It is 2008 and the Olympics is just around the corner.
This year it is being hosted in China and so much controversies
have since occurred and I just hope that it will not be
affected by boycotts. Reason?
I am actually hoping that the world record of 7 gold medals
achieved by the one time great USA swimmer Mark Spitz in the
uneventful '72 Munich Olympics, be broken. It has already been 36
years and as the records for the events are ever improving with
each meet - it is this record which has stood till today. Will we
be looking at another heroic achievement for this Games in Beijing,
this year? What do you think? Who do you think will have the
potential to break this record? Michael Phelps?
Mark Spitz, the greatest swimmer in history and holder of the
most extraordinary achievement of the modern Olympic Games
For the record:
His remarkable seven gold medals
at the 1972 Games.
That summer in Munich, Spitz set four individual World
records:
100-Meter (51.22),
200-Meter Freestyle (1:52.78),
100-Meter (54.27), and
200-Meter Butterfly (2:00.70).
He also participated in three relay event World records:
4 x 100 Freestyle (3:26.42),
4 x 200 Freestyle (7:35.78), and
4 x 100 Medley (3:48.16).
He swam the third leg of the 200 Freestyle and 100 Medley, and the
last leg of the 100 Freestyle.