The 2008 Beijing Olympics brought cheers, pride, and amazement in every household in America!!
TEAM USA’s Men Basketball finally lead to victory and took home the gold for the U.S.!! The team trained hard and won of course, without the help of Coach K! The best part of the final game was when Kobe made a basket and put his finger up to his lips to shut the crowd up.
The Men’s team was made up from the best of the NBA: Kobe Bryant, Lebron James, Chris Paul, Dwayne Wade, Carmelo Anthony, Chris Bosh, Dwight Howard, Jason Kidd, Tayshaun Prince, Deron Williams, Carlos Boozer, and Michael Redd.
The biggest event for the 2008 Beijing Olympics took place at the Water Cube!
Ricky Berens, Ryan Lochte, Michael Phelps and Peter Vanerkaay broke the world record swimming in the 4X200 relay race. They took home the Gold and also breaking the world record!
Ryan Lochte made a huge splash in the Water Cube! He won his first individual gold in the 200m backstroke and breaking the world record too! We should be expecting a bigger splash from Mr.Lochte in 2012 Olympics and hopefully more of him in 09′ !!!
Last but not least, Michael Phelps made history by winning 8 gold medals at the Beijing Olympics! He diminished Mark Spitz 7 gold medal record. Phelps is a fish out of water!
Congrats to TEAM U.S.A. !
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