“It can’t be described. We’ll never, ever see it again,” said Australian distance king Grant Hackett, who came up short in his bid to win a third straight 1,500 freestyle title.
BEIJING (AP)—Michael Phelps locked arms with his three teammates, as though they were in a football huddle calling a play, then hugged each one of them.
With his long arms whirling across the water like propellers, Phelps caught the two guys ahead of him on the return lap and passed off to Lezak a lead of less than a second for the freestyle. The Australians countered with former world record-holder Eamon Sullivan as their anchor.
“I was thinking not to blow the lead,” Lezak said. “I was really nervous.”
Spitz’s iconic performance was surpassed by a swimmer fitting of this generation: a 23-year-old from Baltimore who loves hip-hop music, texting with his buddies and wearing his cap backward.
“I don’t even know what to feel right now,” Phelps said. “There’s so much emotion going through my head and so much excitement. I kind of just want to see my mom.”
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