(BEIJING, August 17) -- American Michael Phelps achieved what many thought impossible on the ninth and final day of Swimming on Sunday at the National Aquatics Center landing his eighth gold medal in the Men's 4 x 100m Medley Relay.
The win brought Phelps' 14th career Olympic gold, five more than any other athlete in Olympic history. The 23-year-old swimmer also surpassed the record set by Mark Spitz (USA) in Munich 1972 for the most gold medals won at a single Olympic Games.
The US team of Aaron Peirsol, Brendan Hansen, Phelps and Jason Lezak finished in a world record time of 3:29.34. They had gone into the race as defending Olympic champions, world record holders and fastest qualifiers.
Australia set an Oceania record finishing just 0.70 seconds behind to collect the silver medal in 3:30.04. Japan finished with the bronze medal in 3:31.18.
Germany's Britta Steffen sealed a freestyle sprint double when she took gold in the Women's 50m Freestyle in an Olympic record of 24.06 adding to the 100m Freestyle gold she won on Friday. American Dara Torres, a 41-year-old mother, proved that age is no barrier and took the silver medal behind Steffen.
Sixteen-year-old Australian schoolgirl Cate Campbell clocked an encouraging 24.17 to finish with a bronze medal. World record holder Australian Lisbeth Trickett had the quickest reaction time off the blocks but did not feature in the medals, finishing fourth in a time of 24.25.
In the Men's 1500m Freestyle final, Australian Grant Hackett's bid for a record third consecutive Olympic title in the event fell apart as Tunisian Oussama Mellouli proved faster. Mellouli won the gold medal in 14:40.84.
Against the expectations of many, Mellouli stuck with the two fastest qualifiers, Hackett and Canadian Ryan Cochrane, throughout the race and began to pull away with 200m left. Hackett tried hard to close the gap in the last 100m but had to settle for the silver medal in 14:41.53. Cochrane finished with the bronze medal in 14:42.69.
Defending Olympic champions Australia qualified fastest for the final of the Women's 4 x 100m Medley Relay and the race went to form with Australia collecting the gold medal in a world record 3:52.69. The US team finished with the silver medal in 3:53.30 and an Americas record. Dark horse China collected the bronze medal in 3:56.11 also setting an Asian record.
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