MEN'S 4X100 FREE (Page 2)

Yup, me too!

Similar here- my hubby said we were getting second. Then lezak starts closing in. I was sitting in the lazyboy. Suddenly I'm sitting straight up, feet on the floor. Then I'm standing, then I'm yelling and jumping up and down.

LOL. We were high fiving and congratulating each other like we were on the team.

A few things that struck me after watching it for (I can't count how many) times today:

1.  Cullen Jones had a very smooth hand entry on his leg compared to the French swimmer who looked like he was slapping at the water.

2.  Bedard's (the French closer) lung capacity is amazing.  Watching him trying to catch his breath after the race, it seemed that his chest was expanding by almost double.

3.  The top 5 teams all broke the previous world record.  That's a scenario where you really have to put together a race faster than has ever been done before and STILL end up without a podium spot.

I have been a religious Olympic swimming fan since I was a little girl. Don't remember Mark Spitz's record breaker (I wasn't born yet) but I'm sure I was there in spirit. And never in my life have I been more excited, more intense, more anxious than I was watching the 4x100 relay. First off, I only cared about Cullen Jones. Phelps is my boy and all but Cullen is my poster child. My friend works with Cullen at USA Swimming to help more minorities get into swimming. Though there have been other blacks in the Olympics Cullen's the first one to get endorsement deals and work with inner city youth to advance the sport among minorities. So this was a historic race for that reason for me. But then when I actually saw the race live. I realized that it wasn't about Cullen or Phelps or any one guy. That freakin' field was fast. I mean it was sick! The Candians beat the WR in that event and they came in SIXTH. WTH? I mean crazy. So it took each person on the entire team to swim the race of his life to make that finish happen. And Lesak. Man...what can I say. The self-coach maverick pulled it out. He just said, "gut check time..." and did it. How many times have we done that in a HIM or a sprint or whatever and said "Screw it...I'm gonna do it..." Man you think about that but to actually see it happen. If you didn't see it you missed one of the most classic historical events in history. All I have to say is "Boooyahhhh!"

I just can't get enough of these images:

Incase no one has seen it:

I can't help but let out a very genuine smile every time I watch that.

Aahhhhhh the primal scream that will live on forever. Makes me laugh every time I watch it.

How did you download the vid?

I happened to find it on another website, and wanted to share it here.

It's one of those images I'll never forget, and will always make me smile.