWIMMING FOREVERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!
I LOVE MICHAEL PHELPS FOREVERRRRRRRRR
Wow! Go Phelps. What a bod! Those bitter Serbs are so jealous.
woowoooo!!! i hope he wins!!! i love him! go phelps!
Wow, he’s fugly. I bet you girls will only go for him just to get those medals
who the hell is serbia?
michael is gonna win this hands down, he needs to win a medal in hottness..lol
CONGRATS MICHAEL! GOOD LUCK TOMORROW!
he’s sooooo amazing! i was freaking out during his race!
I love him!!! CONGRATS!!!!
I am COMPLETELY IN LOVE WITH HIM!
hess soo hott.
and the best swimmer ever..
hes a world history guy.
and the guy from serbia..
lost hahahahaha tells you how
bad of a loser he is.
Yeah! go micheal! I saw it when it happened it was so amazing!
good luck
hes awesome
omg that race was so close between him and the serb! he won but i was freaking out
HE’s freaking hot.
the serbs’ protest was denied.
phelps won fair and square.
aquaman lives to swim another day.
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It’s official…the complaint didn’t fly.
GO MICHAEL!
OMG!! Serbia was ONE INCH close to winning. I wanted ANYONE to win but Phelps. He’s so overrated.
Yeah, “Oprah”…you wish you were so fugly…
CONGRATULATIONS, MICHAEL!!!!!
You’re awesome!! You’re the best!!
But don’t let it go to your head…LOL
GO MICHAEL PHELPS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
he’s gorgeous, and amazing and i know he’s gonna go 8 for 8<3
he’s gorgeous, and amazing and i know he’s gonna go 8 for 8<3
I wish you had hidden the results somehow. You’ve ruined what I expected to watch in about 2 hours.
I wonder when the hell the Olympics were playing today. Apparently not at 10 AM. Too bad I missed it. Anyway know a good channel for replays, east coast time?
god bless, michael phelps… and god bless the usa! we rock!
He is so amazing! Congrats, Michael!
i was wondering when you were going to post about the olympics :)
That last race definitely made me nervous, Phelps won by such a small margin. He is amazing!
phenomenal guy - absolutely blemin fabulous.
Seriously though. I just saw this live, and its extremely hard to say who really touched the wall first. Phelps won because of his long ass fingers. But congrats anyways. He deserves all the success he has earned.
ahah this is hilarious….i was watching the race live…the serb totally won…even the commentators said it on the instant replay (on NBC)…but it was pretty funny how afterwards they changed their tune and they started praising him!
to me it’s a kinda controversial win for phelps, but congrats to him…it’s not like he’s undeserving…
#7 what is wrong with you. Michael Phelps is over there in the Olympic representing his country just like all the other athletes representing their own country. These athletes have been training since they were kids with long hard hours every day. They should be respected as heros. They are not Hollowood and Broadway celebrities. To me they are more respected by worldwide than Hollowood and Broadway celebrities.
Congrat to Michael Phelps. USA are proud of you.
GOOOOOOO PHELPS ! =]
He is an exceptional swimmner but to say he is hot? come on! Not so much.
YES! GO MICHAEL PHELPS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
&& I was so happy that Nastia and Shawn took gold and silver yesterday at gymnastics!
USA is proving how great of a country we are!
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hes god
Jared, love the Olympics & Phelps coverage! Could we please have a post on Nastia Liukin & Shawn Johnson?
he is not overrated. michael phelps has been swimming since he was like 7 years old. personally i think the people that are overrated are celebs like brad and angie. and people who live in the paps cam lenses. not swimmers that are in the olympics. he is not overrated. he is a gorgeous and he won he touched the wall first they are probably sensors in the walls. football and baseball players now they are overrated.
And they say professional wrestling is crooked! The Serb won by at least a second!
your amazing…. congradulations !!!!!!!
We TIVO’d it and replayed it frame by frame at our house. Phelps definitely touched first, but if I hadn’t watched it in slo-mo, I would have never guessed. Thank goodness for the sensors in the wall so there cannot be any doubt or controversy over who won. LOVE IT! He won because he was smart enough to take another half stroke which gave him more momentum than just lunging like the Serb did. Even the Serb (who lives and trains in America) knew it was a done deal. It was his coach and team that were just going through the motions by protesting. What an exciting race.
The swimming races are determined by electronic touch. How can you think that in that second it takes the times to display that somehow it was rigged? Come on people, use your heads.
You Yanks are incredible! The Serbian is an American too! But he doesn’t have Speedo putting the tix in for him. Wake up you all!
Very gracious comments after the race by Mark Spitz. I was impressed.
Congratulations Michael. You are a human speedboat, go for 8 tomorrow.
ahaha HE DIDN’T WIN…you can CLEARLY SEE THE SERB TOUCHING THE WALL….and his hands are out of the water reaching towards the wall (there are sensors on the wall, whether or not the serb touched the wall hard enough for the sensors to go off…who knows…but on NBC, as soon as it happened they replayed it and the commentators said that “they got it wrong”…then 2 minutes later, after the americans started celebrating, they continued to replay it and changed their tune saying “OH WOW IT WAS SO CLOSE…HE’S AMAZING BLAH BLAH”….
good for phelps, he’s a phenomenal athlete….but to me the win just isn’t as special as it coulda been if he had CLEARLY won
GO MICHAEL! You are amazing and an inspiration to others! You can do it, I’ll be watching tomorrow. Try to find another article to fire you up! GOOOD LUCK !
CONGRATUALATIONS ON GETTING THIS FAR!
– alll gold + new WORLD records/OLYMPIC records!
-Lyna
he’s soooooooooo fast bug god is he fug or what
Congrats Michael! you are the best!
i thought he won 11 already????
GO PHELPS!!!
Phelps is a beast! I hope he gets number eight!
I think his body is hot as hell. From the neck up, he’s a little goofy looking. Not fug, just ‘different’. I think it makes him cute in a strange way. IMHO
Phelps is freakin’ awesome.
He’s definitely gonna get the 8 and become a freakin’ ledgend.
he did a great job and **** the serbs!!!!
hes the best,,but i dont find him attractive lol
hes a livin legend yo
phelps phan:P
that looked sooooooo close, it really did look like the serb touched first.. but whatever, he seemed pretty stoked to get the silver.
michael is amazing.
Go Michael!!!
If you look at the underwater view, it’s clear that MP won. It’s hard tell to tell from up above b/c the Serb glided in and was so close to the wall when MP was mid 1/2 stroke, but he just absolutely crashed into that wall just in time…crazy awesome. BTW all of the walls have electronic sensors that are very very sensitive, so lets stop grasping at straws and just enjoy this!! :)
he’s amazing!
without him the US would have half as many gold medals
Check out the picture on SI.com. Proof that Phelps won. In case anyone is still under the delusion that he didn’t.
LOVE HIM!
GO PHELPS!
SERBIA IS TNE BEST !!!! Cavic let him go to win becauseif he didnt win he couldnt broke Mark Spitz record nothing ellse and we are good people.
He didn’t even break a world record? That is so weak.
milorad cavic deserved to win
he beat michael in both qualifications…
but we all know the rules aren’t the same for everyone when the us is in the game..
Does He have a girl(boy)friend ?
Congrats, though he doesn’t look shocked every time he wins a gold medal because he knows he’s going to win!
he deserves it . HOPE HE WINS IT ALL!!!
awwwww!!!!
go Michael!!!!
love him soooo much!!!
#8, who is serbia? Really? You don’t know that it is a country? That’s sad.
Anyways, way to go Phelps!
argh… what a ugly boy… everyone who believes there is no doping in the game is a looser, come on, you are not soo naive that you dont believe that!
he’s cool, seems down to earth enough. too bad he’s an american, with the entire u.s. media machine going nuts over him it detracts from his performance and simply turns him into another u.s. made ‘hero’.
and wtf is up with phelps not participating in the 100 meters free style? Better known as the KINGS NUMBER! a swimmer that hasnt won that number at the olympics can NEVER be considered the best. I greatly respects phelps, but winning in some number nobody cares about and not participating in the most valued number there is in his sports greatly detracts from his career. anyone with talent can win the numbers he’s won so far, but only the very best can win the 100 meters freestyle.
why do some people here have to talk down on serbia to praise the us?
phelps won, it was close. you could say they both deserved to win.
if it was the other way around, so close but the serb had won, there would be a LOT of complaints from the american part. A LOT!
There is no way that Michael Phelps is overrated. Things like someone’s singing ability and artistic ability can be debated. But in a race where you’ve gotta beat someone fair and square, there is no room for debate; either you win or you don’t. Michael has consistently proven that he can win and beat people resoundingly. He is not overrated because he can and has put up the numbers, most importantly, he’s lived up to expectations.
looks aside, I think he is doing a great job, and I’m very proud that he is making a name for America!
congratz to michael =) he is so friggin AMAZING in the water and hot! i wish him the best of luck on his 8th medal. he diserves it!
GO MICHAEL PHELPS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
CONGRATS MICHAEL HE TRULY IS THE GREATEST OF THEM ALL, HIS REALLY SEXY WHEN HIS IN HIS SWIMMING GEAR, WITHOUT THEM UUUUMMMM NOT SO MUCH!
Here’s the photos to prove it, the Serbian was about to touch with his fingertips but he just didn’t get it, I can’t even explain why he didn’t win it but it just goes to show PHELPS IS OUT OF THIS WORLD PHENOMENAL!
http://multimedia.quotidianonet.ilsole24ore.com/?media=9494&tipo=photo&id=198211&cat_principale_page=1&canale=0&canale_page=1
Elle,
Thanks for the link to the photos of that great Michael Phelps finish. It was unbelievable watching on live TV. Nobody could believe that Phelps won. Even his mother and sisters and coach! He literally swooped in to the wall to touch .01 second ahead. He really wanted it bad. Another great race. I love watching Olympic swimming.
GO PHELPS!!! DO THIS COUNTRY PROUD!!!
Today, I was watching the olympics and saw Michael Phelps winning his 7th gold medal…I’m French and France has only won 3 gold medals overall…MLIC
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It’s too bad people have to come on here and make rude and stupid comments about his wins. He’s won all of his medals; without cheating, without drugs and done so fairly. So stop trying to belittle what this man has done. He’s worked hard for this and deserves all the accolades that go with it. Serbia put up a great fight, so kudos to them. In the end Phelps won.
people on here are RIDICULOUS! they had sensors underwater and it was clear on slow-motion that phelps touched the wall first, it was very very close but he is the winner and serbia should not be such sore of losers and just deal with the fact that phelps beat them even if it was by that small of a margin!! i think that tying mark spitz’s record is more important this time than setting a new world record!
CONGRATS PHELPS! YOU ARE TRULY THE BEST AND THE MOST DESERVING!!!!!!!!!
serbia learn how to lose….seriously
don’t be mad just bc you aren’t as good as phelps
8 gold metals is completely nuts. A .01 second win is still a win! :)
Hey #63, if anything since the games are in CHINA, they would have the advantage.
But there’s no such thing.
There are sensors on the wall that are tested before each race and are 100% ACCURATE.
Phelps deserved to win that race because he pushed into the wall.
Cavic glided.
THAT’S IT.
serbia wasn’t traying to say phelps hadn’t won the gold. they only asked people to check again because they thought it had been a tie.
and anna, it’s comments like yours that make people angry and talking trash about all this. I don’t agree with people saying phelps is overrated, he’s cheating with drugs or whatever. and think he works hard and deserves it. but I also don’t agree with people taling **** about serbia.
you can praise the winner without putting the other one down.
Good job Micheal and thanks for posting Just Jared! He’s great!
GO MICHAEL>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> GO MICHAEL………………GO U S.A…. GO MICHAEL GO MICHAEL GO MICHAEL GO MICHAEL GO MICAHEL GO MICAHEL GO MICAHEL GO MICAHEL GO MICAHEL GO MICAHEL
that was one crazy ass race congratulation to him :D
Hey Dutch: # 70 Dutch
He’s not a US made hero - he worked hard to be a champion since he was 7 years old.
Too bad he’s not Dutch (if you’re from Netherlands). If he was, he probably won’t even win a bronze medal. The media is nuts about him because he’s that GREAT!
And check your facts before you post stupid comments. Michael Phelps WON THE 100 METER FREESTYLE - which is one of the most difficult events.
IDIOT!!!!
he is going to win and the U.S is going to take first place in gold medals
Go Michael!!!
justaham, why would’t he win if he was from netherlands?
he would still be the hard working micheal phelps. that made no sense.
Aww he’s awesome
I hope he wins again.
yayyyyyyy
he’s a fantastic swimmmer :DDD
i wish him the best of luck for the rest of the swimming :PPP
Go USA! and Go Croatia!!!!
i just wanna say that comments like “who the hell is serbia?” and
“Those bitter Serbs are so jealous.” youre juste frikin ignorant if youre saying that so stop ok you shouldnt be even posting such messages if youre that stupid and have no idea about the rest of the world outside the U.S. and yes theres other countries beside the U.S if that’s what you were wondering.
#54 ” and **** the serbs!!!!”
woowww way to prove how mature you are bravoo way to go
people like you shouldn’t be allowed to speak
jr, shut up. the commentators never said that the serb won. they said the serb going under and the water resistance pushing up against his hands COST him the win. the serbian team even put in for a check in the tech booth. the IOC found that he hadn’t touched the wall first by that one hundereth of a second. get your head out of your ass and don’t be such a ******.
GO PHELPS!
The medal is just a piece of metal. Looking at that race the serb had it all the way and really reached the end before phelps but is hand did not connect to the electronic wall immediately and gave Phelps the time to come over a half body length behind to touch first - lost by the length of a fingernail. The serb knows he really won that race and so does Phelps.
hes so hott….i hope hes gets another gold
omgomgomg he woN his 8TH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
LONG LIVE THE USA!!!!
serbia is a country you idiot
wow seriously he deserves it congrats PHELPS! One winner of the world!
I don’t know how people can talk down on him,
how he is not amazing because he didn’t do this race or that race,
how he’s not great by not winning by a huge margin
that he is ugly or that he’s doping or that the race was rigged.
seriously, he’s phenomenal
this isn’t gymnastics or american idol or something where people are judged based on opinions, it’s based on actual data.
he clearly deserves those medals & he knows that this is a team effort
ur a real god of water phelps…:)
omg, he is so awesome! and the race that he won by a nail, that was amazing.
and, like me, he is a full blown mouth breather. oh ya! high five! lol
go phelps, iz yo birfday!
love you man, just keep on swimmin
Not even gold can change the fact that he’ll have to live with that face for the rest of his life.
He looks like he should be changed up in some suburban basement some where. Oh well, congratulations any ways, I guess even inbreds need shiny jewellery too.
Serbia is in Europe, you stupid freaks!!! Do you know anything else accept your ground?!?! Do you know who is Novak Djokovic, Ana Ivanovic and Jelena Jankovic?!?! They are the best tennis players on the world, you stupid freaks!!! They are from Serbia, like Milorad Cavic. Come here and meet country which is twices older than America!!! Meet something thats older than 1492th (thats the year when Columbo disscoverd America, for your information!!!).
And btw, I’m proud that I am from Srbia!!!
Stupid idiots!!!
Michael Phelps is ugly and he has long nails and thats why he touched the wall first, bljak!!!
MILORAD CAVIC WON, BUT WHATEVER!!!
He totally deserved it! He was unblievable! Love him!
He totally deserved it! He was unblievable! Love him!
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