An impossible feat in Beijing, China as Michael Fred Phelps II of Baltimore, Maryland, USA, the same birthland as my Old Melonheaded father of mine and grandfather of Jamari Jaylen, Louis Terrone Edmonds, has done it! Step aside Mark Spitz, Phelps is here to stay with his eight gold medals, as well as seven Guinness World Records and a single solitary Olympic record in the 100m butterfly in a photo finish. Alain Bernard, the adidas-capped Frenchman, was made to eat his own words by wanting to smash the quarter-mile American freestyle relay team, Phelps amongst them, by way of Jason Lezak by .08 second on the wire. Phelps overcame his own photo finish by taking a 1/2-stroke in the 100m 'fly to overcome States-born Serbian representative Milorad "Milo" Cavic by .01 second--"Too close to call," cried out Tom Durkin and I, Teshawn LeVarr Edmonds, in the 2007 Belmont Stakes whereas Rags to Riches overcame Curlin at the wire. Both Phelps and Lezak overcame Cavic and Bernard by a combined .09 second--a horse racing equivalent of a nose to even a dead heat. Eight golds, seven Guinness records, and one Olympic record will be adjoined by way of the performance inside the Beijing National Stadium aka the "Bird's Nest whereas Usain Bolt aka the "Lightning Bolt" showed the world what he is made of. A 09"69 Guinness record blew everyone away, including ex-Guinness record-holder Asafa Powell and an injury-ridden Tyson Gay who missed out on the grand final of the men's 100m dash for cash by finishing in the fifth of eight runners in the second semifinal held earlier on Saturday, the 16. day of August 2008 at 10.37am Eastern time, the same time in Beijing at nightfall locally on the PM side.

Impossible feats, ultimate Olympic power. Simply the best, hands down.