Michael Phelps has now won five gold medals in Beijing, all in world record time, giving him 11 career Olympic golds, which is more than any athlete in history.
What can we say… He is simply AMAZING!
So far in Beijing, he has won gold medals for the following events:
400 m individual medley – World Record 4:03.84
4 x 100 m freestyle relay – World Record 3:08.24
200 m freestyle – World Record 1:42.96
200 m butterfly – World Record 1:52.03
4 x 200 m freestyle relay – World Record 6:58.56