“Records are always made to be broken no matter what they are… Anybody can do anything that they set their mind to."One of the greatest Olympian of all time.
I have watched all his performances during the Beijing Olympics and he's really spectacular! As a swimmer myself, I consider him my Swimming God.
Idol!Events, Results and Times
1. 400 m. Individual Medley - Gold Medal, World Record 4:03.84
2. 4 x 100 m. Freestyle Relay - Gold Medal, World Record 3:08.24
3. 200 m. Freestyle - Gold Medal, World Record 1:42.96
4. 200 m. Butterfly - Gold Medal, World Record 1:52.03
5. 4 x 200 m. Freestyle Relay - Gold Medal, World Record 6:58.56
6. 200 m. Individual Medley - Gold Medal, World Record 1:54.23
7. 100 m. Butterfly - Gold Medal, Olympic Record 50.58
8. 4 x 100 m. Medley Relay - Gold Medal, World Record 3:29.34
Many doubted that he cannot beat the record Mark Spitz set on the 1972 Olympics. But he surpassed this and broke Spitz' record of winning 7 medals in a single Olympic tournament. Career wise, he has 14 medals total. As he said, " All it takes is a little imagination!".
2 comments:
yeah! ang galing niya. to think that he has ADHD, such a spectacular accomplishment indeed.
What can more can I say? Ang galing!
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