Laura_Evans's Blog

Did you see it?  Michael Phelps just took his 7th gold medal at the Olympics in Beijing.  He battled it out in the 100 meter butterfly, tying Mark Spitz's record of 7 gold medals at a single Olympics.  It's an historic night.   But take a close look at the slow motion replay and one has to wonder if he really did it.  The touch pad technology says Phelps beat Serbia's Cavic by .01-- it doesn't get much closer than that.

Not to take away the glory, because believe me, all of us in this newsroom, and I'm sure most of you, (if you're following these Olympic Games) are rooting for the 23 year old from Baltimore.   But many of us are also a little skeptical of that touch pad technology.

Apparently so is Cavic's coach who filed a petition questioning the times.   That protest was rejected.

No matter how you slice it, Michael Phelps is the world's best swimmer...  arguably the best swimmer in history... smashing world records right and left.  His presence makes the Games even that much more exciting (even though it's airing on our competitor's channel).  

Phelps isn't done yet.  Next rush for the gold?--Sunday in the 400 medley relay.  Phelps, once again, will be swimming the butterfly leg of that race.   His time is heavily favored to win what would be his 8th gold.