After all the hype Michael Phelps eventually achieved the Olympic feat that no other human being as ever achieved, taking away Mark Spitz's record of 7 Olympic Golds in one Olympic games and stepping it up to 8! A worthy accolade for such a fantastic sportsman. Although it didn't go without a challenge, the 100m Butterfly was incredibly close, with Phelps winning by just one one hundredth of a second! It really was history in the making for Michael Phelps' Beijing 2008 Olympic campaign and fantastic to watch.

That's not to take away from the fact the whole of the rest of the worlds advancement in swimming. Swimming has really moved up a gear. Roll on London 2012!