Taking Back the 4x100 Free Relay

Monday, August 11, 2008 | comments (2)
This race is one of the most exciting things I've seen. Ever. The French eat a little crow as Lezak comes from behind and out-touches Bernard by 8/100's of a second. I think what makes it more incredible is that not only did the US shatter the previous world record in the process (by almost 4 seconds), but the next five teams to touch the wall also came in under world-record time. Better, stronger, faster ... this is a new age of swimming ya'll.

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Coolest swimming race I've ever seen!

Posted by Patrick on Aug 11, 2008 at 9:44:29 PM
Chills.

Posted by kim on Aug 12, 2008 at 9:45:08 PM

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