USA! USA!

Finally got around to watching the US victory in the 4x100m Freestyle Relay from last night.

What amazing stuff.

One of those situations, similar to the Giant's Super Bowl win, where everything is in place for unbelievable drama, between Phelps' quest for 8 golds, the French as the villain, accentuated by their talking of smack, everything was in place, and the actual race couldn't have been better. An unbelievable finish, combined with a tremendous call from Dan Hicks and Rowdy Gaines.

Here's the entire race from NBC, and Lezak's leg on YouTube (probably won't be up for long)

I've watched it about twenty times so far, I tear up a little each time as Lezak powers into the wall and Hicks's voice cracks, and the celebration from the Americans is the icing on the cake. What a performance.