Posted August 16, 200817 yr comment_10498 Michael Phelps tied the record for most golds in a single Olympics by getting his seventh. He was actually behind at the end and should have lost, but the swimmer who was ahead of him took too long to touch at the end. It was really strange. It looked like he definitely lost, yet he somehow miraculously got his hand to touch first. He said that his mom told him that the other swimmer (who finished second and was not from the U.S.) said it would be good for everyone if Phelps did not win this gold. Michael said he used that for motivation. SSurely that motivation helped him more than one hundredth of a second so it very well is possible that Michael Phelps would not have won the gold if not for the other swimmer saying he should win and Phelps shouldn't. By the way Michael was in seventh place out of the eight swimmers half way through the race.
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