BEIJING — Carl Lewis, the American track and field star of the 1980s and 1990s, said, “The reality is, congratulations.”
Michael Phelps won his sixth gold medal of the Beijing Games on Friday, tying his Athens mark and closing in on Mark Spitz’s record. Phelps blew away the 200m IM field and set a world record.
Soviet-era gymnast Larisa Latynina, in a note, wrote to say, “You have shattered all sort of records with truly inspiring Olympic character.”
And Mark Spitz, the American swimmer whose 1972 mark of seven gold medals in one Olympics Michael Phelps broke with his eighth on Sunday, said, “When I look at Michael and I think of the lore of what he has done over the last four years — it’s more remarkable than myself.”
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August 18th, 2008 at 3:23 am
His feat is truly amazing, something that may never be equalled, much less broken, in the foreseeable future.
Except for a few controversies, this year’s Summer Games is running smoothly. China has been piling up on the golds in the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics Medal Count/Tally since day one. And the US and the rest are having a hard time catching up.
Latest Medal Count/Tally of the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics
August 18th, 2008 at 11:38 am
Hey there. I soooo caught myself staying up past 11 pm to watch Phelps swim. Truly captivating and to top it off, he broke records in 7 of his 8 finals. The man is just amazing. After his last swim, I thought was he said was great. He said something along the lines that if there was no Spitz, there would be no Phelps. Giving homage to great champ before him and acknowledging that we all shoot to be better than those before us. Great stuff.
August 18th, 2008 at 12:05 pm
This young man Michael is truly something that all of us here in the United States and around the world can be proud of!! His mother and sister’s seem like such lovely people, and to think his mother was a single mom and brought him up to be such a honorable young man. He was gracious and just delightful to watch. Thanks for the post.
August 19th, 2008 at 7:51 am
this is a what we call sportsman spirit that he won 8 gold medals in olympics, its really been very tough for him …
i remember some lines by a writer Shiv Khera :
“Winners don’t do different things,
They do things differently”
…good post
August 19th, 2008 at 10:46 pm
Phelps is a monster. He’s probably the only man on the planet who could eat 12,000 calories a day and look like that. :p
August 20th, 2008 at 8:19 am
Yes, Phelps is incredible. Hope he is clean of doping. Many american’s atheletes broke records but few years to go revealed using doping.
August 22nd, 2008 at 10:39 pm
A truly remarkable swimmer. Thanks for the drop.
August 23rd, 2008 at 6:31 am
He is way too cool.
September 18th, 2008 at 5:43 pm
he is amazing!!