Comments on: Did Michael Phelps Really Win that 7th Gold?

By: Allie Comeau

Allie Comeau — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:58:45 +0000

Those photos are definitely better from Sports Illustrated…

By: uruba siddiqui

uruba siddiqui — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 07:10:47 +0000

ya, it seems so that Cavic was there before Phelps but then no one can say that its real or just that people are making up such things.It is possible both ways,but chances are that Phelps was the winner or else it would have been objected by Cavic.But then you never know what actually had happened.

By: Todd

Todd — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 20:11:23 +0000

Honestly? Neither coincidence, nor controversy!

It was simply a close race – and Phelps won. Even Cavic’s coaching staff agrees.

We’ve wasted enough electricity here.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/multimedia/photo_gallery/0808/oly.phelps.sequence/content.1.html

By: Allie Comeau

Allie Comeau — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 19:14:59 +0000

You’re right, Ryan. It was a device and apparently the device is made by Phelps’ sponsor, Omega. Not that that means he didn’t win (or that it’s even possible they could have fixed it) – I just think it’s an interesting coincidence.

You would hope that we wouldn’t have to worry about things like that at the Olympic Games, but unfortunately controversial results are nothing new.

Thanks for your comment, Ryan.

By: Ryan Lockwood

Ryan Lockwood — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 18:06:14 +0000

A pad on the wall of the pool actually stops the clock and records a swimmer’s final time, not a person. While I thought (and still think) it LOOKS like Cavic won, I think that is an illusion. His fingers closed that last few inches VERY slowly compared to Phelps. If Cavic did actually win, then that means the timers for the pads were not calibrated right… another possibility. That would be pretty sad, though… you would think that for the Olympic Games those things would be dead-on.