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What happened in the men's 4x100 freestyle relay yesterday at the Water Cube in Beijing was probably the greatest moment this Olympic Games will see, and we're only three days in. This race had all the makings for a classic. The French team, which was the favorite and has the 100-meter freestyle world-record holder (each swimmer swims 100 meters), Alain Bernard. Yes, his name's Alain. But that's beside the point. Bernard was quoted as saying the French team was coming to Beijing to "smash the Americans." The NBC announcers even said they'd broken down the race hundreds of times in their heads and saw no way the Americans could win and keep Michael Phelps' hopes of eight gold medals in a single Games alive. Phelps led off the race and had the U.S. in second place when he gave way to the second and third legs. As anchor Jason Lezak took the pool, the veteran of three Olympics was in bad shape. Bernard had a full body-length lead after 350 meters. Lezak began creeping back into contention but it still appeared he wouldn't have a shot at catching the French. Then, it happened, sending Phelps and his teammates into a primal celebration that had to have been so much sweeter standing right next to their French rivals. As the NBC folks said last night... "Who's talking now?" |
