Bolt, Phelps and Isinbayeva light up 2008
Phelps (in the pic) also earned the Superman tag. In 17 races over nine days, the American won eight gold medals, a record for a single Games, and set seven world records.
In the fourth of his Beijing finals, the 200 metres butterfly, Phelps's goggles leaked so badly that he could not see the end of the pool. He equalled compatriot Mark Spitz's previous Olympic record of seven golds by out-touching Californian-born Serbian Milorad Cavic to win the 100 metres butterfly by one-hundredth of a second.
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With Phelps swimming the butterfly leg in the 4x100 metres medley, the U.S. completed a sweep of all three men's relays, despite a late challenge from Australia, and shaved 1.34 seconds off the world record they had set at the Athens Olympics.
"He's not from another planet," commented British freestyler Simon Burnett. "He's from the future."
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