I don't care if you're sick of Michael Phelps

What this kid did is amazing:

How Phelps Made Swimming History
Sunday, Aug. 17, 2008 By ALICE PARK / BEIJING
Time CNN

Phelps' Olympic feat lifts NBC to 18-year record
Mon Aug 18, 2008 8:31am EDT
Reuters

Phelps Hopes to Change Face of Swimming
Olympics May Be Over for Phelps, but His Mission Has Just Begun
By MONICA NISTA
Aug. 18, 2008
ABC

Phelps Moves On to a New Challenge
By Barry Svrluga
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, August 18, 2008; 9:58 AM

And he's got help from Coughlin and Torres:


Great support he had from team members we will see right there on our TV:


And some we might not:


And frankly, it's just nice to see some noble, hard-working and sportsman-like athletes grab the interest of the media in this country. As a country, we needed to see some winners after 8 years of our obnoxious loser President. To see the media focus on a largely ignored sport that I happen to have spent untold hours participating in, without ever dreaming of becoming an Olympic athlete is quite thrilling for me.