Another exciting day for USA in Beijing!
The first Final's event was the women's 100m Butterfly. Christine Magnuson in her first Olympic appearance earned a Silver with a time of 57.10.Next Final's event was the men's 100m Breaststroke where Kosuke Kitajima is the first person to swim under 59 seconds with a time of 58.91 earning himself a Gold Medal! The former record holder and world champion, Brendan Hansen just missed the bronze and placed fourth (59.57).
Katie Hoff, another one of USA's "favorite" earned the silver in the 400m Freestyle. "I gave it everything I possibly had, but they got me in the end," Hoff said. "I felt like I was a good racer, but I feel like I should gotten my hand on the wall first."
The finale of last night was the match up between the French and USA in the 400m Freestyle relay. The French were very confident of their ability and even said, “The Americans? We’re going to smash them. That’s what we came for.” Unfortunately for the French, Phelps’ leadoff swim was an American record at 47.51 and Lezak anchored with the fastest split ever by over a second (46.06). USA finished .08 ahead of the French and claimed the Gold!
Medal Tally - 2 Gold, 3 Silver and 3 Bronze
