Just a few hours ago, I watched what could have been one of his happiest races in the Men's 4x100m medley relay. His team were all very professional which contributed to the winning of his 8th gold. However, the Australian team also put up a tough fight for the USA team. The second swimmer for USA was trailing behind others but Phelps, who was the third swimmer, helped recover USA's lead over the other teams with his superb butterfly strokes. The final swimmer for USA maintained the lead and comfortably led the team to their gold medal.
Phelps is an amazing guy in my opinion. Even under so much pressure from the media and so many eyes looking out for him, he can still pull off his races in style. The most epic race would have to be the Men's 100m butterfly in which he worn by one-hundredth of a second. He was in seventh position for the first part of the race but somehow he managed to chase up and snag the gold medal from under Cavic's(his competitor)nose. The video is here. See it and believe it for yourself.
He managed to position himself so that he managed to perform one more swing with his hands and touch the panel before Cavic did. The poor Cavic didn't have enough space to do another swing and had to "glide" his fingers to the panel, in which would be a bit slower. Nothing to say. If the distance was just a little longer, Phelps would have lost. But I guess this is drama for the Olympics. If there is no drama in the Olympics, it wouldn't be half as interesting.
The imba guy celebrating after garnering his 8th gold medal.
Also, the table tennis team for Singapore has a game later at 7.30pm. I wish them the best of luck. No matter the colour of the medal, they have already done proud for Singapore by winning Singapore's first olympics medal since independence. 加油Singapore！
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