Sunday, August 17, 2008

Lightning Bolt and Lightning Phelps

CNN reports on the historic eighth gold medal for Michael Phelps.

Phelps won some races by ridiculously large margins, others with the closest of finishes -- most memorably, his seventh gold by one-hundredth of a second over Serbia's Milorad Cavic in the 100 fly.

What fantastic Olympic action!

For many of us, an even more exciting and awe-inspiring performance was that of the Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt. The lead he took and ease with which he won the race, setting a new world record along the way, was just phenomenal. The New York Times has the story.



Top 10 Medal Winners

COUNTRY Gold Medal Silver Medal Bronze Medal TOTAL
United States flag iconUnited States 17 18 22 57
China flag iconChina 28 13 9 50
Australia flag iconAustralia 8 10 11 29
France flag iconFrance 3 9 10 22
Russia flag iconRussia 5 8 8 21
South Korea flag iconSouth Korea 7 9 4 20
Germany flag iconGermany 9 5 5 19
Britain flag iconBritain 8 3 7 18
Japan flag iconJapan 7 5 6 18
Italy flag iconItaly 6 5 5 16

1 comment:

  1. Bolt was soooo much better than the rest of the field. He started to celebrate 15 yards from the finish line! That's insane!

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