Phelps wins again, beating Cavic in 100 fly

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By PAUL NEWBERRY, AP National Writer

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Phelps hopped on the rope that had separated him from Cavic—eyes searing, jaw jutting out. He pulled at both sides of his skintight LZR Racer swimsuit, letting his rival know that he heard about his offer to get Phelps one of those faster polyurethane suits so he wouldn’t have any excuses if he lost in a Speedo. No need, Milorad.

Phelps did just fine with his own attire.

“I’ve never seen him that emotional,” Phelps’ coach Bob Bowman said.

The two rivals finally shook hands, but that was about it.

Nothing more needed to be said.

“He congratulated me and kind of smiled a bit, but I have a feeling that our battle is going to go back and forth for a while,” Phelps said.

Cavic did say one thing to Phelps: “You’re the man.”

“He just looked at me and smiled,” Cavic said. “He knows it.”

In one of the most memorable events at Beijing, Phelps pulled out an improbable victory on his final half-stroke to beat Cavic by the narrowest possible margin. Without that win, Phelps would not have broken Mark Spitz’s record for most gold medals in a single games.

Cavic has stewed over the loss ever since, believing he touched first but didn’t put as much pressure on the touchpad as Phelps, who ad-libbed an extra lunge and crashed into the wall much harder. Even though all electronic and photographic evidence shows Phelps won, Cavic repeated his claims when he got to Rome.

He then tried to play some mind games with Phelps, saying it was the American’s own fault for sticking with a Speedo suit that isn’t as fast as the fully rubberized models such as the Arena X-Glide, which Cavic wears.

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Cavic has stewed over the loss ever since, believing he touched first but didn’t put as much pressure on the touchpad as Phelps, who ad-libbed an extra lunge and crashed into the wall much harder. Even though all electronic and photographic evidence shows Phelps won, Cavic repeated his claims when he got to Rome.

Poor sport

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Cavic has stewed over the loss ever since, believing he touched first but didn't put as much pressure on the touchpad as Phelps, who ad-libbed an extra lunge and crashed into the wall much harder. Even though all electronic and photographic evidence shows Phelps won, Cavic repeated his claims when he got to Rome.

Poor sport

Yep. As if high speed cameras lie.

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Cavic has stewed over the loss ever since, believing he touched first but didn't put as much pressure on the touchpad as Phelps, who ad-libbed an extra lunge and crashed into the wall much harder. Even though all electronic and photographic evidence shows Phelps won, Cavic repeated his claims when he got to Rome.

Poor sport

Yep. As if high speed cameras lie.

I would of thought by the time he got home he would of come to terms, must of been a very tough loss for him.

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They should have gotten together for a few bong hits to smooth things over.

[pedroh 21]

but he's a pothead, people shouldn't be supporting him, omgomgomg

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