2008 BEIJING OLYMPICS NEWS UPDATE

Michel Phelps is on track to win 8 gold medals after team USA won Gold in the 4 X 100 relay. After the French team was quoted as saying they would Smash the US team it was the US team that ended up smashing the 4 x 100 meter relay record. Jason Lezak anchored the US teams 4 x 100 meter relay overcoming an insurmountable lead and setting a record split time in what many say was the best come from behind win in Olympic swimming history. Michael Phelps first gold medal was in 400 meter individual medley where he set a world record of 4 minutes and 3.84 seconds. Michael Phelps needs to win 6 more gold medals to surpass the record of 7 gold medals in a single Olympics by Mark Spitz. In Basketball news Team USA took on China in the first preliminary round game of the Olympic basketball tournament. With NBA superstar Yao Ming at the center of Team China, the game was being billed as one of the most important sporting events in the country's historyTeam USA and China were ...