Phelps gold???????????

Question

Did Phelps beat Cavic or not??? 7 gold or not??? i think he got beat!!!! Ive watched the replays over and over!!!

Answer 1

that was the best race ever. he won by like as much as a space or a letter takes up on this page! but, yes he did win and he now has seven gold! great race to watch!!!!!

Answer 2

Watch Michael Phelps at Beijing 2008 Olympic swmming finals below.

http://www.freakncool.com

Answer 3

I thought the same thing then I watched it over and over in slow motion. Check out the underwater footage and it shows it better.

What a race though..., huh?

The coach of the second place swimmer, filed a protest so the judges looked it over and over again and decided Phelps had won. If it wasn't for all the technology they use now, I would have thought he lost. But it's whoever touches that pad first. Even if it's 1/100th of a second..., which it was!

As the annoucer said..., he won it by a fingernail.

Answer 4

I couldn't believe it but between the electronic touch pad and the underwater camera angle, Phelps got the gold!  Amazing!  A lot of people are, of course, writing about faulty electronic pads, America paying off FINA, etc.  Unfortunate because that's what makes swimming, not a subjectively judged sport like gymnastics or diving, so great.  It's hard to argue a point with the pad and slow motion cameras FINA has that catch frames to the 10-thousandth of a second. More importantly, people have to understand the difference between 50.58 and 50.59 is a centimeter.  Even from my HDTV, that's impossible to see esp. with all the waves and splashes in the water at the time.  So the electronic pad, the FINA cameras, and the judges (Phelps had 2 vs 1 judge too) is what is relied upon.

Answer 5

Oh my gosh, the touch pads don't lie! He won fair and square. He threw himself forward and took an extra dive towards the finish line, therefore he got there just before Clavic, who just "slid" in... thats it! 7 gold medals and all of them are deserved. =D

Answer 6

Yeah, Phelps won.  Check the news.

Answer 7

If it was 99.5M race, Cavic would have won, but he glided in the last meter without kicking, so he loses for not finishing.  Pheph's extra half stroke was golden.

Answer 8

It's true that Micheal Phelps was trailing behind Milorad Cavic, but Phelps did catch up and beat Cavic by .01 seconds! People aren't sure about what they saw, but it clearly states that Phelps touched and finished first, according to what the officials saw on the super slow mo replays. It was a very close fight, but Phelps won.

Yes, it's 7 gold medals now, and tomorrow, August 17, 2008, he'll have have a chance to make it 8 gold medals!

Answer 9

agree with person above.

it was also said that Cavic "bad mouthed" Phelps before the race, saying it would be good for the sport if Phelps lost.

Answer 10

Even if it appears that way, the olympic swimming events all use electronic touchpads to determine the winner. So even if it looks like Cavic touched first, based on the electronic touchpad, Phelps beat him by a hundreth of a second.

Hope this helps you!

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