French swimmer Alain Bernard, the world record holder in the 100m Freestyle, said before the games, “The Americans? We’re going to smash them. That’s what we came here for.”
I don’t think so buddy . . .
This was one of the best “Olympic moments” I’ve ever seen.
If you missed it, you should watch this video…
UPDATE: Here is a video of the 4 x 100 relay medal ceremony
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Drew Meyers 08.11.08 at 7:09 am
Me too — it doesn’t get much better than that.
Bob in Phoenix 08.11.08 at 7:59 am
That last 50 meters was indicative of what Americans can do. We can do whatever it takes to win. The race was beautiful to watch. Thanks for posting these awesome pictures. GO TEAM USA!
Jay - The Phoenix Real Estate Guy 08.11.08 at 8:45 am
I’ve watched it more than once now, and still can’t believe Jason Lezak came from that far back. Dude is an ANIMAL.
My TiVo cut off just as the team was stepping on the medal stand. If anyone knows where there is a video of the National Anthem, I’d love to see it.
Dave Blockhus 08.11.08 at 9:32 am
Jay,
You forgot to point out that the 4th leg (in which the Americans came from behind to win ) was the leg that Alain Bernard swam for the French. Not only did Alain insert foot in mouth and lose, but he also lost his world record (for the 100 Free) in the process. That’s got to hurt. Vive le Americans (my high school French is not so good, no?)
Gregory Bain 08.11.08 at 9:50 am
Thanks for posting that video link. I did not see it before now. Wonderful!
Tucson Michael 08.11.08 at 9:56 am
I also saw this its amazing for the ground that was made up.
Linsey 08.11.08 at 12:15 pm
What a cool video to share. Inspiring.
Brendan in San Mateo 08.11.08 at 2:35 pm
GREAT VIDEO! I missed it last night, thank you so much for posting it! Absolutely Amazing!
Greg in Iraq 08.11.08 at 2:49 pm
I can’t believe NBC or some company has a virtual stranglehold on the video to this race. Nowhere can it be found. For those of us that aren’t in the US, if anyone knows how we can see the Olympics on the web, please let me know. This day and age… technology and the web… and can’t see a race like that… unreal.
Yalda Alawi 08.11.08 at 3:04 pm
It was very exciting. One of the color guys was pissing me off saying how the Americans were’nt gonn do it. It was a very proud moment for many Americans, I’m sure. Phelps is Superman.
With a Smile,
Yalda Alawi, Realtor®
Jay - The Phoenix Real Estate Guy 08.11.08 at 3:10 pm
Greg -
I agree. It’s almost impossible to find live video here in the US. And apparently elsewhere.
Here is a link to an interesting article on what the International Olympic Committee is doing (or not) with video:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com.....ology/home
There may be some techy/geeky/approaching illegal things you can do. Some are mentioned in the article.
Thanks so much for your service Greg, be safe!
kevin 08.14.08 at 2:57 am
im trying to find the video from here in korea. f***ing nbc is doing this so they can sell a dvd of the entire olympics after its over.. you watch. i can get to their site, but the video never plays. i can only watch the olympics here on korean tv, and they only show stuff if a korean is in it… they are so biased here its sick. i wish i had afn tv… they show the nbc feed. f***ers
Jay’s Note: Kevin - I appreciate your frustration, it must be a royal pain. I tweaked some of your language just a tad to keep us “family friendly”. Check the link in my comment just above yours (#11). It talks about how NBC is restricting some video feeds to certain countries. Appears to be an advertising thing. Greedy B**tards…
Investment Property 08.19.08 at 2:05 pm
Though I am not an American, I was amaze of what Phelps did. At very young age he already got so many awards as a swimmer. Applaud for you Phelps.
Phoenix Night Life 08.23.08 at 3:02 am
Actually you can find live video of every event on nbcolympics.com…of course you have to watch it in the middle of the night. However, the great thing about NBC’s coverage is that they have archived just about every moment of the Olympics online. I watched the Men’s Triathalon, without commentary, from start to finish (no commercials either) and it was an awesome race.
Azulumon 10.09.08 at 9:11 am
Even though that was almost 2 months ago, I still get chills thinking about Lezak’s come from behind victory. These olympics really got me to stand up and cheer, I don’t know what it was.