Woot the USA swim team owns.

[eXo]

That was awesome especially since the french guy that got beaten at the end was on record as saying that he was going to crush the americans. The last like 25 meters became a dogfight ... we all know how the french feel about conflict which explains why they lost.

[CelestialBlade]

That was so awesome seeing the guys get the 4x1 relay record Go USA!

[Leviathan]

Ahhhh. It was amazing.

BEST. FINISH. EVER!

Lol, Michael Phelps makes a great cheerleader.

[Shiro_Ryuu]

I'm more than anything glad that Phelps shut up the trash talkers. I just love to see trash talkers lose like that, best way to shut them up.

[CelestialBlade]

Made even better from how laid-back and cool Phelps is.

[TheOneHero]

Just shows you don't screw with America, unless America is screwing you.

The race was flippin' awesome.

[Thalui89]

Course the UK did mighty fine in the womens swimming, one gold medal and a bronze from it. 2 britons on the same podium. Thats impressive ;P. Ofcourse I'm bias :P

[BlackRose]

It is a pretty amazing thing, and not just the efforts of the american athletes. Swimming is an extremely difficult sport; I would bet that the average person would be hard pressed to stay afloat for 30 minutes. They say that Phelps swims for four hours every day; and movement through water is extremely inefficient. These people work like no others can, and sometimes it's still not enough to be the best. I watched the swim trials here in Omaha, and saw seven people each time go home with nothing to show, despite this herculean effort. Just makes me realize all the more just what those medals mean... to me they're worth more than an oscar, a grammy, and I would say even a medal of honor.

The best in the world.

[CelestialBlade]

Slightly unrelated but I didn't want to make a whole new topic just for this:

GO USA GIRL'S GYMNASTICS. Nastia and Shawn deserved to finish 1-2 and they did it in amazing fashion, even with the judges trying to screw them out of it. Take that, China.

[TheOneHero]

Especially since the Chinese were under-age. =/