8 Gold Medals + 7 World Records + 12,000 Calories per day = 1 LMS Award
This week’s choice was pretty obvious, but none-the-less incredible! How could we not select the athlete who delivered probably the most dominating week in sports history: 8 gold medals and 7 world records! However, as dominant as Michael Phelps was, the races were entirely void of suspense and close calls. The two main examples being the 4 x 100m freestyle relay where his teammate, Jason Lezak closed a body-length gap, on the world 100m champ, in the last 25m to out-touch the French squad for gold; the 2nd was the 100 Fly, where Phelps literally won by a fingernail (if even that!). What an amazing week of swimming, that might only be touched in sheer dominance by that of Usain Bolt’s 100m throtling…but that will wait until another day.
Check out the secret to his success:
