He got it by.....that much

There has been a lot of controversy on whether Michael Phelps won his 7th gold medal in the Beijing Olympics games, 100m Butterfly, or if he grabbed a silver.

I, myself, even questioned if he won. Cavic was clearly in the lead with inches to go and I watched replays over and over and as much as I love Michael Phelps, I had to go with Cavic on this one.

Thankfully to technology the truth reveals itself.



courtesy: Sports Illustrated

You can clearly see that Michael Phelps' (left of picture) fingers are fully bent backwards from touching the wall. Cavic's hands are still fully extended. This is a clear picture that the technology under scrutiny is accurate to the one one-hundredth of a second.

Michael Phelps is truly remarkable in what he does. He's been getting a tremendous amount of flak from spectators in the world, competitors in his sport and the media for being "too good". Cavic even went so far as to say that he thought it would be good for Michael Phelps and swimming in general if he lost. There was even one American swimmer who was a bit jealous of his coverage because it made her (and others) feel inferior, like their accomplishments were nothing.

Granted Michael Phelps is overshadowing his fellow teammates and fellow Olympians but honestly he deserves it. Why do we teach our children if they work hard enough they can achieve anything they want and can obtain any dream they have if we're going to ridicule them for being too good?

Work hard but not too hard Michael! We don't to offend others by your super-human abilities.

I even read an article yesterday (early this morning) that suggests that Michael Phelps has an edge over other athletes because he's doping. No, not that kind of doping. The kind where his iPod he's always listening to creates extra blood flow and improves oxygen levels giving him an unfair advantage over the other athletes. I think it's time to ban iPods and sue Apple!

Did you notice that Michael Phelps wears earphones and is listening music just before his every Olympic start, at Beijing’s Olympiad Water Cube pool deck, be it finals or semifinals? … Phelps removed earphones 2 minutes before the start, and he was the only swimmer who worn earphones at the pool deck. Intriguing scientific evidence testifies: Listening to music improves blood oxygen capacity and is a performance enhancement.

The only thing I can really say is congrats Michael. There will always be skeptics and haters in every aspect of life. Congrats on being the most hard working and level headed kid. And a very early congrats on being the best Olympian in the history of the world.