Phelps is up NOW on the east coast.,

[MiniMe]

[MiniMe]

1. SPOILER

Phelps won by .01 seconds. Thats one hundredth of a second.

Edited to fix the time differential. Haven't head if he broke the WR yet

[SharonRB]

2. ...

Looked like a tie! He was lucky to win on that one.

[Kittycat]

3. But he did win it..

:D

[SharonRB]

5. Yup!

Way to go, Michael! GO BLUE!

[MiniMe]

4. ...

That's superior willpower. I didn't think he had it either, not until the last stroke or 2 did I think he had it.

[dysfunctional press]

6. he didn't have it...the other guy REALLY fucked up...

HOW did phelps touch first...?

[MiniMe]

10. The other guy drifted into the wall, Phelps took another stroke

It was a quick stroke and it won for him. It was his Lesek moment. Phelps was really catching up in the last 2 strokes though, thats what gave him a chance.

[dysfunctional press]

12. it looked like the other guy was afraid of crashing into the wall, while phelps was going THROUGH it

"the other guy" won't sleep too well tonite.

[TahitiNut]

21. Olympic Record this time, not quite a World Record.

The man is a MARVEL!

[HughMoran]

7. OK

That was fucking amazing. Holy crap!

[Occam Bandage]

8. Most amazing race ever. He was back by almost a full body length with 50m left to go,

and won it by one one-hundredth of a second.

[jakefrep]

9. Damn....just, DAMN!

I didn't think there was any way in hell he won that race....un-fucking-believable!

[MiniMe]

11. I'm glad that the end is automatically timed

It doesn't depend on a judges call or a human timer's reaction time. There is no way either one of those would have been accurate enough to time this race.

[Squatch]

13. Serbs are filing a protest.

...disputing the results.

[MiniMe]

14. Jeez, the coach of the 2nd place swimmer is filing a protest

Those things are automatically timed. There is no human judgement involved. I doubt it will stand up, but you never know. Sore losers.

[MiniMe]

15. Serbs are completing the paperwork now

So don't know what the protest is based on

[LiberalFighter]

22. They know how to do paperwork?

[Occam Bandage]

18. Seriously? Probably nothing. Just a mix of frustration and I-got-your-back, I'd bet.

[shugah]

20. not sore probably

just disappointed. that was an amazing finish! if you watched the race, did you really think phelps was going to win? i couldn't believe it! wow! what a race! i can't help but feel sorry for the 2nd place swimmer - it was sooooooooooo close!

[MiniMe]

23. Knew it would be close because Phelps was closing

I just wasn't sure if he had enough room

[MiniMe]

16. They are doing the medal ceremony before the protest is filed

[GoneOffShore]

17. Oops - though you were talking about Fred Phelps.

I guess I'll put the protest signs away.

[MiniMe]

19. Protest not allowed, Phelps officially won

[MiniMe]

24. Mark Spitz up via satellite now

And was very complementary to Michael. Michael is giving all the proper answers back. I'm impressed by what Spitz said though.