After what may have been arguably the tightest race of the whole Olympic games, Michael Phelps captured his record-tying 7th Gold Medal. He defeated Serbia’s Cavic by one hundredth of a second in the 100m Butterfly. His finishing time was 50.58, while Cavic’s was 50.59.
Phelps headed into the turn trailing, but finished in the final reach to tie Mark Spitz for the most Gold Medals of all-time. More to come later.
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Wow that’s the second close call for Phelps!
that race was amazing i really though he’d get 2nd
Supposedly, the Serbian team was protesting something about the end of the race, I guess they felt Cavic should have won. Although, the technology group in the Olympics responsible for the timings have denied their protest.
Wanna see how close this was?
http://assets.espn.go.com/photo/2008/0815/oly_g_phelps8_sw_412.jpg
Phelps is the one on the right in the pic
[...] Breaking News: Michael Phelps Wins 7th Gold Medal After what may have been arguably the tightest race of the hole into games, Michael Phelps captured his record-tying 7th Gold Medal. He defeated Russia’s Cavic by one hundreth of a second in the 100m Butterfly. … [...]