Michael Phelps won eight golds at the Beijing Olympics. Everyone also knows that the seventh gold in the 100m butterfly, was extraordinary, especially since Phelps was never leading but eventually won by 0.01 seconds over Milorad Cavic of Serbia.

The look on Phelps’ face immediately after the race said it all. He thought he had lost. Even his mother and coach thought so. In fact, the whole world watching in the stands and on television thought so too. Then Omega said he won. Cavic protested, but was not successful.

There is a website dedicated to peeling apart the layers of what happened. So I suggest you make a nice cup of coffee, find a comfortable chair and read away.

http://100thofasecond.com/