Day 9 Preview: Phelps goes for record gold

17.08.08 - 04:14 ... source : Beijing 2008 Olympic Games

... Updated: 2008-08-17 05:41:52 Michael Phelps (Photo credit: Getty) Photo Gallery>> (BEIJING, August 17) -- Day nine is the busiest day of the Beijing Olympic Games schedule, with no less than 39 medals at stake, involving some of the biggest names in sports. It also promises to be a fairly emotional day as the Olympic Movement says goodbye to some its valued friends. First up, and we make no apology for leading with him this time, we start with someone who is definitely at the top his game -- swimmer Michael Phelps. The final day of Swimming sees the usual daily round of four finals, when all eyes will be on the Men's 4 x 100m Medley Relay final, starting at local time 10:58 a.m. (UCT/GMT + 8). Phelps, in case you really are the only person left on the planet who doesn't know, needs just one more gold medal to add to his Beijing tally of seven so-far to surpass Mark Spitz's seven medals from Munich 1972 to, therefore, bec ...» Next (HTML)