Probably one of the most exciting things about this summer (for me, at least) is the international athletic event now taking place in Beijing, China. The Olympics is such a great sporting event 
because every athlete that is competing there has toiled and struggled to become the best, searching for glory and gold. The stories of triumph are endless, but one in particular from this olympics is still exciting and thrilling when I think about it. All of you swimmers (like me) were probably watching intently last night as the men's 4x100 meter freestyle relay stepped up to the block. Their rival, France, had previously made statements that the reason why they were there was to "smash" the USA - an obvious challenge. Michael Phelps led off the USA very strongly, breaking the American 100 freestyle record. However, France quickly took over the lead during the 2nd and 3rd legs. With Phelps's eight gold me
dal quest on the line, Jason Lezak stepped up to the block. Posting the fastest relay split in history, Lezak overtook Alain Bernard of France in the last 10 meters of the race, outtouching him by just hundreths of a second.
because every athlete that is competing there has toiled and struggled to become the best, searching for glory and gold. The stories of triumph are endless, but one in particular from this olympics is still exciting and thrilling when I think about it. All of you swimmers (like me) were probably watching intently last night as the men's 4x100 meter freestyle relay stepped up to the block. Their rival, France, had previously made statements that the reason why they were there was to "smash" the USA - an obvious challenge. Michael Phelps led off the USA very strongly, breaking the American 100 freestyle record. However, France quickly took over the lead during the 2nd and 3rd legs. With Phelps's eight gold me
dal quest on the line, Jason Lezak stepped up to the block. Posting the fastest relay split in history, Lezak overtook Alain Bernard of France in the last 10 meters of the race, outtouching him by just hundreths of a second. As Phelps and his team rejoiced over their miraculous victory, I'm sure that the rest of the United States was celebrating too. I don't know about anybody else, but I'd rank this as one of the greatest races I've ever seen. Ever. Talk about amazing!
Pics: Men's relay celebrates in their awesome LZR Racers, Phelps rejoices.
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this is the kind of race that i live for!!
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