Michael Phelps is #1

Another banner day for Michael Phelps. He showed up tied for #1 all-time career gold medals. He walked out #1 all by himself.

Things started off in Phelps' top event the 200m Butterfly. This race was actually a lot closer than most people would have thought. We later found out that Phelps had a crack in his goggles and it caused them to continuously fill with water. (Hence the irritated toss of goggles and head gear at the end of the race) Phelps did not finish the race in the time he had hoped for, but he still broke the world record and still won gold.

Later in the morning (or evening, depending where you are) Phelps swam the lead leg in the 4x200m free relay. He gave his team a tremendous lead, almost a full body length. By the time the third leg started, the US team was almost a full two body lengths ahead. They crushed the old WR by 5 seconds. They became the first team to ever finish under 7 mins.

Phelps now has 11 career golds. Five golds in this Olympics. He has 3 more events to break Mark Spitz record of 7 golds in an individual Olympic. And he is winning his events in a Spitz like fashion.

5 events. 5 gold medals. 5 world records.

Should be an exciting week. Congratulation Michael.