GOLDFINGER: Michael Phelps Wins Seventh Gold by: PhawkerPosted on: August 15, 2008December 30, 2022 NEW YORK TIMES: BEIJING — Michael Phelps has caught Mark Spitz, 36 years after his record haul of seven gold medals at the Munich Games. Now it may take only a day for Spitz to be left behind. Phelps won the 100-meter butterfly Saturday morning here, coming from behind to out-touch Milorad Cavic of Serbia by one-hundredth of a second and claim his seventh gold medal of the Beijing Games. Cavic led almost the entire race, but as Cavic glided in to the wall, Phelps took another stroke to grab the victory with a time of 50.58 seconds. Phelps will swim the third leg — the butterfly leg — of the 4×100 medley relay on Sunday morning with a chance to set himself apart in Olympic history with eight golds. [Illustration by ALEX FINE]
