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Originally posted by Mikal
Still confused and sorta siding with the Serbs over Phelp's #7 (bad NBC-hating American >_<), cuz in every tape shown (slo-mo-tron, aerial, side view, underwater, I'm shocked we don't have Phelps Hat Cam) I am seeing Cavic (the Serb) touching the wall first and unless he was doing a palm touch to it while Phelps slammed his pinky in on the final push since he was in stroke when Cavic was palming the wall, I cannot see or get Phelps winning. Even by a hundredth of a second.
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I watched it again, and the underwater slo-mo makes it pretty damn clear that Phelps won. It looked like Cavic made his stroke to the wall a tad too early, and Phelps capitalized on it with one last stroke of his arms. It's still RIDICULOUSLY close, but it looks like Phelps' hands hit right before Cavic's.
Regardless, Cavic blew it. He should have never put himself in this position with the lead that he had. Then again, Michael Phelps, again, is a beast.