Tonight (or rather Sunday morning in China), Michael Phelps won a record eighth gold medal at the Beijing Olympics as a member of the victorious U.S. 4×100-meter medley relay team. With this win, he breaks a tie with Mark Spitz for most golds in a single Games. Phelps has now won a career total of 16 medals (14 gold), more than any male Olympian in history! Only Soviet Gymnast, Larysa Latynina, has won more medals, winning 18 in the 1950s-60s.
Way to go! See ya in 2012, Mike!
Tags: Beijing, Larysa Latynina, Mark Spitz, Michael Phelps, Olympics, swimming




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August 17, 2008 at 12:15 am
Eric
WOW! And beating the Aussies by more than half a second!! Did you see Constantina Tomescu-Dita, the 38-yr old Romanian, win the women’s marathon?
Eric,
I guess when all is said and done it wasn’t much of a cliff hanger, was it? Yes, I did see T-D win the women’s marathon and her margin of victory was incredible! She was still running for several minutes after she crossed the finish-line.
- JOS