WEBVTT FILE 1 00:00:02.000 --> 00:00:07.000 Downloaded from YTS.MX 2 00:00:06.740 --> 00:00:09.909 - The Americans expect a tough competition from France. 3 00:00:08.000 --> 00:00:13.000 Official YIFY movies site: YTS.MX 4 00:00:09.943 --> 00:00:10.877 The French, meanwhile, 5 00:00:10.910 --> 00:00:13.146 made it clear they expected to win. 6 00:00:13.947 --> 00:00:15.615 Relays always exciting 7 00:00:15.648 --> 00:00:17.283 at the Olympics and this should be a good one. 8 00:00:17.317 --> 00:00:18.385 The finals of the men's 9 00:00:18.418 --> 00:00:21.488 4 by 100 freestyle relay. The United States set 10 00:00:21.521 --> 00:00:23.256 the world record--- - A few days before the race, 11 00:00:23.289 --> 00:00:25.025 Alain Bernard said, quote, 12 00:00:25.058 --> 00:00:27.527 The Americans, we're going to smash them. 13 00:00:27.560 --> 00:00:31.197 That's what we came here for. Fighting words indeed. 14 00:00:32.265 --> 00:00:34.467 [Announcer] There's the start! 15 00:00:36.269 --> 00:00:38.204 [Narrator] The most truly unforgettable 16 00:00:38.238 --> 00:00:39.739 moments in Olympic sports 17 00:00:39.773 --> 00:00:41.675 follow a pretty simple formula. 18 00:00:41.708 --> 00:00:44.110 [Announcer] Jessie Diggins to the line! 19 00:00:44.144 --> 00:00:46.546 [Narrator] The absolute highest stakes. 20 00:00:48.381 --> 00:00:50.450 The very best performers. 21 00:00:52.185 --> 00:00:56.156 Turning in just about unfathomable performances. 22 00:00:57.357 --> 00:01:00.193 When they all come together, you get a rare vision 23 00:01:00.226 --> 00:01:02.896 of greatness you don't soon forget about. 24 00:01:04.364 --> 00:01:09.436 At the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the world saw perhaps the most 25 00:01:09.469 --> 00:01:11.771 incredible performance of them all. 26 00:01:11.805 --> 00:01:14.507 Michael Phelps record eight gold medals 27 00:01:14.541 --> 00:01:17.477 in eight races in the swimming pool. 28 00:01:19.546 --> 00:01:22.882 But it never would have happened without this race. 29 00:01:23.917 --> 00:01:25.552 [Announcer] France has taken the lead up there-- 30 00:01:25.585 --> 00:01:28.188 [Narrator] A race where the stakes were high. 31 00:01:29.089 --> 00:01:31.091 And the atmosphere was hostile. 32 00:01:31.691 --> 00:01:34.728 - The Americans. We're going to smash them. 33 00:01:34.928 --> 00:01:36.196 - A race with a history 34 00:01:36.229 --> 00:01:39.733 of American dominance that had faded into frustration. 35 00:01:39.766 --> 00:01:41.501 [Announcer] This could be the first time! 36 00:01:41.701 --> 00:01:43.536 And the streak is over! 37 00:01:45.105 --> 00:01:48.375 - A race they simply had to win. 38 00:01:48.875 --> 00:01:50.577 - The Americans have to win gold 39 00:01:50.610 --> 00:01:52.112 in here if Phelps is to keep 40 00:01:52.145 --> 00:01:55.115 his hopes alive of surpassing Mark Spitz. 41 00:01:55.148 --> 00:01:57.550 - I just don't think they can do it, Dan. 42 00:01:57.584 --> 00:01:58.852 - You had Rowdy Gaines yelling, 43 00:01:58.885 --> 00:02:01.588 Oh, there's no way the US team could ever make it. 44 00:02:01.621 --> 00:02:05.358 - Jason Lezak has been there how many times in his career? 45 00:02:05.392 --> 00:02:07.360 - The United States try to hang on a second. 46 00:02:07.394 --> 00:02:09.195 They should get the silver medal. 47 00:02:09.229 --> 00:02:12.332 - It was almost like, well, we tried, right? 48 00:02:12.365 --> 00:02:13.667 I guess it's over. 49 00:02:13.700 --> 00:02:17.070 - Lezak is closing a little bit on Bernard. 50 00:02:17.070 --> 00:02:18.571 Can the veteran chase 51 00:02:18.605 --> 00:02:21.608 him down and pull off a shocker here? 52 00:02:21.641 --> 00:02:22.942 - I probably should have never 53 00:02:22.976 --> 00:02:25.478 even been at that point at 32 years old. Could have given up 54 00:02:25.512 --> 00:02:28.248 so many times in my career, but I kept going. 55 00:02:28.281 --> 00:02:29.949 [Announcer] Bernard is losing some ground! 56 00:02:29.983 --> 00:02:31.451 Here comes Lezak! 57 00:02:31.484 --> 00:02:32.686 Unbelievable at the end! 58 00:02:33.353 --> 00:02:35.889 That might be the most incredible 59 00:02:35.922 --> 00:02:39.192 relay split I've ever seen in my entire life. 60 00:02:39.225 --> 00:02:40.393 Stunned! 61 00:02:40.827 --> 00:02:43.596 - 46.0? Are you kidding me? 62 00:02:43.630 --> 00:02:46.466 No one has gone that fast. Ever. 63 00:02:46.499 --> 00:02:50.403 - I think they need to use another word other than smash. 64 00:02:56.109 --> 00:02:57.510 Huh... 65 00:02:57.711 --> 00:02:59.179 Yeah. 66 00:03:00.580 --> 00:03:02.248 (dramatic music) 67 00:03:05.819 --> 00:03:08.121 - Everything was meant to be 68 00:03:08.788 --> 00:03:11.791 for that week, whatever it was. 69 00:03:15.395 --> 00:03:17.263 It was a magical week. 70 00:03:30.076 --> 00:03:33.913 - They began with the most astonishing show of its kind. 71 00:03:33.947 --> 00:03:36.316 The world had ever seen. 72 00:03:36.916 --> 00:03:39.419 (fireworks explode) 73 00:03:39.452 --> 00:03:41.087 (foreign language) 74 00:03:42.288 --> 00:03:44.090 [Announcer] The United States of America. 75 00:03:44.624 --> 00:03:46.893 (crowd cheers) 76 00:03:46.926 --> 00:03:48.361 - It was a fitting preamble 77 00:03:48.395 --> 00:03:52.165 for the pursuit of a 23 year old from Baltimore, Maryland. 78 00:03:52.198 --> 00:03:55.602 Would come to China chasing arguably the most ambitious 79 00:03:55.635 --> 00:03:59.272 achievement in the entire history of the Olympic Games. 80 00:04:00.907 --> 00:04:04.277 - 2008 was such a miracle, just-- 81 00:04:04.878 --> 00:04:08.048 Olympics for swimming. There were so many big 82 00:04:08.048 --> 00:04:10.517 stories, you know, Michael, going for a eight. 83 00:04:10.717 --> 00:04:13.286 Dara Torres, 41, swimming. 84 00:04:13.319 --> 00:04:14.921 African-American swimmer. There were just so 85 00:04:14.954 --> 00:04:19.959 many big stories and we were all just getting so much buzz. 86 00:04:20.060 --> 00:04:20.927 I just feel like people 87 00:04:20.960 --> 00:04:23.329 started paying more attention to swim. 88 00:04:23.363 --> 00:04:25.432 We were kind of a dream team 89 00:04:25.465 --> 00:04:27.467 and people were paying attention. 90 00:04:27.500 --> 00:04:29.769 - I think the Beijing Olympics 91 00:04:29.803 --> 00:04:32.105 will be completely different than any other Olympics. 92 00:04:32.138 --> 00:04:33.073 I think, you know, 93 00:04:33.106 --> 00:04:35.675 all the venues are going to be more state 94 00:04:35.709 --> 00:04:38.345 of the art, more technology put into it. 95 00:04:38.378 --> 00:04:39.512 And then, you know, 96 00:04:39.546 --> 00:04:42.182 they're going to be the best facilities in the world. 97 00:04:43.283 --> 00:04:46.086 - Michael Phelps had first come on the Olympic scene 98 00:04:46.086 --> 00:04:47.387 eight years earlier 99 00:04:47.420 --> 00:04:50.890 when he'd shown up at the 2000 Olympic trials. 100 00:04:53.193 --> 00:04:54.928 [Announcer] Michael Phelps, there he is 101 00:04:54.961 --> 00:04:56.730 just turned 15 years old, 102 00:04:56.763 --> 00:04:59.265 but he's come out of nowhere in the last six 103 00:04:59.299 --> 00:05:01.034 months and if he makes the team, 104 00:05:01.034 --> 00:05:03.370 he will be the youngest male swimmer to qualify 105 00:05:03.403 --> 00:05:08.508 for a U.S. Olympic team in 68 years. 106 00:05:08.541 --> 00:05:10.243 - Take your mark 107 00:05:12.712 --> 00:05:15.548 - The first time he popped up was in 2000 at the Olympic 108 00:05:15.582 --> 00:05:18.451 trials, you know, as a 15 year old. 109 00:05:18.485 --> 00:05:20.286 He made the Olympic team at that point. 110 00:05:20.320 --> 00:05:22.322 And it wasn't like I 111 00:05:22.355 --> 00:05:23.757 felt like, oh, this guy is going to be 112 00:05:23.790 --> 00:05:25.325 the greatest swimmer in history, certainly. 113 00:05:25.358 --> 00:05:26.693 And then after Sydney, 114 00:05:26.726 --> 00:05:30.130 you got a feeling like, boy, he gets fifth. 115 00:05:30.163 --> 00:05:31.431 And I mean, 116 00:05:31.464 --> 00:05:33.833 he's only like three tenths of a second out of a medal. 117 00:05:33.867 --> 00:05:35.835 I mean, he's. Wow! 118 00:05:35.869 --> 00:05:37.437 [Announcer] The winner of the gold medal-- 119 00:05:37.470 --> 00:05:39.272 [Narrator] Four years later in Athens, 120 00:05:39.305 --> 00:05:43.243 Phelps offered more wows over and over again. 121 00:05:43.276 --> 00:05:45.879 [Announcer] Michael Phelps with his second gold medal. 122 00:05:45.912 --> 00:05:47.514 And a new Olympic record! 123 00:05:47.547 --> 00:05:49.983 And he's six for six in these games and medals. 124 00:05:51.484 --> 00:05:53.186 - It looks like you're going to come out of here almost 125 00:05:53.219 --> 00:05:55.488 certainly with eight medals, which would tie the most 126 00:05:55.522 --> 00:05:57.691 in a single Olympics by any athlete in any sport. 127 00:05:57.724 --> 00:05:59.325 It's just shy of Mark Spitz, 128 00:05:59.359 --> 00:06:01.027 but it's a heck of an accomplishment. 129 00:06:01.061 --> 00:06:02.295 How do you assess it? 130 00:06:02.328 --> 00:06:04.264 - Michael, you really had to turn it on down the stretch. 131 00:06:04.297 --> 00:06:05.565 What was going through your mind? 132 00:06:05.598 --> 00:06:07.534 - You think about this stuff when when you're a little kid 133 00:06:07.567 --> 00:06:09.936 going to swim practice and you think maybe one day I can be 134 00:06:10.036 --> 00:06:12.806 an Olympic gold medalist and I'm living a dream here. 135 00:06:13.873 --> 00:06:15.709 [Announcer] Phelps ends these games 136 00:06:15.742 --> 00:06:18.678 with six gold medals and two bronze. 137 00:06:21.214 --> 00:06:23.550 - Please welcome Olympic champion, Michael Phelps! 138 00:06:26.486 --> 00:06:32.092 - Athens in 2004 made Phelps a superstar, but for Beijing, 139 00:06:32.125 --> 00:06:34.461 he was striving to become an immortal. 140 00:06:35.795 --> 00:06:39.666 He'd again swim a remarkable eight races in search, 141 00:06:39.699 --> 00:06:43.570 this time, of nothing less than eight golds. 142 00:06:44.604 --> 00:06:46.272 - I want to be the first Michael Phelps. 143 00:06:46.306 --> 00:06:48.174 I don't want to be the second Mark Spitz. 144 00:06:49.075 --> 00:06:52.145 - The simple idea of the pursuit was captivating, 145 00:06:52.178 --> 00:06:54.981 even if the experts doubted he had a shot. 146 00:06:56.116 --> 00:06:58.251 Well, I mean, you guys are the ones who are 147 00:06:58.451 --> 00:07:00.754 talking all about it. I'm not saying anything. 148 00:07:04.424 --> 00:07:06.159 - Not a chance in hell. 149 00:07:07.460 --> 00:07:11.398 I'm sorry, because everything has to be perfect. 150 00:07:11.431 --> 00:07:14.401 You know, the relays have to be perfect. 151 00:07:14.434 --> 00:07:15.669 That's the hardest part. 152 00:07:15.702 --> 00:07:19.339 I thought winning the individual gold medals, 153 00:07:20.073 --> 00:07:21.274 would not be a slam dunk. 154 00:07:21.307 --> 00:07:23.810 But I thought he certainly could win the all five 155 00:07:23.843 --> 00:07:26.913 of those. But it's the relays that are the key. 156 00:07:27.113 --> 00:07:28.715 [Announcer] Eight meters left. 157 00:07:28.748 --> 00:07:30.917 It looks like he's going to hold on to the gold! 158 00:07:30.950 --> 00:07:32.252 - Everybody knew that if he 159 00:07:32.285 --> 00:07:33.720 was going to win eight gold medals, it was going to be 160 00:07:33.753 --> 00:07:36.890 a feat that maybe not ever would be accomplished again. 161 00:07:36.923 --> 00:07:39.059 So everybody knew he had a chance at it. 162 00:07:39.059 --> 00:07:41.428 So for us, being a part of relays with him, you know, 163 00:07:41.461 --> 00:07:44.664 he needed three relays to win those eight gold medals. 164 00:07:44.698 --> 00:07:47.334 [Announcer] Michael Phelps of the United States, 165 00:07:47.367 --> 00:07:49.803 he needs and wins it by half a body length. 166 00:07:49.836 --> 00:07:52.272 [Michael] You know, 2007, 2008 those two years. 167 00:07:52.305 --> 00:07:54.674 Probably the greatest racing in years of my career. 168 00:07:55.108 --> 00:07:57.711 Probably the best shape I've ever been in my career. 169 00:07:57.744 --> 00:07:59.412 So I-- 170 00:07:59.446 --> 00:08:01.681 I almost felt unbeatable during those years. 171 00:08:01.715 --> 00:08:03.283 I knew the work that I was 172 00:08:03.316 --> 00:08:06.853 doing was better than what anybody else was doing. 173 00:08:11.758 --> 00:08:13.760 - Michael has a lot of things that motivate him, 174 00:08:13.793 --> 00:08:16.162 and that's one of the reasons he's so successful. 175 00:08:16.196 --> 00:08:18.665 The primary thing that motivates Michael are his 176 00:08:18.698 --> 00:08:21.167 personal goals. And these are performance 177 00:08:21.201 --> 00:08:24.804 goals in swimming that he and I work out and know. 178 00:08:24.838 --> 00:08:26.506 And he keeps them very private. 179 00:08:31.578 --> 00:08:33.213 - No. 180 00:08:33.246 --> 00:08:34.914 - Way back over your shoulder. 181 00:08:34.948 --> 00:08:36.149 Keep your eyeline nice and tall. 182 00:08:36.182 --> 00:08:38.218 There you go. Good, Michael 183 00:08:47.193 --> 00:08:48.428 - Of course, 184 00:08:48.461 --> 00:08:52.232 you know, relay's four guys. It's not just me out there. 185 00:08:52.265 --> 00:08:55.769 So we have to, you know, we have to do it together. 186 00:08:55.802 --> 00:08:57.871 I think that's the greatest part about doing relays. 187 00:08:58.538 --> 00:09:00.373 (Crowd chanting) Let's go USA! 188 00:09:01.274 --> 00:09:04.511 - Phelps chase for eight golds would start with an individual 189 00:09:04.544 --> 00:09:08.048 event, the 400 meter individual medley. 190 00:09:08.748 --> 00:09:10.016 - Take your marks. 191 00:09:12.185 --> 00:09:13.353 [Announcer] So here we go, 192 00:09:13.386 --> 00:09:15.388 two lengths of the pool and each of the four stroke 193 00:09:15.422 --> 00:09:17.891 disciplines, first of five individual 194 00:09:17.924 --> 00:09:21.928 events for Phelps, but he calls it his toughest race. 195 00:09:22.262 --> 00:09:25.331 Phelps way ahead of the world record line. 196 00:09:25.532 --> 00:09:26.866 4:05:25, 197 00:09:26.900 --> 00:09:29.636 that was the world record that Phelps set at the trials 198 00:09:29.669 --> 00:09:33.373 in Omaha and he's setting up to obliterate it here. 199 00:09:35.942 --> 00:09:37.043 - You know, the 400 IM, 200 00:09:37.043 --> 00:09:39.212 I was beyond confident about. 201 00:09:40.113 --> 00:09:41.214 I kind of had little 202 00:09:41.247 --> 00:09:43.216 benchmarks that I had to hit each little sections 203 00:09:43.249 --> 00:09:46.086 of that race and then to go 4:03:08 204 00:09:46.119 --> 00:09:48.288 I mean, it was basically 205 00:09:48.321 --> 00:09:50.156 the exact goal time I had written down. 206 00:09:50.190 --> 00:09:51.358 So-- 207 00:09:51.624 --> 00:09:53.226 it was a good way to start. 208 00:09:53.259 --> 00:09:54.728 [Announcer] We mentioned that this race 209 00:09:54.761 --> 00:09:56.963 would set the table for Michael Phelps. 210 00:09:57.063 --> 00:09:59.399 He was worried. Everybody was worried. 211 00:09:59.432 --> 00:10:01.735 But no problem for Michael Phelps. 212 00:10:02.969 --> 00:10:04.604 New world record 213 00:10:04.637 --> 00:10:07.140 and gold medal number one of these Beijing games. 214 00:10:09.409 --> 00:10:10.610 - What went through your mind 215 00:10:10.643 --> 00:10:12.545 with gold medal number one here? 216 00:10:12.579 --> 00:10:13.613 - Umm... 217 00:10:13.646 --> 00:10:14.714 Kind of emotional now getting 218 00:10:14.748 --> 00:10:17.083 to do the first one and it's exciting. 219 00:10:17.117 --> 00:10:18.151 I'm really happy. 220 00:10:18.184 --> 00:10:20.153 [Announcer] A big sigh of relief, Rowdy. 221 00:10:20.453 --> 00:10:22.856 To get this one in the books. 222 00:10:22.889 --> 00:10:24.991 - Michael Phelps. 223 00:10:26.326 --> 00:10:27.427 [Narrator] But the very next morning 224 00:10:27.460 --> 00:10:31.031 would come his first team event, the 4 by 100 meter 225 00:10:31.064 --> 00:10:34.567 freestyle relay, where the consensus was his 226 00:10:34.601 --> 00:10:37.504 quest would actually come to an early end. 227 00:10:37.537 --> 00:10:40.073 And not only were the Americans not the clear 228 00:10:40.106 --> 00:10:43.810 favorite for gold in the race, but they were also dealing 229 00:10:43.843 --> 00:10:46.813 with some antagonism from their top rivals. 230 00:10:46.846 --> 00:10:48.314 - We are less than 40 minutes 231 00:10:48.348 --> 00:10:50.650 away from live swimming at the Water Cube. 232 00:10:50.684 --> 00:10:53.687 - The French team, it was said that they 233 00:10:53.720 --> 00:10:55.355 talked some smack about you guys. 234 00:10:55.388 --> 00:10:57.290 - Things are getting a little heated there. 235 00:10:57.323 --> 00:11:00.160 The prelims on Sunday night and the American's swimming 236 00:11:00.193 --> 00:11:02.829 without Phelps in the prelim broke the world record. 237 00:11:02.862 --> 00:11:04.798 Nonetheless, the French who qualified 238 00:11:04.831 --> 00:11:07.167 second and are expected to be the main competition, 239 00:11:07.200 --> 00:11:09.336 said they weren't impressed and they're ready to, quote, 240 00:11:09.369 --> 00:11:10.670 Take all they have. 241 00:11:10.870 --> 00:11:11.905 - They actually said they 242 00:11:11.938 --> 00:11:13.106 wanted to smash us like guitars. 243 00:11:13.139 --> 00:11:14.774 - Smash you like guitars? 244 00:11:14.808 --> 00:11:16.309 - That's what they said. 245 00:11:16.343 --> 00:11:19.479 - And that comes after this comment from hundred meter 246 00:11:19.512 --> 00:11:21.548 world record holder, Alain Bernard. 247 00:11:21.581 --> 00:11:23.917 The Americans, we're going to smash them. 248 00:11:23.950 --> 00:11:25.552 That's what we came for. 249 00:11:25.585 --> 00:11:28.455 Word has it that Bernard's quote has reached Bob Bowman, 250 00:11:28.488 --> 00:11:31.157 coach of Michael Phelps, some bulletin board material 251 00:11:31.191 --> 00:11:34.194 to add extra sizzle to what is already expected to be 252 00:11:34.227 --> 00:11:35.528 a blistering final. 253 00:11:35.562 --> 00:11:37.497 - They're bad at insults. 254 00:11:37.530 --> 00:11:38.798 (audience laughs) 255 00:11:38.832 --> 00:11:40.467 (exaggerated French accent) We will smash you 256 00:11:40.500 --> 00:11:42.235 like zee guitar! 257 00:11:42.268 --> 00:11:44.104 That you smash. 258 00:11:50.243 --> 00:11:52.145 - Make no mistake that we knew 259 00:11:52.178 --> 00:11:55.815 they were talking trash and that fueled the fire. 260 00:11:55.849 --> 00:11:58.985 Just like everyone who said I wasn't going to go 261 00:11:59.019 --> 00:12:00.653 to the Olympics, so I wasn't big enough, 262 00:12:00.687 --> 00:12:02.689 strong enough, talented enough. 263 00:12:02.722 --> 00:12:05.425 That fueled by Inferno in here 264 00:12:05.458 --> 00:12:09.629 and the French team, they fueled our fire 100%. 265 00:12:10.797 --> 00:12:13.099 [Announcer] Relay is always exciting at the Olympics. 266 00:12:13.133 --> 00:12:14.100 And this should be a good one. 267 00:12:14.134 --> 00:12:15.268 The finals of the men's four by-- 268 00:12:15.301 --> 00:12:16.870 [Narrator] There would be eight countries 269 00:12:16.903 --> 00:12:18.505 in the final of the relay. 270 00:12:19.239 --> 00:12:20.674 But the spotlight was almost 271 00:12:20.707 --> 00:12:24.911 entirely on the two teams in lanes four and five. 272 00:12:27.213 --> 00:12:28.815 Phelps would be swimming the first leg 273 00:12:28.848 --> 00:12:32.385 for the Americans and then relying on his supporting cast 274 00:12:32.419 --> 00:12:35.422 from there to capture him another gold medal. 275 00:12:38.124 --> 00:12:41.928 Garrett Weber-Gale, a hard working 23 year old 276 00:12:41.961 --> 00:12:45.465 who'd swum at the University of Texas and surprised many 277 00:12:45.498 --> 00:12:48.435 people by even getting to his first Olympics. 278 00:12:49.536 --> 00:12:52.572 Cullen Jones, another first time Olympian, 279 00:12:52.605 --> 00:12:56.176 carrying expectations far beyond just the event. 280 00:12:57.444 --> 00:13:00.080 And then a veteran, Jason Lezak, 281 00:13:00.113 --> 00:13:03.416 a relay specialist in his third Olympic Games. 282 00:13:06.286 --> 00:13:08.755 Meanwhile, one lane over, the French team 283 00:13:08.788 --> 00:13:11.157 was composed of an imposing foursome. 284 00:13:13.493 --> 00:13:15.061 Amaury Leveaux, 285 00:13:15.061 --> 00:13:18.598 a brash competitor with a knack for fast starts. 286 00:13:19.733 --> 00:13:23.236 Fabien Gilot, who'd been part of every French 287 00:13:23.269 --> 00:13:25.872 freestyle relay team since 2003. 288 00:13:27.574 --> 00:13:32.412 Frederick Bousquet, France's anchor in the relay in 2004. 289 00:13:34.714 --> 00:13:36.616 And Alain Bernard, 290 00:13:36.649 --> 00:13:40.253 the world record holder in the individual 100 free. 291 00:13:41.087 --> 00:13:43.289 Who'd already riled up the Americans with his 292 00:13:43.323 --> 00:13:45.492 purported comments to the media. 293 00:13:48.561 --> 00:13:50.864 But the truth was, the problem for Phelps 294 00:13:50.897 --> 00:13:53.633 and the Americans went beyond trash talk. 295 00:13:53.667 --> 00:13:55.468 It was simple math. 296 00:13:55.769 --> 00:13:57.637 As talented as the U.S. team was, 297 00:13:57.671 --> 00:14:00.407 the French were simply faster. 298 00:14:03.843 --> 00:14:08.048 (Speaking in French) 299 00:14:09.783 --> 00:14:12.552 (Speaking in French) 300 00:14:16.456 --> 00:14:19.893 (Speaking in French) 301 00:14:26.666 --> 00:14:29.836 (Speaking in French) 302 00:14:36.609 --> 00:14:37.877 [Announcer] Australia has been tough 303 00:14:37.911 --> 00:14:39.579 through the years, but when you break down 304 00:14:39.612 --> 00:14:41.915 the times, it really comes down to the United States 305 00:14:41.948 --> 00:14:46.653 in lane four and France above them in lane five. 306 00:14:46.686 --> 00:14:48.455 So Phelps just more than 307 00:14:48.488 --> 00:14:51.324 an hour away from swimming the semis of the two hundred 308 00:14:51.358 --> 00:14:55.395 free back in the pool here in the relay. 309 00:14:55.428 --> 00:14:57.297 And when Phelps is in the pool, 310 00:14:57.597 --> 00:15:01.534 everybody's here, including the president. 311 00:15:01.568 --> 00:15:04.537 - The testosterone and the like, energy in there 312 00:15:04.571 --> 00:15:06.239 you could cut with a knife. 313 00:15:06.272 --> 00:15:07.707 It almost felt like a fight 314 00:15:07.741 --> 00:15:09.609 was going to break out at any moment. 315 00:15:09.876 --> 00:15:13.313 (Speaking in French) 316 00:15:15.515 --> 00:15:19.786 (Speaking in French) 317 00:15:20.053 --> 00:15:21.888 [Narrator] Phelps' challenge in the opening leg 318 00:15:21.921 --> 00:15:24.257 would be the fearless Leveaux. 319 00:15:24.958 --> 00:15:27.761 (Speaking in French) 320 00:15:33.066 --> 00:15:38.605 (Speaking in French) 321 00:15:41.408 --> 00:15:45.445 (Speaking in French) 322 00:15:48.715 --> 00:15:51.785 (Speaking in French) 323 00:15:57.390 --> 00:16:00.326 (intense music) 324 00:16:02.529 --> 00:16:03.830 - Take your marks. 325 00:16:05.131 --> 00:16:07.133 [Announcer] Phelps going first. 326 00:16:07.167 --> 00:16:10.236 Amaury Leveaux of France leads it off. 327 00:16:10.470 --> 00:16:12.839 Second fastest ever in the 50 meter free. 328 00:16:12.872 --> 00:16:15.442 The reason the French have come onto the scene here is 329 00:16:15.475 --> 00:16:17.877 that they've got three sprinters who have come 330 00:16:17.911 --> 00:16:21.247 on in the last year or so, a little bit out of nowhere. 331 00:16:22.615 --> 00:16:25.752 (Speaking in French) 332 00:16:29.289 --> 00:16:32.258 (Speaking in French) 333 00:16:35.895 --> 00:16:39.399 (Speaking in French) 334 00:16:44.337 --> 00:16:46.639 [Announcer] Look at Eamon Sullivan from Australia. 335 00:16:46.673 --> 00:16:48.274 Wow, he's out. 336 00:16:48.308 --> 00:16:51.244 Oh, my goodness, 22.48. 337 00:16:53.079 --> 00:16:54.247 [Narrator] The early pace 338 00:16:54.280 --> 00:16:56.850 by Australia's Eamon Sullivan was blistering. 339 00:16:57.851 --> 00:17:02.022 But at the very peak of his powers, Phelps was undeterred. 340 00:17:04.791 --> 00:17:05.825 - I'll never forget Bob was 341 00:17:05.859 --> 00:17:07.060 like, what the hell is going on? 342 00:17:07.093 --> 00:17:09.763 Why is he so far behind the first 50? 343 00:17:09.796 --> 00:17:11.531 It's like, well, I'm not a sprinter, number one. 344 00:17:11.564 --> 00:17:14.567 So relax. I close. I don't start fast. 345 00:17:14.601 --> 00:17:16.703 So coming off the 50 wall, 346 00:17:16.736 --> 00:17:20.040 I basically slingshot out of that wall and 347 00:17:20.040 --> 00:17:22.175 got right there back into the mix. 348 00:17:22.842 --> 00:17:25.145 (exciting music) 349 00:17:26.713 --> 00:17:27.781 [Announcer] He's the world record holder 350 00:17:27.814 --> 00:17:29.649 in the 50 free, we expected Sullivan 351 00:17:29.683 --> 00:17:32.085 from Australia to lead it out, but don't expect him to have 352 00:17:32.118 --> 00:17:33.687 the fire power to stay up. 353 00:17:33.720 --> 00:17:36.523 - No, Phelps will close on him he just got to hope to stay 354 00:17:36.556 --> 00:17:38.091 out of that wash. 355 00:17:38.291 --> 00:17:40.193 - Michael knows he's going 356 00:17:40.226 --> 00:17:43.897 to win before he even gets there and he has an ability 357 00:17:43.930 --> 00:17:47.767 to will a win more than anyone I've ever been around. 358 00:17:47.801 --> 00:17:49.069 And the funny thing is, 359 00:17:49.069 --> 00:17:51.504 is that everyone who competes against him, 360 00:17:51.538 --> 00:17:53.740 they have in the back of their head, even if they're ahead 361 00:17:53.773 --> 00:17:55.809 of him, they know Michael's coming for him. 362 00:17:56.343 --> 00:17:58.511 [Announcer] Look at the world record line. 363 00:17:58.545 --> 00:18:00.680 Way ahead of it is a-- 364 00:18:00.880 --> 00:18:04.484 - The United States to win this relay, keep it close 365 00:18:04.517 --> 00:18:06.252 to Leveaux, and that's what he did. 366 00:18:06.286 --> 00:18:07.620 He beat him. 367 00:18:07.654 --> 00:18:09.356 Broke the American record on the way. 368 00:18:09.389 --> 00:18:10.924 Almost broke the world record. 369 00:18:14.494 --> 00:18:15.762 [Narrator] After one leg, 370 00:18:15.795 --> 00:18:18.798 Eamon Sullivan's world record had the Australians in first 371 00:18:18.832 --> 00:18:23.636 place, but Phelps American record had Team USA in second. 372 00:18:23.670 --> 00:18:28.775 With the French closely behind and 300 more meters to go 373 00:18:28.808 --> 00:18:31.811 before the race's story was fully written. 374 00:18:37.183 --> 00:18:39.052 - It's funny, people after the fact asked 375 00:18:39.052 --> 00:18:41.554 me, like, hey, did you guys think about 376 00:18:41.588 --> 00:18:44.224 this relay being part of Michael's aid? 377 00:18:44.257 --> 00:18:46.259 And like, did you guys have pressure? 378 00:18:46.292 --> 00:18:47.794 And I mean, we never did. 379 00:18:47.827 --> 00:18:49.729 At least I never did. 380 00:18:49.763 --> 00:18:51.264 And I never heard that from anyone else. 381 00:18:51.297 --> 00:18:52.665 Like, 382 00:18:52.699 --> 00:18:54.300 I want to win a gold medal. 383 00:18:56.670 --> 00:18:59.372 (slow twangy music) 384 00:19:02.742 --> 00:19:04.511 I had missed the 2004 Olympic 385 00:19:04.544 --> 00:19:07.814 team by one place. Going into that Olympics, 386 00:19:07.847 --> 00:19:10.150 I think only my coaches in a couple of guys I swam 387 00:19:10.183 --> 00:19:12.686 with thought that I could maybe make that team. 388 00:19:12.719 --> 00:19:14.020 I ended up getting seventh, 389 00:19:14.054 --> 00:19:17.190 one place out of making the the team for the relay. 390 00:19:17.223 --> 00:19:19.192 And I was crying my eyes out on the deck. 391 00:19:19.225 --> 00:19:21.327 My assistant coach said, 392 00:19:21.361 --> 00:19:23.863 all right, look at the scoreboard. 393 00:19:23.897 --> 00:19:25.432 Your name in the place up there. 394 00:19:25.465 --> 00:19:28.134 Promise yourself you will never allow yourself to feel 395 00:19:28.168 --> 00:19:30.136 this type of pain and disappointment again. 396 00:19:30.170 --> 00:19:31.738 So I looked up there and 397 00:19:31.771 --> 00:19:34.674 thought about how bad I felt and I made a promise. 398 00:19:34.708 --> 00:19:36.643 And then I worked for four 399 00:19:36.676 --> 00:19:40.547 years consistently and just got after it. 400 00:19:41.147 --> 00:19:42.449 And that led me to the trials 401 00:19:42.482 --> 00:19:46.686 in 2008 where basically I showed up and it was already 402 00:19:46.720 --> 00:19:49.422 in my my brain like a done deal. 403 00:19:49.456 --> 00:19:51.324 Like I'm making this team. 404 00:19:55.295 --> 00:19:57.063 - My name is Garrett Weber-Gale. 405 00:19:57.063 --> 00:20:01.167 People call me G, G-Dub, G-Grill, and-- 406 00:20:01.201 --> 00:20:03.370 No, they don't call me G-Grill I couldn't think of that one! 407 00:20:03.403 --> 00:20:04.871 - So at the time, Garrett was a 408 00:20:04.904 --> 00:20:06.206 younger swimmer on the team. 409 00:20:06.239 --> 00:20:08.141 We would talk trash to each other for fun. 410 00:20:08.174 --> 00:20:09.843 It wasn't a serious trash talk. 411 00:20:09.876 --> 00:20:11.311 We had a good relationship 412 00:20:11.344 --> 00:20:14.014 together and we wanted to see each other do well. 413 00:20:14.047 --> 00:20:15.348 [Announcer] Lezak is trying to make his 414 00:20:15.382 --> 00:20:18.184 third Olympic team and Garrett Webber-Gale is 415 00:20:18.218 --> 00:20:21.588 looking for his first Olympic team birth. 416 00:20:21.621 --> 00:20:23.923 - I've never actually told this story on a film. 417 00:20:23.957 --> 00:20:26.292 But the year before I was 418 00:20:26.326 --> 00:20:29.262 in 2007 world championships. 419 00:20:29.295 --> 00:20:31.898 I remember sitting in Jason Lezak's hotel room 420 00:20:31.931 --> 00:20:34.134 at our training camp and he says to me, 421 00:20:34.167 --> 00:20:37.070 As long as I'm swimming, you'll never beat be. 422 00:20:38.672 --> 00:20:40.774 [Announcer] Just over American record place. 423 00:20:42.342 --> 00:20:45.478 Second from the bottom in lane seven is Lezak. 424 00:20:45.512 --> 00:20:48.515 Up in lane three, Weber-Gale beginning to turn it on. 425 00:20:48.715 --> 00:20:52.052 - I'm not sure I like the way Lezak is looking right now. 426 00:20:52.085 --> 00:20:53.620 [Garrett] Every night when I went to sleep, 427 00:20:53.653 --> 00:20:55.021 I would think about Lezak telling me, 428 00:20:55.055 --> 00:20:56.823 you will never beat me as long as I'm swimming. 429 00:20:56.856 --> 00:20:59.592 And I would literally imagine the race and imagine how 430 00:20:59.626 --> 00:21:01.528 incredible it was going to feel. 431 00:21:01.561 --> 00:21:03.630 [Announcer] Weber-Gale just above him. 432 00:21:03.663 --> 00:21:05.432 Just out touches him, 433 00:21:05.465 --> 00:21:08.134 but Lezak makes it in the second spot. 434 00:21:08.168 --> 00:21:09.302 - I ended up beating him 435 00:21:09.336 --> 00:21:11.671 in the final of that race, and I can't tell if I was 436 00:21:11.705 --> 00:21:14.074 actually more excited about beating Lezak for the first 437 00:21:14.107 --> 00:21:16.409 time, or actually making the Olympic team. 438 00:21:17.677 --> 00:21:20.080 - So I'm glad I could motivate Garrett to swim fast. 439 00:21:24.784 --> 00:21:29.089 - There will be 5 or 6, maybe 10 or 12 people on every 440 00:21:29.089 --> 00:21:32.826 team across the world that you say, 441 00:21:32.859 --> 00:21:35.261 Where'd they come from? How'd they do it? 442 00:21:36.129 --> 00:21:37.897 They made the great outside 443 00:21:37.931 --> 00:21:41.301 the pool sacrifices, and they worked themselves 444 00:21:41.334 --> 00:21:43.503 harder than anybody else in the pool. 445 00:21:44.537 --> 00:21:46.539 That's why I love the sport. 446 00:21:47.507 --> 00:21:49.542 Pretty much you get what you deserve. 447 00:21:49.576 --> 00:21:52.946 [Announcer] A new American record and lifetime best for- 448 00:21:52.979 --> 00:21:56.282 [Narrator] Garrett Weber-Gale's fantastic performance 449 00:21:56.316 --> 00:21:57.884 in the 100 meter freestyle 450 00:21:57.917 --> 00:22:02.122 at the 2008 Olympic trials not only meant he'd be swimming 451 00:22:02.155 --> 00:22:05.925 for gold in that event in Beijing, it also set him up 452 00:22:05.959 --> 00:22:08.895 alongside his friend Jason Lezak to team 453 00:22:08.928 --> 00:22:12.899 with Michael Phelps and the 4 by 100 meter free relay. 454 00:22:15.568 --> 00:22:17.203 And as Weber-Gale got ready 455 00:22:17.237 --> 00:22:19.739 to dive in the pool behind Phelps as the 456 00:22:19.773 --> 00:22:21.508 American's second leg, 457 00:22:21.908 --> 00:22:25.412 he'd be matching up with France's Fabien Gilot. 458 00:22:27.080 --> 00:22:30.383 (Speaking in French) 459 00:22:33.253 --> 00:22:35.755 (Speaking in French) 460 00:22:39.726 --> 00:22:42.429 (Speaking in French) 461 00:22:42.996 --> 00:22:45.965 [Narrator] But in Beijing, Gilot would be diving into 462 00:22:45.999 --> 00:22:48.301 the pool an unsettled swimmer. 463 00:22:49.803 --> 00:22:53.606 (Speaking in French) 464 00:22:56.276 --> 00:22:59.512 [Announcer] Alain Bernard, who is the world record holder 465 00:22:59.546 --> 00:23:01.581 in the 100 free, sitting out this race. 466 00:23:01.614 --> 00:23:03.783 He's another one of those guys that has made France 467 00:23:03.817 --> 00:23:05.719 a favorite and Leveaux has given-- 468 00:23:06.519 --> 00:23:10.590 (Speaking in French) 469 00:23:17.097 --> 00:23:21.201 (Speaking in French) 470 00:23:23.136 --> 00:23:24.571 [Announcer] Here's the finish by Bousquet. 471 00:23:24.604 --> 00:23:27.240 Anybody that can go 18 seconds in the 50, 472 00:23:27.273 --> 00:23:30.443 has got some speed. If he anchors that relay, 473 00:23:30.477 --> 00:23:32.645 he's going to have to do that later on in primetime. 474 00:23:33.580 --> 00:23:34.981 [Narrator] But while France's swimmers 475 00:23:35.081 --> 00:23:37.517 had figured on the best order for the final, 476 00:23:38.785 --> 00:23:41.121 their coaches had other plans. 477 00:23:42.455 --> 00:23:44.657 (Speaking in French) 478 00:23:47.227 --> 00:23:49.529 (Speaking in French) 479 00:23:51.398 --> 00:23:52.565 - Yeah, I know there was some 480 00:23:52.599 --> 00:23:55.702 controversy with France and with Freddie Bousquet 481 00:23:55.735 --> 00:23:57.604 saying that he should have anchored. 482 00:23:57.637 --> 00:24:01.574 And the reason was, is because he knew the Americans. 483 00:24:01.608 --> 00:24:03.143 He knew that he had 484 00:24:03.176 --> 00:24:05.645 the experience of racing in the United States 485 00:24:05.679 --> 00:24:08.848 at the NCAA level, which is just huge 486 00:24:10.316 --> 00:24:12.786 (Speaking in French) 487 00:24:18.558 --> 00:24:20.593 [Announcer] In this session of the 4 by 100 488 00:24:20.627 --> 00:24:23.163 freestyle relay where Michael Phelps tries to keep 489 00:24:23.196 --> 00:24:26.633 his hopes alive of passing Mark Spitz. If the Americans 490 00:24:26.666 --> 00:24:28.535 don't get gold, then he's going to turn his 491 00:24:28.568 --> 00:24:30.136 attention toward matching Spitz. 492 00:24:30.170 --> 00:24:32.172 But that is really not on Phelps's radar right now. 493 00:24:32.205 --> 00:24:34.240 We just want to set the table for you as far as-- 494 00:24:34.274 --> 00:24:36.943 - Garrett in the ready room was pacing. 495 00:24:36.976 --> 00:24:39.612 His leg was bouncing, and I remember leaning over 496 00:24:39.646 --> 00:24:41.548 and was like, Garrett stop! 497 00:24:41.581 --> 00:24:43.216 Leave it for the pool. 498 00:24:43.249 --> 00:24:44.684 I got plenty. 499 00:24:44.884 --> 00:24:47.253 [Announcer] Look at the world record line! 500 00:24:47.287 --> 00:24:48.621 Way ahead of it-- 501 00:24:48.655 --> 00:24:51.091 [Narrator] After the lightning fast first 502 00:24:51.091 --> 00:24:54.461 leg had put Australia in the lead ahead of the U.S. 503 00:24:54.494 --> 00:24:56.763 and then France, now Weber-Gale 504 00:24:56.963 --> 00:24:59.099 looked to pull in front and give 505 00:24:59.099 --> 00:25:02.268 the Americans as much of an edge as possible. 506 00:25:02.302 --> 00:25:06.139 With France's fastest swimmers still to come. 507 00:25:06.339 --> 00:25:08.341 (upbeat music) 508 00:25:08.641 --> 00:25:10.744 - Here I am at the Olympics, Lezak is there. 509 00:25:10.777 --> 00:25:12.579 Phelps is there, Cullen is there. 510 00:25:12.612 --> 00:25:15.815 Michael goes off the block and he's swimming. 511 00:25:15.849 --> 00:25:16.850 He comes back. 512 00:25:16.883 --> 00:25:19.786 I realize the Australian guys were in front. 513 00:25:19.819 --> 00:25:20.854 I got off the block. 514 00:25:20.887 --> 00:25:23.456 And the first thing I remember thinking is-- 515 00:25:23.490 --> 00:25:24.858 [Announcer] Garrett Weber-Gale 516 00:25:24.891 --> 00:25:26.126 and his first Olympic swim. 517 00:25:27.060 --> 00:25:27.927 [Garrett] Oh, my God, 518 00:25:27.961 --> 00:25:29.229 I think I might have just false started. 519 00:25:31.798 --> 00:25:33.066 [Announcer] World record there 520 00:25:33.066 --> 00:25:36.169 for Australia's Eamon Sullivan to lead things off-- 521 00:25:36.870 --> 00:25:38.104 - The reaction time, 522 00:25:38.138 --> 00:25:41.341 from the time Michael's hand hit the touchpad to the time 523 00:25:41.374 --> 00:25:44.444 my toe left the block was six one hundredths of a second. 524 00:25:44.477 --> 00:25:45.745 Luckily, I had raced enough. 525 00:25:45.779 --> 00:25:47.981 I let that go to the back of my mind. 526 00:25:48.081 --> 00:25:49.549 I think I see the Australian guy. 527 00:25:49.582 --> 00:25:51.484 I'm not thinking about it. I'm just going. 528 00:25:51.518 --> 00:25:54.688 [Announcer] World record there for Australia's Eamon Sullivan 529 00:25:54.721 --> 00:25:57.323 to lead things off, but look at this world record line. 530 00:25:57.357 --> 00:25:59.292 You know, I think the winning relay, first of all, 531 00:25:59.325 --> 00:26:01.361 it's going to take a world record to win. 532 00:26:01.394 --> 00:26:02.762 They can break the world record 533 00:26:02.796 --> 00:26:05.365 by three or four seconds. That's how good 534 00:26:05.398 --> 00:26:07.267 all these teams are. 535 00:26:08.301 --> 00:26:10.036 - Garrett's somebody who is 536 00:26:10.036 --> 00:26:13.206 putting up enough hundred times throughout the years 537 00:26:13.239 --> 00:26:15.408 and some pretty big moments that, yeah, he deserved every 538 00:26:15.442 --> 00:26:17.143 right to be there and he showed it. 539 00:26:18.611 --> 00:26:19.879 [Announcer] Garrett Weber-Gale has the 540 00:26:19.913 --> 00:26:20.814 lead for the United States. 541 00:26:20.847 --> 00:26:22.382 What is it going to take down 542 00:26:22.415 --> 00:26:24.217 a stretch of this race for the Americans to have 543 00:26:24.250 --> 00:26:26.586 a chance in the end with France? 544 00:26:26.619 --> 00:26:28.822 - That was my one Olympic final 545 00:26:28.855 --> 00:26:31.424 that I was a part of in my swimming career. 546 00:26:31.458 --> 00:26:34.394 When I finished the race, I got the absolute best I 547 00:26:34.427 --> 00:26:36.930 could of out of my mind and my body at that moment. 548 00:26:39.699 --> 00:26:41.167 Definitely a dream come true. 549 00:26:41.201 --> 00:26:42.369 - It was a great swim, 550 00:26:42.402 --> 00:26:44.504 he put us in a good position, he put us in the lead. 551 00:26:44.537 --> 00:26:45.739 [Announcer] US has the slight lead 552 00:26:45.772 --> 00:26:48.341 in the third leg of this four man event. 553 00:26:49.809 --> 00:26:52.212 [Narrator] Weber-Gale edged Gilot by three 554 00:26:52.245 --> 00:26:55.615 one hundredths of a second building the American's lead 555 00:26:55.648 --> 00:26:58.618 over France to nearly half a second. 556 00:26:58.651 --> 00:27:01.221 With Australia already fading into third, 557 00:27:01.254 --> 00:27:04.891 it looked like a two team race with two legs to go. 558 00:27:11.765 --> 00:27:16.536 - I always thought the 400 free relay for me historically 559 00:27:16.569 --> 00:27:19.072 was a sense of pride because we had never lost. 560 00:27:19.105 --> 00:27:22.175 If you look at the great hundred freestylers 561 00:27:22.208 --> 00:27:25.612 that U.S. has had. You know, the Johnny Weissmuller's 562 00:27:25.645 --> 00:27:28.214 and the Don Showlander's and the Duke Kahanamoku's 563 00:27:28.248 --> 00:27:30.617 and the Jim Montgomery's then Mark Spitz, I mean, 564 00:27:30.650 --> 00:27:33.620 those are the greatest names in the history sport. 565 00:27:33.653 --> 00:27:35.755 And it's almost like 566 00:27:35.789 --> 00:27:38.758 you don't want to let the guys down on the relay with you, 567 00:27:38.792 --> 00:27:41.194 obviously, you're brothers, but you also don't want to let 568 00:27:41.227 --> 00:27:45.065 down your older brothers, you know, that came before you. 569 00:27:45.065 --> 00:27:48.268 So there certainly is a lot of pressure on that relay. 570 00:27:48.301 --> 00:27:51.371 [Announcer] Rowdy Gaines of the United States of America. 571 00:27:52.772 --> 00:27:54.741 - So I know back when I swam 572 00:27:54.774 --> 00:27:58.345 in '84, a lot of smack talking for sure. In fact 573 00:27:58.378 --> 00:28:01.414 the Aussies were yelling at me before I took off 574 00:28:01.448 --> 00:28:04.017 the anchor leg because it was very close on that relay. 575 00:28:04.017 --> 00:28:06.252 And I'll never forget hearing those guys calling me some 576 00:28:06.286 --> 00:28:07.921 names I can't say on television. 577 00:28:08.121 --> 00:28:09.556 [Announcer] Rowdy Gaines will touch the wall 578 00:28:09.589 --> 00:28:11.358 a brand new world record! 579 00:28:12.325 --> 00:28:15.495 [Narrator] Sixteen years after Rowdy Gaines led the U.S. 580 00:28:15.528 --> 00:28:19.032 to a gold medal in the 4 by 100 meter relay, 581 00:28:19.032 --> 00:28:21.601 the Olympic Games came to Sydney. 582 00:28:21.634 --> 00:28:22.936 Where the Americans would once 583 00:28:23.036 --> 00:28:25.705 again be the favorites in the event. 584 00:28:25.739 --> 00:28:27.340 With a brash approach to their 585 00:28:27.374 --> 00:28:30.043 rivalry with the hometown team. 586 00:28:30.610 --> 00:28:31.711 - Hello again. 587 00:28:31.745 --> 00:28:34.514 American dual Olympic gold medalist Gary Hall Jr. 588 00:28:34.547 --> 00:28:35.815 has angered the Australian 589 00:28:35.849 --> 00:28:39.386 swim team by claiming the US will smash them like guitars. 590 00:28:39.419 --> 00:28:41.621 - Comments on the eve of their arrival in Sydney 591 00:28:41.654 --> 00:28:43.189 spread like wildfire. 592 00:28:43.223 --> 00:28:45.825 [Announcer] The Aussie crowd on its feet 593 00:28:45.859 --> 00:28:48.461 trying to encourage the Thorpedo 594 00:28:48.495 --> 00:28:50.830 to upset the Americans. They've never lost this race. 595 00:28:51.164 --> 00:28:55.068 An Olympic competition. Hall and Thorpedo to the wall. 596 00:28:55.101 --> 00:28:56.536 This could be the first time! 597 00:28:57.237 --> 00:28:59.506 And that streak is over! 598 00:29:00.006 --> 00:29:01.474 Australia wins gold. 599 00:29:03.143 --> 00:29:05.345 - Look who did this smashing tonight. 600 00:29:10.517 --> 00:29:11.885 - French swimmer Alain Bernard 601 00:29:11.918 --> 00:29:14.654 had this to say about the US team. 602 00:29:14.688 --> 00:29:16.456 We are going to smash them. 603 00:29:16.489 --> 00:29:18.458 That's what we came for. 604 00:29:18.491 --> 00:29:20.860 [Narrator] So eight years later in Beijing, 605 00:29:20.894 --> 00:29:24.764 the French team's words echoed the American's from Sydney. 606 00:29:25.832 --> 00:29:28.635 And for 24 year old Cullen Jones, 607 00:29:28.668 --> 00:29:31.805 the experience was altogether overwhelming. 608 00:29:36.509 --> 00:29:38.478 - I watched parts of the race. 609 00:29:39.446 --> 00:29:41.548 Oh, God. 610 00:29:41.581 --> 00:29:44.384 Hello, young Cullen. How are you? 611 00:29:45.218 --> 00:29:46.786 [Announcer] Relay is always exciting 612 00:29:46.820 --> 00:29:48.521 in the Olympics, and it should be a good one. 613 00:29:48.555 --> 00:29:50.757 - I think the crazy thing is like three out 614 00:29:50.790 --> 00:29:53.226 of the four guys, I already knew them beforehand. 615 00:29:53.259 --> 00:29:57.931 You know, Fred swam at Auburn under my coach and so 616 00:30:00.900 --> 00:30:02.736 Yeah, this is a rivalry though. 617 00:30:05.805 --> 00:30:09.576 I have not watched this straight through ever. 618 00:30:10.210 --> 00:30:11.911 [Announcer] Now they've got the A team out 619 00:30:11.945 --> 00:30:13.413 there led by Michael Phelps 620 00:30:13.446 --> 00:30:16.516 who's going for gold medal number two at these games. 621 00:30:17.884 --> 00:30:20.020 [Narrator] For Jones, the four by one relay 622 00:30:20.053 --> 00:30:21.588 had actually begun the previous 623 00:30:21.621 --> 00:30:24.924 night in the preliminary heats of the race. 624 00:30:25.658 --> 00:30:27.127 [Announcer] All right, two heats here, 625 00:30:27.160 --> 00:30:28.661 the men's 400 meter freestyle 626 00:30:28.695 --> 00:30:32.132 relay and the great tradition of the United States is 627 00:30:32.165 --> 00:30:35.035 on the line, although they have not won 628 00:30:35.068 --> 00:30:36.636 at the last two Olympic Games. 629 00:30:36.670 --> 00:30:40.040 And this marks the first Olympic swim for Cullen Jones 630 00:30:40.073 --> 00:30:41.908 in this prelims, just the second 631 00:30:41.941 --> 00:30:44.878 African-American to make the men's U.S. Olympic swim team. 632 00:30:44.911 --> 00:30:49.115 - Here I am 24 years old, deer in headlights first Olympics. 633 00:30:49.149 --> 00:30:53.787 And I had to swim the fastest leg in the prelim heat 634 00:30:53.820 --> 00:30:55.455 to actually make it to that relay. 635 00:30:55.488 --> 00:30:59.192 So it was a pretty tense environment. 636 00:31:00.527 --> 00:31:02.629 [Announcer] And fortunately for all four 637 00:31:02.662 --> 00:31:04.364 of these Americans, only one 638 00:31:04.397 --> 00:31:06.933 will come out and make it to the finals 639 00:31:06.966 --> 00:31:10.236 because Garrett Weber-Gale, Jason Lezak and Michael Phelps 640 00:31:10.270 --> 00:31:12.839 will definitely be on that relay later on. 641 00:31:13.707 --> 00:31:18.078 [Cullen] Team USA, we try to rest our A-listers so Garrett, 642 00:31:18.078 --> 00:31:21.214 who won the 100 freestyle, was already resting. 643 00:31:21.247 --> 00:31:24.217 Jason was resting. And then Michael, of course, 644 00:31:24.250 --> 00:31:27.220 was already on the relay. Lucky duck. 645 00:31:27.253 --> 00:31:29.456 So there's only one spot left, so I had to try to beat all 646 00:31:29.489 --> 00:31:31.858 these, you know, A-list sprinters. 647 00:31:33.093 --> 00:31:34.394 [Narrator] And the hunger of those 648 00:31:34.427 --> 00:31:35.729 sprinters would produce 649 00:31:35.762 --> 00:31:41.101 a tremendous performance from the US's so called, B-listers. 650 00:31:41.668 --> 00:31:44.104 [Announcer] Cullen Jones was third in this event, Dan, 651 00:31:44.104 --> 00:31:47.474 at the Olympic trials. He was also third in the 50 652 00:31:47.507 --> 00:31:50.377 freestyle. He's sneaking up on the field now. 653 00:31:50.410 --> 00:31:52.345 All of a sudden, they're kind of bunched up together. 654 00:31:52.379 --> 00:31:54.514 What a great finish by Cullen Jones. 655 00:31:54.547 --> 00:31:55.882 There's no question in my mind 656 00:31:55.915 --> 00:31:58.451 it's going to take a world record to win the gold medal. 657 00:31:58.485 --> 00:32:00.520 47.6 on Cullen Jones. 658 00:32:00.553 --> 00:32:04.057 To the wall. He comes and that's a new world record. 659 00:32:05.325 --> 00:32:07.394 Matt Grevers. 660 00:32:07.594 --> 00:32:09.462 Cullen Jones. 661 00:32:09.662 --> 00:32:11.297 Nathan Adrian 662 00:32:11.331 --> 00:32:14.467 And Ben Wildman-Tobriner with a world record 663 00:32:14.501 --> 00:32:16.670 to take it into the finals. You know 664 00:32:16.703 --> 00:32:19.472 only one guy can join the rest though. 665 00:32:19.506 --> 00:32:21.107 Who's it going to be? 666 00:32:22.075 --> 00:32:23.777 - How'd you like to be Eddie Reese and Mark Schubert 667 00:32:23.810 --> 00:32:25.078 and have to decide which of 668 00:32:25.111 --> 00:32:26.946 this quartet goes to the final? 669 00:32:26.980 --> 00:32:28.381 - I think what Eddie Reese said 670 00:32:28.415 --> 00:32:30.917 to me was that if we all split something ridiculous and get 671 00:32:30.950 --> 00:32:34.621 the world record, that he might retire shortly 672 00:32:34.654 --> 00:32:37.257 just so they make the decision and then come back as a coach. 673 00:32:37.290 --> 00:32:40.827 So they've got some serious deciding to do. 674 00:32:40.860 --> 00:32:43.763 - So Cullen literally 675 00:32:43.797 --> 00:32:46.266 made the relay by the slimmest of margins. 676 00:32:46.299 --> 00:32:48.101 He's told me in the past that 677 00:32:48.101 --> 00:32:49.602 the head coach at the time, Eddie Reese, 678 00:32:49.636 --> 00:32:51.771 came up to him and said, you're on the relay. 679 00:32:51.805 --> 00:32:54.207 And it's by hundredths of a second. 680 00:32:54.240 --> 00:32:57.510 - Blazing fast times in the heats, setting up what 681 00:32:57.544 --> 00:33:00.747 should be a dramatic sprint relay conclusion when Michael- 682 00:33:00.780 --> 00:33:02.182 [Narrator] And later that night 683 00:33:02.215 --> 00:33:03.917 came a sense of just how much 684 00:33:03.950 --> 00:33:06.886 attention would be on Jones in the morning. 685 00:33:07.654 --> 00:33:09.522 - I want to say, like 11 o'clock, 686 00:33:09.556 --> 00:33:13.560 12 o'clock at night, Michael's banging on the door. 687 00:33:13.593 --> 00:33:16.963 I open the door and he's like, the NBA guys are downstairs. 688 00:33:17.063 --> 00:33:18.164 They want to wish just good luck. 689 00:33:18.198 --> 00:33:20.333 And they're all downstairs. And I'm like, wait, what? 690 00:33:20.367 --> 00:33:22.736 I kick Ryan and I'm like NBA guys downstairs! 691 00:33:22.769 --> 00:33:24.904 And we start running down the stairs 692 00:33:24.938 --> 00:33:27.574 and like Kobe, LeBron, D Wade, all those guys are sitting 693 00:33:27.607 --> 00:33:30.377 outside and Michael had know LeBron 694 00:33:30.410 --> 00:33:32.212 from I think the ESPY's. 695 00:33:32.245 --> 00:33:33.546 I remember shaking his hand. 696 00:33:33.580 --> 00:33:34.781 He goes, Oh, snap. 697 00:33:34.814 --> 00:33:36.950 There's a black dude on the swim team. 698 00:33:37.650 --> 00:33:41.187 - First Nike had Michael Jordan, 699 00:33:41.221 --> 00:33:44.657 then the torch was passed to Tiger Woods. 700 00:33:44.691 --> 00:33:47.093 Now they have Cullen Jones. 701 00:33:47.260 --> 00:33:50.430 - That's the word there. Irvington, New Jersey. 702 00:33:50.463 --> 00:33:52.899 Look, do a search online and you see that almost all 703 00:33:52.932 --> 00:33:56.236 stories about that city involve crime. 704 00:33:56.269 --> 00:33:58.805 This story and the young man it's about 705 00:33:58.838 --> 00:34:00.440 are glowing exceptions. 706 00:34:01.174 --> 00:34:02.208 - Should I be looking at you? 707 00:34:02.242 --> 00:34:03.309 - You're gonna be looking at me. 708 00:34:03.343 --> 00:34:04.811 I'm going to move in. - Ok. 709 00:34:21.661 --> 00:34:24.597 - Kept getting it from people walking down the street. 710 00:34:24.631 --> 00:34:25.632 Oh, my God, 711 00:34:25.665 --> 00:34:28.301 you're that swimmer, you're the black swimmer. 712 00:34:28.335 --> 00:34:29.736 So my name was just everywhere. 713 00:34:29.769 --> 00:34:31.705 Media really portrayed me 714 00:34:31.738 --> 00:34:36.443 after that as this African-American hope. 715 00:34:36.476 --> 00:34:37.577 I mean, my name was being 716 00:34:37.610 --> 00:34:39.713 thrown in with your Tiger Woods, 717 00:34:39.746 --> 00:34:43.350 your Serena and Venus Williams and Arthur Ashe. 718 00:34:43.383 --> 00:34:46.186 And I'm just like wh-wh-wha? 719 00:34:46.219 --> 00:34:48.088 I just like swimming fast. 720 00:34:57.297 --> 00:35:00.233 (soft music) 721 00:35:01.101 --> 00:35:06.439 (Speaking in French) 722 00:35:12.212 --> 00:35:16.383 (Speaking in French) 723 00:35:21.521 --> 00:35:23.890 (Speaking in French) 724 00:35:28.294 --> 00:35:29.529 [Narrator] As the halfway point 725 00:35:29.562 --> 00:35:32.632 of the Beijing relay approached the U.S. and France 726 00:35:32.665 --> 00:35:36.803 for one and two in the race. With Fred Bousquet set to swim 727 00:35:36.836 --> 00:35:39.639 head to head against Cullen Jones. 728 00:35:40.340 --> 00:35:41.608 [Announcer] How many times have I broken 729 00:35:41.641 --> 00:35:43.810 this down, Dan, over the last two weeks? 730 00:35:43.843 --> 00:35:45.111 You know, the Americans are 731 00:35:45.145 --> 00:35:47.847 certainly capable of doing, but each one of them have 732 00:35:47.881 --> 00:35:51.651 to have the perfect race to be able to beat the French. 733 00:35:52.919 --> 00:35:54.354 - On the right side, 734 00:35:54.387 --> 00:35:56.890 all the NBA guys are there on the left side, George Bush, 735 00:35:56.923 --> 00:35:58.558 the current president at the time, is there. 736 00:35:58.591 --> 00:36:01.828 And it's just like, this is huge. 737 00:36:01.861 --> 00:36:03.830 You feel like a gladiator. 738 00:36:04.030 --> 00:36:06.366 It's just noise because there's so 739 00:36:06.399 --> 00:36:08.868 many different languages being screamed. 740 00:36:08.902 --> 00:36:10.704 And I'm a part of it. 741 00:36:10.737 --> 00:36:13.073 And I'm looking at all this and I'm just like, 742 00:36:14.174 --> 00:36:17.510 Go. The only thing in my head is go. 743 00:36:18.244 --> 00:36:20.447 I wasn't thinking about mechanics, I wasn't thinking 744 00:36:20.480 --> 00:36:23.283 about my turn, my start. Jump, go. 745 00:36:23.316 --> 00:36:24.684 That's it. 746 00:36:24.718 --> 00:36:25.919 [Announcer] Freddie Bousquet, 747 00:36:25.952 --> 00:36:29.422 has taken over the lead though for France. 748 00:36:29.456 --> 00:36:32.726 Fastest relay split in history in the prelims. 749 00:36:32.759 --> 00:36:35.128 And then you've got Cullen Jones. 750 00:36:37.063 --> 00:36:40.500 (Speaking in French) 751 00:36:45.672 --> 00:36:48.875 (Speaking in French) 752 00:36:53.613 --> 00:36:57.317 (Speaking in French) 753 00:37:00.420 --> 00:37:04.190 (Speaking in French) 754 00:37:19.706 --> 00:37:22.509 [Cullen] I blacked out, I honestly don't remember 755 00:37:22.542 --> 00:37:25.712 a lot of it. I just remember pushing 756 00:37:25.745 --> 00:37:28.114 and just faster, faster, faster, faster. 757 00:37:28.148 --> 00:37:30.850 No, no, no, no, faster, faster. 758 00:37:30.884 --> 00:37:33.086 And I remember hitting the wall, 759 00:37:33.119 --> 00:37:34.921 and my first thought was... 760 00:37:36.623 --> 00:37:37.924 I just runined this. 761 00:37:40.193 --> 00:37:42.062 [Announcer] Freddie Bousquet 762 00:37:42.062 --> 00:37:45.532 has taken over the lead though for France. 763 00:37:45.565 --> 00:37:49.703 Fastest relay split in history and the prelims 764 00:37:49.736 --> 00:37:51.538 for Bousquet. 765 00:37:52.072 --> 00:37:54.541 - In the video, it looks like Cullen's not 766 00:37:54.574 --> 00:37:57.077 swimming well, but you just have to do some 767 00:37:57.110 --> 00:37:59.145 comparison of, like Fred Bousquet, 768 00:37:59.179 --> 00:38:00.680 he had had the fastest relay 769 00:38:00.714 --> 00:38:03.450 split in history in the prelims. 770 00:38:05.752 --> 00:38:07.354 [Announcer] France has taken the lead up 771 00:38:07.387 --> 00:38:10.023 there in lane five over the United States. 772 00:38:10.757 --> 00:38:12.826 - I've been there, I've been on both ends, man, 773 00:38:12.859 --> 00:38:15.729 I've been on the end of trying to chase somebody down, 774 00:38:15.762 --> 00:38:18.531 which is a really good feeling when you do chase them down. 775 00:38:18.565 --> 00:38:21.301 And then I've been on the feeling of being chased down. 776 00:38:21.334 --> 00:38:23.837 It literally is like swimming 777 00:38:23.870 --> 00:38:26.039 with a big lead weight on your back 778 00:38:26.039 --> 00:38:27.240 when that happens. 779 00:38:27.273 --> 00:38:30.910 When somebody starts to go by you, it's so difficult. 780 00:38:30.944 --> 00:38:36.950 So for Cullen Jones to remain poised in that situation, 781 00:38:37.050 --> 00:38:41.955 to remain focused on what he had to do was pretty amazing. 782 00:38:42.055 --> 00:38:43.590 And he did it. 783 00:38:44.190 --> 00:38:45.959 [Announcer] Freddie Bousquet, 784 00:38:46.059 --> 00:38:49.496 has taking over the lead, though, for France. 785 00:38:50.830 --> 00:38:53.433 - I was a half of a stroke ahead of him. 786 00:38:56.302 --> 00:38:58.071 - It hurts. 787 00:38:58.071 --> 00:38:59.339 Yeah. 788 00:38:59.639 --> 00:39:01.508 [Michael] If you look at it, Freddie made 789 00:39:01.541 --> 00:39:03.376 up so much ground that first 50. 790 00:39:03.576 --> 00:39:07.147 Cullen hung on as much as he could. 791 00:39:07.180 --> 00:39:09.015 That's a tough man to swim with. 792 00:39:09.783 --> 00:39:11.885 [Announcer] Fastest relay split in history 793 00:39:11.918 --> 00:39:14.220 in the prelims for Bousquet. 794 00:39:15.255 --> 00:39:18.625 (Speaking in French) 795 00:39:24.230 --> 00:39:26.800 (Speaking in French) 796 00:39:30.737 --> 00:39:34.341 (Speaking in French) 797 00:39:43.083 --> 00:39:44.718 [Announcer] France has taken the lead 798 00:39:44.751 --> 00:39:47.387 up there in lane five over the United States. 799 00:39:47.587 --> 00:39:49.589 [Narrator] Bousquet had given France a lead 800 00:39:49.622 --> 00:39:52.926 of more than half a second over the U.S. 801 00:39:52.959 --> 00:39:55.562 A virtual eternity in a race 802 00:39:55.595 --> 00:39:58.798 that had just 100 meters to go. 803 00:40:00.033 --> 00:40:02.202 [Announcer] I just don't think they can do it, Dan. 804 00:40:08.775 --> 00:40:11.277 (Speaking in French) 805 00:40:11.311 --> 00:40:13.847 [Narrator] In 2008, Alain Bernard 806 00:40:13.880 --> 00:40:16.649 arrived in Beijing as the fastest 100 807 00:40:16.683 --> 00:40:19.352 meter freestyler in swimming history. 808 00:40:19.853 --> 00:40:22.288 Capping a rapid two year ascent 809 00:40:22.322 --> 00:40:24.024 to the top of his sport. 810 00:40:26.226 --> 00:40:28.294 (Speaking in French) 811 00:40:35.068 --> 00:40:38.138 (Speaking in French) 812 00:40:45.278 --> 00:40:47.414 (Speaking in French) 813 00:40:54.954 --> 00:40:57.190 (Speaking in French) 814 00:41:00.326 --> 00:41:02.729 [Announcer] Alain Bernard awaits as the anchor guy 815 00:41:02.762 --> 00:41:05.965 and Jason Lezak is going to have to make up 816 00:41:06.066 --> 00:41:09.836 some ground on Alain Bernard who stands 6'5, 817 00:41:09.869 --> 00:41:11.938 he can absolutely fly. 818 00:41:13.373 --> 00:41:16.509 (Speaking in French) 819 00:41:20.680 --> 00:41:24.451 (Speaking in French) 820 00:41:30.357 --> 00:41:32.192 [Announcer] I just don't think they can do it, Dan, 821 00:41:32.225 --> 00:41:34.127 I mean, Jason Lezak has been 822 00:41:34.160 --> 00:41:36.663 there how many times in his career? 823 00:41:39.833 --> 00:41:43.403 Lane seven, Jason Lezak has won the last couple 824 00:41:43.436 --> 00:41:45.138 of national championships in this event. 825 00:41:45.171 --> 00:41:47.941 [Narrator] Jason Lezak was a late bloomer as a swimmer. 826 00:41:48.475 --> 00:41:49.642 He didn't develop 827 00:41:49.676 --> 00:41:52.612 into an Olympic caliber racer until after he graduated 828 00:41:52.645 --> 00:41:55.682 from the University of California, Santa Barbara, 829 00:41:55.715 --> 00:42:00.420 and he made his first Olympic team at the age of 24 in 2000. 830 00:42:02.922 --> 00:42:04.891 [Announcer] Well, if you want a full dose of 831 00:42:04.924 --> 00:42:06.526 the Australian American rivalry 832 00:42:06.559 --> 00:42:09.162 we've been talking about, this is it. 833 00:42:09.195 --> 00:42:10.964 The finals of the men's 4 by 100-- 834 00:42:12.432 --> 00:42:14.968 [Jason] The Americans had seven years, I believe, 835 00:42:15.068 --> 00:42:16.069 at winning this 836 00:42:16.102 --> 00:42:18.805 never losing this race and Olympic history going 837 00:42:18.838 --> 00:42:20.840 into my first Olympic Games in 2000. 838 00:42:20.874 --> 00:42:22.575 So we had all that history 839 00:42:22.609 --> 00:42:26.112 behind us and we thought, hey, this is a gold medal because 840 00:42:26.146 --> 00:42:28.848 this is what we've done and this is how good we are. 841 00:42:28.882 --> 00:42:31.885 And the first experience wasn't quite what we expected. 842 00:42:32.318 --> 00:42:33.787 [Announcer] Twenty five meters to go. 843 00:42:33.820 --> 00:42:36.690 It's Gary Hall, Jr. and Alain Bernard 844 00:42:36.723 --> 00:42:39.693 It's US and Australia. Gold finishing for Australia. 845 00:42:39.726 --> 00:42:42.128 US, Australia! US, Australia! 846 00:42:46.433 --> 00:42:49.536 And Australia have got the gold medal! 847 00:42:50.103 --> 00:42:52.539 Australia beat the US! 848 00:42:53.640 --> 00:42:55.542 And the streak is over! 849 00:42:58.745 --> 00:43:01.214 - It was pretty hard to swallow. 850 00:43:01.247 --> 00:43:03.450 I mean, you can see the reaction from us, 851 00:43:03.483 --> 00:43:05.852 and I've actually someone sent me a picture a few years back. 852 00:43:05.885 --> 00:43:07.420 We had someone leaning over the block. 853 00:43:07.454 --> 00:43:08.388 The other person had their 854 00:43:08.421 --> 00:43:10.357 hand on him, like with their head down. 855 00:43:10.390 --> 00:43:11.725 We did our best. 856 00:43:11.758 --> 00:43:13.293 They were just a little bit better that day. 857 00:43:13.793 --> 00:43:15.729 [Narrator] Four years later in Athens, 858 00:43:15.762 --> 00:43:19.733 Lezak was again on the 4 by 1 free relay team. 859 00:43:19.766 --> 00:43:23.069 This time with a 19 year old, Michael Phelps. 860 00:43:24.671 --> 00:43:28.074 - In 2004, we thought we could win 861 00:43:28.074 --> 00:43:31.511 and South Africans just came out of nowhere and kind 862 00:43:31.544 --> 00:43:34.247 of blasted one and they got out to a quick start early 863 00:43:34.280 --> 00:43:36.950 and we were kind of toasted off the start. 864 00:43:37.150 --> 00:43:39.085 [Announcer] Off they go! 865 00:43:39.252 --> 00:43:43.189 There's no way. There is no way Jason Lezak 866 00:43:43.223 --> 00:43:44.991 is going to catch Neethling. 867 00:43:45.091 --> 00:43:46.793 He's just too battle tested. 868 00:43:46.826 --> 00:43:48.995 He's been there over and over again. 869 00:43:49.095 --> 00:43:50.296 Jason Lezak, one of the best 870 00:43:50.330 --> 00:43:52.732 sprinters in the world. No question about it. 871 00:43:52.766 --> 00:43:54.100 But he's just going to run out room. 872 00:43:54.134 --> 00:43:55.402 Look at that, a body length. 873 00:43:55.435 --> 00:43:58.505 You can't give a body length in a hundred freestyle. 874 00:43:58.538 --> 00:43:59.506 There's just no way. 875 00:44:01.041 --> 00:44:03.476 A new world record for South Africa. 876 00:44:08.481 --> 00:44:10.717 [Announcer] Welcome back to Beijing as we continue 877 00:44:10.750 --> 00:44:12.886 live from these Olympics, a look inside the state-- 878 00:44:12.919 --> 00:44:15.488 [Narrator] When Beijing came around and Lezak made 879 00:44:15.522 --> 00:44:19.559 the Olympics again at age 32, he was voted the swim team's 880 00:44:19.592 --> 00:44:22.729 captain and brought to the 4 by 1 relay, 881 00:44:22.762 --> 00:44:26.700 a quiet hunger fueled by the disappointment of the past. 882 00:44:29.869 --> 00:44:32.439 - We all were ready in our suits, we walked into this 883 00:44:32.472 --> 00:44:35.842 hallway and Jason pulled us over to the side, he said, 884 00:44:35.875 --> 00:44:38.411 I've been to this race many times. 885 00:44:38.445 --> 00:44:41.314 And he said, when we go up and try and swim it as 886 00:44:41.348 --> 00:44:44.284 individuals, the result is not a good one. 887 00:44:44.317 --> 00:44:45.585 So we're going to go to this race. 888 00:44:45.618 --> 00:44:47.754 We're gonna swim four hundred, we're going to do it together. 889 00:44:47.787 --> 00:44:50.390 And, I remember Michael and Cullen and I just looked 890 00:44:50.423 --> 00:44:52.992 at each other like this guy is the God. 891 00:44:53.093 --> 00:44:54.561 - He had that switch. 892 00:44:54.594 --> 00:44:55.762 I don't know what it was, 893 00:44:55.795 --> 00:44:58.698 but he got so amped for relays. He was just 894 00:44:58.732 --> 00:45:01.034 a different human for those moments. 895 00:45:01.034 --> 00:45:03.103 And it was cool to be a part of, cool to watch. 896 00:45:08.508 --> 00:45:10.043 [Announcer] Jason Lezak 897 00:45:10.043 --> 00:45:12.078 is going to have to make up some ground 898 00:45:12.112 --> 00:45:16.750 on Alain Bernard who stands 6'5 and can absolutely fly. 899 00:45:18.118 --> 00:45:20.587 (crowd cheering) 900 00:45:25.792 --> 00:45:28.128 [Announcer] I just don't think they can do it, Dan, 901 00:45:28.161 --> 00:45:29.763 I mean, Jason Lezak has been there 902 00:45:29.796 --> 00:45:32.132 how many times in his career? 903 00:45:32.165 --> 00:45:34.734 Has he anchored this free relay and medley relay 904 00:45:34.768 --> 00:45:37.170 but I just don't think he can do it. 905 00:45:37.203 --> 00:45:40.206 He's trying to ride that wave as much as possible. 906 00:45:40.240 --> 00:45:42.175 Bernard is pulling away from him. 907 00:45:43.276 --> 00:45:45.812 - At about twenty five meters, they show this side angle 908 00:45:45.845 --> 00:45:49.082 video shot and Lezak's head is at Bernard's feet. 909 00:45:49.082 --> 00:45:50.116 And I remember looking 910 00:45:50.150 --> 00:45:52.085 at Michael and I looked at each other in the eye 911 00:45:52.085 --> 00:45:53.319 and we thought the exact same thing. 912 00:45:53.353 --> 00:45:56.523 We thought, oh, my God, we're going to win the silver. 913 00:45:57.123 --> 00:45:58.324 [Announcer] Lezak, 914 00:45:58.358 --> 00:46:01.194 a three time Olympian world record is absolutely going 915 00:46:01.227 --> 00:46:03.797 to be shattered here. The United States 916 00:46:03.830 --> 00:46:05.031 try to hang on to second. 917 00:46:05.031 --> 00:46:07.100 They should get the silver medal. 918 00:46:07.867 --> 00:46:11.071 - It was almost like, well, we tried, right? 919 00:46:11.104 --> 00:46:12.372 I guess it's over. 920 00:46:12.405 --> 00:46:14.240 - I was so out of breath and blacking out. 921 00:46:14.274 --> 00:46:16.776 I go under to the side 922 00:46:16.810 --> 00:46:20.714 and I remember turning around and watching Jason. 923 00:46:20.747 --> 00:46:23.850 And I'm like, oh, my God, he's on the lane line. 924 00:46:25.085 --> 00:46:26.720 Oh, my God, he's on the lane line! 925 00:46:26.753 --> 00:46:29.489 Yes, yes, draft him draft him. And he's sitting there 926 00:46:29.522 --> 00:46:31.291 the whole time, I just see him catching him, 927 00:46:31.324 --> 00:46:33.693 catching him, flips, catching him, catching him. 928 00:46:35.395 --> 00:46:37.063 - And with a twenty five to go, 929 00:46:37.063 --> 00:46:38.865 all of a sudden it looked like 930 00:46:39.532 --> 00:46:41.167 we have a shot. 931 00:46:41.368 --> 00:46:44.170 [Announcer] Australia is in bronze territory right now, 932 00:46:44.204 --> 00:46:48.074 but Lezak is closing a little bit on Bernard. 933 00:46:48.074 --> 00:46:50.343 Can the veteran chase him down? 934 00:46:50.377 --> 00:46:52.145 And pull off a shocker here? 935 00:46:52.445 --> 00:46:55.181 - Well there's no doubt that he's tightening up. 936 00:46:55.215 --> 00:46:57.984 - Looked like the piano had fallen on Bernard's back. 937 00:46:58.385 --> 00:47:00.787 And Lezak, he rode that lane line the whole way. 938 00:47:04.224 --> 00:47:07.027 (Speaking in French) 939 00:47:10.030 --> 00:47:13.867 (Speaking in French) 940 00:47:23.276 --> 00:47:24.711 [Announcer] Well there's no doubt 941 00:47:24.744 --> 00:47:26.179 that he's tightening up. 942 00:47:26.780 --> 00:47:28.548 Bernard is losing some ground. 943 00:47:28.581 --> 00:47:31.618 Here comes Lezak! Unbelievable at the end! 944 00:47:31.818 --> 00:47:34.120 He's done it! The US has done it! 945 00:47:35.121 --> 00:47:38.091 (crowd cheering) 946 00:47:45.565 --> 00:47:48.301 46.06 split for Lezak. 947 00:47:48.335 --> 00:47:50.837 What a clutch fast swim when they needed it. 948 00:47:52.339 --> 00:47:55.075 Who's talking now? 949 00:47:56.476 --> 00:47:58.645 - Jason Lezak, 46.0 950 00:47:58.678 --> 00:48:01.681 46.0, are you kidding me? 951 00:48:01.715 --> 00:48:06.486 The fastest time it has been ten years, twelve years now. 952 00:48:06.519 --> 00:48:09.422 No one has gone that fast. Ever. 953 00:48:10.023 --> 00:48:13.693 (Speaking in French) 954 00:48:22.535 --> 00:48:24.037 - The emotions are ridiculous. 955 00:48:24.070 --> 00:48:27.307 That was... I can still hear the roar. 956 00:48:28.675 --> 00:48:30.276 [Announcer] Superman does it again. 957 00:48:30.310 --> 00:48:32.846 Garrett-Weber-Gale a part of it. 958 00:48:32.879 --> 00:48:36.049 Welcome to the Olympics, Garrett, his first Olympics 959 00:48:36.950 --> 00:48:38.084 - It was so close, 960 00:48:38.118 --> 00:48:40.453 I remember looking at the scoreboard on the far end. 961 00:48:40.487 --> 00:48:42.489 I see United States of America with a one next to it. 962 00:48:42.522 --> 00:48:43.890 And I had to look a second 963 00:48:43.923 --> 00:48:46.693 time because I just, like, could barely even believe it. 964 00:48:48.395 --> 00:48:49.662 [Announcer] Stunned. 965 00:48:50.930 --> 00:48:52.599 I think they need to use another 966 00:48:52.632 --> 00:48:54.100 word other than smash. 967 00:48:57.604 --> 00:48:58.772 - Looking at the replay, 968 00:48:58.805 --> 00:49:01.174 it's funny to see it took Cullen so long to swim over 969 00:49:01.207 --> 00:49:04.678 to the side and he was so tired that he wound up staying 970 00:49:04.711 --> 00:49:07.480 on the side of the pool to watch the end of that race. 971 00:49:07.514 --> 00:49:08.715 And then you see him jumping 972 00:49:08.748 --> 00:49:12.018 up for joy as I touch that wall and celebrating. 973 00:49:12.152 --> 00:49:15.021 [Announcer] What a clutch, fast swim when they needed it. 974 00:49:15.021 --> 00:49:16.022 Who's talking now? 975 00:49:20.293 --> 00:49:24.631 - It was so devastating and I know... I'm not laughing. 976 00:49:24.664 --> 00:49:28.568 I promise I'm not laughing, but I'm laughing with Dan 977 00:49:28.601 --> 00:49:31.671 saying, Who's talking now? At the end. 978 00:49:32.172 --> 00:49:34.407 I laugh because I don't want to cry for France. 979 00:49:34.441 --> 00:49:35.742 I really want to cry for them. 980 00:49:35.775 --> 00:49:38.211 But at that moment, 981 00:49:38.244 --> 00:49:40.413 it worked out perfectly for the United States 982 00:49:40.447 --> 00:49:42.215 in the villain in the water for sure. 983 00:49:42.248 --> 00:49:44.617 - I think he was one of the greatest, 984 00:49:44.651 --> 00:49:47.454 if not the greatest relay swimmers we've ever seen. 985 00:49:47.487 --> 00:49:48.822 - If you raced that race any 986 00:49:48.855 --> 00:49:52.225 other time, nine times out of 10, France wins. 100 percent. 987 00:50:01.201 --> 00:50:03.837 - The stars really aligned on that race. 988 00:50:17.117 --> 00:50:19.185 [Rowdy] It really is 989 00:50:19.719 --> 00:50:22.055 so difficult 990 00:50:22.088 --> 00:50:23.723 to explain 991 00:50:24.424 --> 00:50:26.292 how he did what he did. 992 00:50:26.993 --> 00:50:28.061 To this day, 993 00:50:28.094 --> 00:50:31.197 so many years later, I have a hard time putting 994 00:50:31.231 --> 00:50:34.334 in words what happened because I get asked all the time. 995 00:50:34.367 --> 00:50:35.769 Especially when I'm with Jason. 996 00:50:35.802 --> 00:50:37.470 You know, they ask Jason and they ask me. 997 00:50:37.504 --> 00:50:40.206 Well, what do you think, Rowdy? How did he do it? 998 00:50:40.674 --> 00:50:42.208 And 999 00:50:42.242 --> 00:50:47.247 again, I'll say it's the triumph of the human spirit. 1000 00:50:47.280 --> 00:50:49.916 I really believe 1001 00:50:49.949 --> 00:50:53.520 that it's in all of us, you know, 1002 00:50:53.553 --> 00:50:57.590 and I know that it sounds very corny, but I really believe 1003 00:50:57.624 --> 00:51:01.795 what Jason had in that moment is in all of us. 1004 00:51:02.929 --> 00:51:06.766 We just have a hard time tapping into that. 1005 00:51:08.201 --> 00:51:12.472 I think somehow or another, he tapped into the frustration 1006 00:51:12.505 --> 00:51:14.507 of the two Olympic Games before. 1007 00:51:15.442 --> 00:51:18.778 I think he tapped into the physical part 1008 00:51:18.812 --> 00:51:23.149 of riding Bernard's wave as long as he could. 1009 00:51:23.183 --> 00:51:27.620 I think he tapped into knowing that maybe in the back of his 1010 00:51:27.654 --> 00:51:31.191 mind, Bernard went out too fast at the first 50. 1011 00:51:31.224 --> 00:51:32.525 I mean, if he's a professional 1012 00:51:32.559 --> 00:51:34.661 relay swimmer, he knows these things. 1013 00:51:34.694 --> 00:51:36.162 And... 1014 00:51:36.830 --> 00:51:41.401 I think in the end, he was tired of losing. 1015 00:51:41.434 --> 00:51:44.838 I think he just finally said, I've had it. 1016 00:51:45.238 --> 00:51:48.174 And for 50 meters, 1017 00:51:48.208 --> 00:51:52.278 I'm going to show them that I am tired. 1018 00:51:52.312 --> 00:51:53.847 I'm going to win. 1019 00:52:07.327 --> 00:52:09.262 [Narrator] If the relay was the greatest 1020 00:52:09.295 --> 00:52:11.431 moment of Jason Lezak's career, 1021 00:52:11.464 --> 00:52:14.601 it was the most disappointing of Alain Bernard's. 1022 00:52:16.603 --> 00:52:19.739 (Speaking in French) 1023 00:52:27.814 --> 00:52:30.383 (Speaking in French) 1024 00:52:34.154 --> 00:52:36.923 (Speaking in French) 1025 00:52:41.127 --> 00:52:42.128 [Announcer] Wow! 1026 00:52:43.763 --> 00:52:45.398 That might be the most 1027 00:52:45.432 --> 00:52:49.636 incredible relay split I've ever seen in my entire life. 1028 00:52:50.303 --> 00:52:54.808 46 flat, not only was that the fastest in history, 1029 00:52:54.841 --> 00:52:57.844 it blew away the fastest in history. 1030 00:52:57.877 --> 00:53:01.047 French are still in shock. 1031 00:53:01.047 --> 00:53:04.317 I think they need to use another word other than smash 1032 00:53:05.719 --> 00:53:08.321 (Speaking in French) 1033 00:53:15.495 --> 00:53:16.963 - Bob said it to me. 1034 00:53:17.063 --> 00:53:18.398 I don't know where he heard it, 1035 00:53:18.431 --> 00:53:21.101 but Bob said it to me and he knows that I 1036 00:53:21.801 --> 00:53:23.536 I enjoy it, but, I mean, 1037 00:53:23.570 --> 00:53:25.171 who knows, maybe he could have made it up. 1038 00:53:26.172 --> 00:53:27.407 Who knows? But I mean, 1039 00:53:27.440 --> 00:53:31.878 I do know that they were talking some smack 1040 00:53:31.911 --> 00:53:33.213 leading into that final. 1041 00:53:33.246 --> 00:53:34.414 And 1042 00:53:40.120 --> 00:53:42.622 (Speaking in French) 1043 00:53:48.995 --> 00:53:51.598 (Speaking in French) 1044 00:53:57.404 --> 00:54:01.107 (Speaking in French) 1045 00:54:05.412 --> 00:54:10.050 (Speaking in French) 1046 00:54:17.357 --> 00:54:19.626 (Speaking in French) 1047 00:54:29.903 --> 00:54:31.571 - There were media reports 1048 00:54:31.604 --> 00:54:33.840 that Alain Bernard said that the French were going 1049 00:54:33.873 --> 00:54:35.542 to smash the Americans in the relay. 1050 00:54:35.575 --> 00:54:36.976 Is that an accurate quote? 1051 00:54:37.077 --> 00:54:39.646 And what do you think of his anger level? 1052 00:54:40.413 --> 00:54:41.815 (Speaking in French) 1053 00:54:49.489 --> 00:54:51.925 (Speaking in French) 1054 00:54:57.564 --> 00:54:59.733 (Speaking in French) 1055 00:55:01.267 --> 00:55:02.936 - Well, the French have said 1056 00:55:03.036 --> 00:55:04.571 we're going to smash the Americans. 1057 00:55:04.604 --> 00:55:06.773 Who's talking now, guys? 1058 00:55:07.173 --> 00:55:09.642 - We are. The United States of America. 1059 00:55:09.676 --> 00:55:12.045 (Speaking in French) 1060 00:55:17.550 --> 00:55:20.387 (Speaking in French) 1061 00:55:26.059 --> 00:55:27.060 - Who knows? 1062 00:55:27.260 --> 00:55:28.261 Whatever it is, 1063 00:55:29.362 --> 00:55:31.431 the outcome was how we wanted it, how I wanted it. 1064 00:55:31.464 --> 00:55:32.799 So (laughs) 1065 00:55:33.767 --> 00:55:35.368 We brought one home for our country. 1066 00:55:35.402 --> 00:55:37.103 So I don't know. 1067 00:55:45.311 --> 00:55:49.716 - I could redo it 10 times, but the sport is winning 1068 00:55:49.749 --> 00:55:52.085 and losing, but I think at the end 1069 00:55:52.085 --> 00:55:54.220 of the day, you have to respect those 1070 00:55:54.254 --> 00:55:56.890 who took part in this wonderful final. 1071 00:55:56.923 --> 00:55:58.925 It's one of the highlights 1072 00:55:58.958 --> 00:56:02.095 of the Olympic Games and beating the world record 1073 00:56:02.128 --> 00:56:05.198 by four seconds and still not being an Olympic winner 1074 00:56:05.231 --> 00:56:06.700 is something. 1075 00:56:17.243 --> 00:56:20.046 [Announcer] Jason Lezak has been there how many times 1076 00:56:20.046 --> 00:56:22.315 in his career? - But if you look at it here, 1077 00:56:22.349 --> 00:56:24.184 Lezak doesn't look like he's over swimming it. 1078 00:56:24.784 --> 00:56:26.353 You can see a lot of people in this spot 1079 00:56:26.386 --> 00:56:27.554 will over swim a race like this. 1080 00:56:27.754 --> 00:56:30.724 [Announcer] Trying to ride that wave as much as possible. 1081 00:56:30.757 --> 00:56:32.158 Bernard is pulling away from him. 1082 00:56:32.192 --> 00:56:35.829 [Narrator] For all the drama, all the extraordinary ups 1083 00:56:35.862 --> 00:56:39.099 and downs that transpired over those three minutes and eight 1084 00:56:39.132 --> 00:56:41.067 point two four seconds, 1085 00:56:42.435 --> 00:56:44.170 the 4 by 100 meter free 1086 00:56:44.204 --> 00:56:46.973 relay was just the second of Michael Phelps' 1087 00:56:47.073 --> 00:56:49.809 eight races in Beijing. - And then 15 meters to go, 1088 00:56:49.843 --> 00:56:51.077 I was like, holy, we have a chance. 1089 00:56:51.378 --> 00:56:52.779 - But improbably, 1090 00:56:52.812 --> 00:56:56.750 the victory meant his quest for eight golds 1091 00:56:56.783 --> 00:56:58.385 was still alive. 1092 00:56:58.585 --> 00:57:00.253 [Announcer] What a clutch fast swim 1093 00:57:00.286 --> 00:57:01.621 when they needed it. 1094 00:57:02.222 --> 00:57:05.025 - You know, you can go back and slice it a half dozen ways 1095 00:57:05.025 --> 00:57:08.728 and it's it's going to be close no matter what, but, 1096 00:57:08.762 --> 00:57:10.497 I mean, I will always say we 1097 00:57:10.530 --> 00:57:12.332 had the perfect team to get it done. 1098 00:57:15.301 --> 00:57:17.704 [Announcer] So here we go, Rowdy, Michael Phelps looking- 1099 00:57:17.737 --> 00:57:19.839 [Narrator] The next six races, would continue one 1100 00:57:19.873 --> 00:57:23.043 of the greatest Olympic dramas in history. 1101 00:57:23.043 --> 00:57:25.345 [Announcer] Michael Phelps once again 1102 00:57:25.378 --> 00:57:26.780 making it look easy. 1103 00:57:26.813 --> 00:57:30.383 Another gold medal for America's Michael Phelps 1104 00:57:30.417 --> 00:57:31.818 He's going to stand alone 1105 00:57:31.851 --> 00:57:34.921 in Olympic history, is it going to be a world record? 1106 00:57:34.954 --> 00:57:36.056 Yes! 1107 00:57:36.089 --> 00:57:37.557 We've been watching Michael Phelps every night. 1108 00:57:37.590 --> 00:57:38.625 I got sucked into all 1109 00:57:38.658 --> 00:57:40.694 the drama with him winning eight gold medals. 1110 00:57:40.727 --> 00:57:43.063 My husband has to drag me out of bed because I'm exhausted. 1111 00:57:43.229 --> 00:57:45.498 - Phelps mania sweeping the globe. 1112 00:57:45.532 --> 00:57:47.500 And certainly sweeping the United States. 1113 00:57:47.534 --> 00:57:49.169 - We're getting reports that our 1114 00:57:49.202 --> 00:57:50.670 broadcast may be causing some 1115 00:57:50.704 --> 00:57:53.573 issues with your sleep back in the States. 1116 00:57:53.606 --> 00:57:56.376 And we just want you to know we feel your pain. 1117 00:57:57.243 --> 00:57:58.645 - Michael Phelps about ready 1118 00:57:58.678 --> 00:58:01.448 to add to his incredible Olympic gold total. 1119 00:58:01.481 --> 00:58:03.149 Keep it perfect here at these 1120 00:58:03.183 --> 00:58:06.653 Beijing Games, all of them world records. 1121 00:58:07.120 --> 00:58:10.290 Michael Phelps looking for another world record. 1122 00:58:10.590 --> 00:58:12.592 And is he going to make it a perfect six 1123 00:58:12.625 --> 00:58:16.262 for six world records? The answer to that is yes! 1124 00:58:16.696 --> 00:58:20.166 And the drive for eight Olympic golds continues 1125 00:58:20.200 --> 00:58:21.601 for Michael Phelps. 1126 00:58:21.801 --> 00:58:23.737 - You know, looking back at it, 1127 00:58:23.770 --> 00:58:25.638 not just this race going back to the hundredth of a second 1128 00:58:25.672 --> 00:58:28.041 in the hundred fly like everything. 1129 00:58:28.074 --> 00:58:29.476 It was the touches. 1130 00:58:29.509 --> 00:58:31.177 [Announcer] Phelps needs to get by Cavic. 1131 00:58:31.211 --> 00:58:34.481 Does he have enough in the tank to get it done? 1132 00:58:34.514 --> 00:58:38.051 Cavic is swimming tough. Phelps above him in lane 5. 1133 00:58:38.385 --> 00:58:40.453 I don't know if he's going to catch him. 1134 00:58:41.454 --> 00:58:43.056 He gets it done again! 1135 00:58:43.056 --> 00:58:45.625 He did it! He did it again! He got it done again! 1136 00:58:46.059 --> 00:58:48.495 For the second straight Olympics, 1137 00:58:48.528 --> 00:58:51.164 Phelps in the end, gets it done. 1138 00:58:51.197 --> 00:58:53.667 One one hundredth of a second! 1139 00:58:55.068 --> 00:58:56.703 Lezak is going to try to hold 1140 00:58:56.736 --> 00:58:59.739 off Sullivan here to put away the eighth gold for Phelps. 1141 00:58:59.773 --> 00:59:01.675 Phelps is going to touch the wall. 1142 00:59:02.742 --> 00:59:04.644 And in goes Lezak. 1143 00:59:04.878 --> 00:59:07.847 Just about 30 meters left for Lezak to get Phelps 1144 00:59:07.881 --> 00:59:10.016 the greatest single performance in Olympic Games 1145 00:59:10.050 --> 00:59:13.720 history. Lezak trying to hold off Eamon Sullivan above him. 1146 00:59:13.753 --> 00:59:15.889 Lezak going to break the world record. 1147 00:59:15.922 --> 00:59:17.891 Trying to stay ahead of Sullivan. 1148 00:59:18.091 --> 00:59:21.261 And Lezak, the hero in the 400 free relay 1149 00:59:21.294 --> 00:59:23.563 won't let Phelps down at all. 1150 00:59:24.197 --> 00:59:27.634 History in Beijing for Michael Phelps 1151 00:59:29.936 --> 00:59:34.040 - Everything was meant to be for that week. 1152 00:59:34.074 --> 00:59:36.643 It was magical. It really was. 1153 00:59:36.943 --> 00:59:40.914 (National Anthem plays) 1154 00:59:40.947 --> 00:59:42.782 [Announcer] Move over Mark Spitz. 1155 00:59:42.816 --> 00:59:44.517 Eight for eight. 1156 00:59:47.654 --> 00:59:49.823 [Announcer] Australia is in bronze territory 1157 00:59:49.856 --> 00:59:51.157 right now but Lezak is 1158 00:59:51.191 --> 00:59:53.693 closing a little bit on Bernard. 1159 00:59:53.727 --> 00:59:56.262 Can the veteran chase him down? 1160 00:59:57.263 --> 01:00:00.066 - Alain Bernard was a little bit too nice? 1161 01:00:05.872 --> 01:00:06.873 (laughs) 1162 01:00:07.574 --> 01:00:09.042 - But, you know, this race 1163 01:00:09.075 --> 01:00:12.746 is great, just see Michael Phelps, it's amazing. 1164 01:00:14.447 --> 01:00:15.648 - Listen, they 1165 01:00:15.682 --> 01:00:18.184 they got even with the United States four years later. 1166 01:00:18.218 --> 01:00:20.153 You don't need to cry for them too much. 1167 01:00:22.489 --> 01:00:23.656 [Narrator] For Michael Phelps, 1168 01:00:23.690 --> 01:00:27.427 history in Beijing was to be savored forever. 1169 01:00:27.460 --> 01:00:30.363 But for his French rivals, there would be a chance 1170 01:00:30.397 --> 01:00:33.466 for revenge four years later in London. 1171 01:00:33.500 --> 01:00:35.235 [Announcer] So the lone two Americans 1172 01:00:35.268 --> 01:00:36.503 from that relay four years ago-- 1173 01:00:36.536 --> 01:00:38.338 [Narrator] The 2012 rematch 1174 01:00:38.371 --> 01:00:40.573 would feature two racers for each 1175 01:00:40.607 --> 01:00:44.978 team back in the pool. Phelps and Jones for the U.S. 1176 01:00:45.612 --> 01:00:48.648 and Leveaux and Gilot for France. 1177 01:00:50.650 --> 01:00:52.686 But for the two anchors from Beijing, 1178 01:00:52.719 --> 01:00:55.488 Bernard and Lezak, their only appearance 1179 01:00:55.522 --> 01:00:58.224 in London would be in the preliminaries. 1180 01:00:59.125 --> 01:01:01.928 (Speaking in French) 1181 01:01:09.069 --> 01:01:12.072 (Speaking in French) 1182 01:01:19.079 --> 01:01:20.814 [Announcer] Agnel looking really good. 1183 01:01:20.847 --> 01:01:23.750 I like Agnel, even though he stayed close there. 1184 01:01:23.783 --> 01:01:27.887 He's coming up on Lochte. Lochte giving it his go! 1185 01:01:28.788 --> 01:01:31.191 It's Agnel of France who's gonna out 1186 01:01:31.224 --> 01:01:33.293 touch the Americans and Lochte. 1187 01:01:34.994 --> 01:01:37.664 [Jason] Coming back in 2012, 36 years old. 1188 01:01:37.697 --> 01:01:40.467 So for me, I was just so happy to be on the Olympic team 1189 01:01:40.500 --> 01:01:43.970 and I was happy to be a teammate and team captain. 1190 01:01:44.004 --> 01:01:46.506 But really, we still wanted to win the gold medal. 1191 01:01:46.539 --> 01:01:48.241 I wanted to be a part of another gold medal. 1192 01:01:48.274 --> 01:01:50.110 Having the French team come back, 1193 01:01:50.110 --> 01:01:51.911 the way they did there was hard. 1194 01:01:53.113 --> 01:01:55.315 For me, I still look at 2008 1195 01:01:55.348 --> 01:01:58.151 and don't even think about 2012 because we 1196 01:01:58.184 --> 01:02:00.453 did something out of the ordinary, 1197 01:02:00.487 --> 01:02:03.223 we did something special, and that's all that matters. 1198 01:02:08.161 --> 01:02:10.764 [Cullen] There was a friend of mine that said after 2008, 1199 01:02:10.797 --> 01:02:12.866 do you know what you just did for the sport of swimming? 1200 01:02:12.899 --> 01:02:14.668 And then the USA Swimming Foundation 1201 01:02:14.701 --> 01:02:16.369 put the drowning rates in front of me. 1202 01:02:16.403 --> 01:02:20.573 And I was like, wow, ok. I'm a black swimmer. 1203 01:02:20.607 --> 01:02:22.208 And if that's going to open 1204 01:02:22.242 --> 01:02:25.178 my way to be able to teach other kids to swim, 1205 01:02:25.211 --> 01:02:28.548 that's how my platform and my soapbox is developed, 1206 01:02:28.581 --> 01:02:30.350 I'm going to take that and run with it. 1207 01:02:33.620 --> 01:02:35.088 [Garrett] It's funny looking back, 1208 01:02:35.088 --> 01:02:37.657 I remember some guys like Aaron Peirsol, 1209 01:02:37.691 --> 01:02:39.893 who's I think the greatest backstroker of all time, 1210 01:02:39.926 --> 01:02:42.629 and some of these guys who've won Olympic gold medals. 1211 01:02:42.662 --> 01:02:44.297 Like Aaron, in particular, he said, 1212 01:02:44.330 --> 01:02:46.533 Winning an Olympic gold medal, 1213 01:02:46.566 --> 01:02:49.336 it's not going to do anything for you. 1214 01:02:49.369 --> 01:02:54.174 You were part of the greatest swimming race in history. 1215 01:02:54.207 --> 01:02:56.009 And he's absolutely right. 1216 01:02:56.109 --> 01:02:58.111 I mean, I don't have the perspective of what it's 1217 01:02:58.111 --> 01:03:02.382 like winning an individual gold medal, so I can't say. 1218 01:03:02.415 --> 01:03:05.785 But I have always felt for my entire life, 1219 01:03:06.052 --> 01:03:08.655 it is more fun to be part of relays 1220 01:03:08.688 --> 01:03:10.924 because you're up there with your teammates. 1221 01:03:10.957 --> 01:03:12.058 And so I was just super 1222 01:03:12.092 --> 01:03:15.729 thankful that I could be a part of that race. 1223 01:03:15.762 --> 01:03:18.298 That will be history forever. 1224 01:03:20.367 --> 01:03:23.670 [Narrator] The real truth is that the sport will always be 1225 01:03:23.703 --> 01:03:27.440 a part of all of them and the unforgettable race 1226 01:03:27.474 --> 01:03:31.077 they were a part of in Beijing will never leave them. 1227 01:03:32.278 --> 01:03:34.614 On both sides of the miracle, 1228 01:03:34.647 --> 01:03:40.086 it bonds them to one another and the idea that just about 1229 01:03:40.086 --> 01:03:42.422 anything is possible in the water. 1230 01:03:44.724 --> 01:03:48.595 (teammates talking) 1231 01:03:52.732 --> 01:03:53.933 [Michael] I spent most of my career 1232 01:03:53.967 --> 01:03:56.703 swimming the relays with the same dudes every single 1233 01:03:56.736 --> 01:04:00.373 summer, so we just built that togetherness and it 1234 01:04:00.407 --> 01:04:02.709 was like you're literally swimming with your brothers. 1235 01:04:02.742 --> 01:04:04.444 That was the greatest part for me, 1236 01:04:04.477 --> 01:04:05.779 because we're swimming as a team. 1237 01:04:05.812 --> 01:04:07.147 We're swimming for our country. 1238 01:04:07.180 --> 01:04:09.783 And the Olympics is the only place we get that. 1239 01:04:30.904 --> 01:04:31.905 - Umm... 1240 01:04:33.406 --> 01:04:37.143 - Definitely all time favorite Olympic moment is the 2008 1241 01:04:37.177 --> 01:04:38.712 4 by 100 freestyle relay. 1242 01:04:38.745 --> 01:04:39.946 If you're a swimmer and you 1243 01:04:39.979 --> 01:04:42.148 don't say that, I don't know what you're going to pick. 1244 01:04:42.182 --> 01:04:44.417 - I remember exactly where I was 1245 01:04:44.451 --> 01:04:47.087 when the 400 free relay in Beijing went off. 1246 01:04:47.087 --> 01:04:48.621 - It way past my bedtime. 1247 01:04:48.655 --> 01:04:50.423 - We ran away from the dinner 1248 01:04:50.457 --> 01:04:53.560 table to turn the TV on and we were screaming. 1249 01:04:53.593 --> 01:04:56.363 And I think my grandma was like, what's going on? 1250 01:04:56.396 --> 01:04:59.332 - We were all just going wild. 1251 01:04:59.366 --> 01:05:02.402 - This is like swimming going on halfway across the world. 1252 01:05:02.435 --> 01:05:04.270 Like, why are we getting so hyped up for this? 1253 01:05:04.304 --> 01:05:05.372 This is awesome. 1254 01:05:05.405 --> 01:05:07.173 - Craziest race of all time. 1255 01:05:07.207 --> 01:05:09.642 Like, I watch it when I'm sad to make me happy. 1256 01:05:09.676 --> 01:05:12.178 - I honestly have chills right now just thinking of it. 1257 01:05:12.212 --> 01:05:14.180 - Watching Jason Lezak just come back 1258 01:05:14.214 --> 01:05:16.049 and have a monster split. 1259 01:05:16.049 --> 01:05:19.052 - I watched the DVD quite a few times. 1260 01:05:19.052 --> 01:05:21.054 - I still get goosebumps thinking about that. 1261 01:05:21.054 --> 01:05:22.322 - That had to be the moment that I was like, 1262 01:05:22.355 --> 01:05:25.091 What? That is huge! That is so cool. 1263 01:05:25.125 --> 01:05:26.559 - That's a performance that was 1264 01:05:26.593 --> 01:05:27.861 incredibly inspiring for me. 1265 01:05:27.894 --> 01:05:29.863 - That is the best moment in like history. 1266 01:05:29.896 --> 01:05:31.631 - That's going to go down as one of the greatest 1267 01:05:31.664 --> 01:05:32.899 relays of all time. 1268 01:05:32.932 --> 01:05:34.901 - You think about things like on paper, things should be 1269 01:05:34.934 --> 01:05:36.136 a certain way, you know what I mean? 1270 01:05:36.169 --> 01:05:38.505 But the Olympics like, things change. 1271 01:05:44.878 --> 01:05:47.080 - I always get, I'll never forget 1272 01:05:47.080 --> 01:05:48.648 you screaming at the end of that race. 1273 01:05:48.682 --> 01:05:50.183 That's so cool, Rowdy. 1274 01:05:50.216 --> 01:05:51.651 I go, wait a second, 1275 01:05:51.685 --> 01:05:53.653 I normally scream, but that wasn't me. 1276 01:05:53.687 --> 01:05:56.156 That was my partner. Believe it or not. 1277 01:05:57.157 --> 01:05:58.792 [Announcer] Here comes Lezak! 1278 01:05:58.825 --> 01:06:01.027 Unbelievable at the end! He's done it! 1279 01:06:01.061 --> 01:06:03.096 The US has done it! 1280 01:06:03.129 --> 01:06:05.031 They did it! A new world record! 1281 01:06:08.101 --> 01:06:09.102 - Take your marks. 1282 01:06:10.570 --> 01:06:12.639 [Announcer] Phelps going first. 1283 01:06:12.672 --> 01:06:15.208 Amaury Leveaux of France leads it 1284 01:06:15.241 --> 01:06:18.345 off second fastest ever in the 50 meter free. 1285 01:06:18.378 --> 01:06:20.947 The reason the French have come onto the scene here is 1286 01:06:21.047 --> 01:06:23.383 that they've got three sprinters who have come 1287 01:06:23.416 --> 01:06:26.453 on in the last year or so, a little bit out of nowhere. 1288 01:06:26.486 --> 01:06:28.054 - They have come out of nowhere. 1289 01:06:28.054 --> 01:06:31.057 I mean, they were nowhere on the radar screen at all. 1290 01:06:31.091 --> 01:06:33.927 Look at Eamon Sullivan from Australia, though. 1291 01:06:33.960 --> 01:06:35.528 Wow. He's out. 1292 01:06:35.562 --> 01:06:38.298 Oh, my goodness. 22.48 1293 01:06:39.065 --> 01:06:40.900 - He's the world record holder in the 50 free. 1294 01:06:40.934 --> 01:06:43.069 We expected Sullivan from Australia to lead it out 1295 01:06:43.069 --> 01:06:45.905 but don't expect him to have the fire power to stay up. 1296 01:06:45.939 --> 01:06:47.774 - No, Phelps will close on him. 1297 01:06:47.807 --> 01:06:49.976 He's just got to hope to stay out of that wash 1298 01:06:50.477 --> 01:06:55.215 that Sullivan has now created. Look at the world record line. 1299 01:06:55.248 --> 01:06:59.219 Way ahead of it is a number of swimmers. 1300 01:06:59.252 --> 01:07:01.287 Australia had the lead thanks to Sullivan. 1301 01:07:01.488 --> 01:07:03.289 And the pull for the United States goes 1302 01:07:03.323 --> 01:07:05.658 Garrett Weber-Gale in his first Olympic swim. 1303 01:07:11.698 --> 01:07:14.634 - World record there for Australia's Eamon Sullivan 1304 01:07:14.668 --> 01:07:17.303 to lead things off, but look at this world record line. 1305 01:07:17.337 --> 01:07:19.673 You know, I think the winning relay, first of all it's going 1306 01:07:19.706 --> 01:07:21.207 to take a world record to win. 1307 01:07:21.241 --> 01:07:23.176 They could break the world record by three or four 1308 01:07:23.209 --> 01:07:25.412 seconds, that's how good 1309 01:07:25.879 --> 01:07:27.447 all these teams are. 1310 01:07:27.480 --> 01:07:29.683 - Garrett Weber-Gale has to lead for the United States. 1311 01:07:29.716 --> 01:07:31.251 What is it going to take down 1312 01:07:31.284 --> 01:07:33.086 the stretch of this race for the Americans to have 1313 01:07:33.119 --> 01:07:35.388 a chance in the end with France? 1314 01:07:35.722 --> 01:07:37.223 - The problem is Bousquet 1315 01:07:37.257 --> 01:07:40.293 for France was 46.6 in the prelims. 1316 01:07:40.326 --> 01:07:42.062 And then you've got Bernard, 1317 01:07:42.095 --> 01:07:43.697 the former world record holder now. 1318 01:07:43.730 --> 01:07:46.566 They've got to get out there way ahead. 1319 01:07:46.599 --> 01:07:50.303 Cullen Jones, probably the slowest leg of the four. 1320 01:07:50.337 --> 01:07:53.640 He earned that spot to be on the relay in the prelims. 1321 01:07:53.673 --> 01:07:55.809 US has the slight lead in the third leg 1322 01:07:55.842 --> 01:07:57.410 of this four man event. 1323 01:07:58.578 --> 01:08:00.013 Freddie Bousquet 1324 01:08:00.647 --> 01:08:03.650 has taken over the lead, though, for France. 1325 01:08:04.017 --> 01:08:07.220 Fastest relay split in history in the prelims 1326 01:08:08.088 --> 01:08:10.023 for Bousquet, who swam at Auburn. 1327 01:08:10.056 --> 01:08:12.659 And then you've got Cullen Jones, 1328 01:08:12.692 --> 01:08:14.160 who swam in the prelim relay 1329 01:08:14.194 --> 01:08:17.564 and earned his spot in this final, but France has taken 1330 01:08:17.597 --> 01:08:20.734 the lead up there in lane five over the United States. 1331 01:08:20.767 --> 01:08:23.269 Alain Bernard awaits as the anchor guy, 1332 01:08:23.303 --> 01:08:26.506 and Jason Lezak is going to have to make up 1333 01:08:26.539 --> 01:08:30.143 some ground on Alain Bernard who stands 6'5 1334 01:08:30.176 --> 01:08:32.812 and can absolutely fly. 1335 01:08:33.480 --> 01:08:35.181 - I just don't think they can do it, Dan. 1336 01:08:35.215 --> 01:08:37.350 I mean, Jason Lezak has been there 1337 01:08:37.384 --> 01:08:39.686 how many times in his career 1338 01:08:39.719 --> 01:08:42.288 has he anchored this free relay and medley relay 1339 01:08:42.322 --> 01:08:44.724 but I just don't think he can do it. 1340 01:08:44.758 --> 01:08:47.761 He's trying to ride that wave as much as possible. 1341 01:08:47.794 --> 01:08:49.295 - Bernard is pulling away from him. 1342 01:08:50.063 --> 01:08:52.265 Lezak, a three time Olympian. 1343 01:08:52.465 --> 01:08:55.368 World record is absolutely going to be shattered here. 1344 01:08:55.568 --> 01:08:58.071 The United States trying to hang on to second. 1345 01:08:58.071 --> 01:08:59.239 They should get the silver medal. 1346 01:09:00.340 --> 01:09:02.909 Australia is in bronze territory right now, 1347 01:09:03.009 --> 01:09:06.579 but Lezak is closing a little bit on Bernard! 1348 01:09:06.780 --> 01:09:08.915 Can the veteran chase him down 1349 01:09:09.015 --> 01:09:11.084 and pull off a shocker here? 1350 01:09:11.284 --> 01:09:13.653 - Well there's no doubt that he's tightening up! 1351 01:09:13.853 --> 01:09:16.189 Bernard is losing some ground! 1352 01:09:16.222 --> 01:09:19.392 Here comes Lezak! Unbelievable at the end! 1353 01:09:19.426 --> 01:09:21.928 he's done it! The US has done it! 1354 01:09:22.028 --> 01:09:23.863 - He did it! He did it! 1355 01:09:23.897 --> 01:09:25.498 (crowd cheers) 1356 01:09:25.532 --> 01:09:27.233 Phelps's hope's alive! 1357 01:09:38.345 --> 01:09:41.181 46.06 split for Lezak. 1358 01:09:41.381 --> 01:09:44.150 What a clutch, fast swim when they needed it!