This man is a truly talented Olympian, not to mention, a fish in the water! 23-year-old Michael Phelps made history last night at the Beijing Olympics! With the help of his team mates in the 4×100 meter medley relay, Phelps secured his eighth medal. Team USA won in a world record time of 3 minutes 29.34 seconds.
The swim champ is the only person ever to win eight gold medals at a single Olympics (surpassing previous record holder, Mark Spitz). Day nine of the Summer Olympics in Beijing, featuring Phelps' historic gold-medal triumph, gave NBC its most watched Saturday prime-time broadcast in 18 years, the network said.
On Sunday morning, Phelps swam the butterfly leg on the 4x100-meter U.S. medley relay that held off Australia in a world record-setting victory, giving Phelps his eighth gold medal of these Games and his 14th over all.
"I wanted to do something nobody ever did," Phelps said. "This goes hand in hand with my goal of changing swimming."
