SUCK IT, FRANCE

CAN YOU SAY JASON LEZAK. THE LEZAK KID.

THIS POST IS IN ALL CAPS BECAUSE USA OWNS FRANCE. THEY TALKED TRASH TO US IN THE 4x100 SWIMMING RELAY. 

THEY APPARENTLY HAVE THE WORLD RECORD HOLDER, AND CURRENTLY THEIR ANCHOR, 25 YEAR OLD alain bernard. F THIS GUY. 

THEY SAID THEY WOULD BEAT US.

WHO CARES ABOUT PHELPS, HAVE YOU HEARD OF A GUY NAME JASON LEZAK. 32 YEARS OLD. OLDEST MEMBER OF THE US SWIM TEAM. HEART OF A LION.

alain bernard HAD A 0.59 LEAD ON THE AMERICANS AND JASON LEZAK. BUT HE GAVE UP THE LEAD AND THE GOLD TO THIS GUY. LEZAK'S LEG OF THE RACE WAS 46.06, BEATING HIS PERSONAL BEST BY 1.2 SECONDS. THE US OLYMPIC TEAM IN THE PRELIMINARIES SET A WORLD RECORD ONLY TO BEAT THE 15 HOUR OLD RECORD AGAIN BY 4 SECONDS.

JASON LEZAK. GET OFF ME.

PHELPS SWAM A 47.51 LEG, 1.3 SECONDS SLOWER THAN LEZAK

IN THE LAST 5 SECONDS LEZAK SAID HE JUST WILLED HIMSELF TO BEAT BERNARD.

FRENCH IN CHINESE IS FAH GWOA. 

SUCK IT FAH GWOA.

FOR READING PLEASURE.

If Michael Phelps pulls off the great eight and gets that $1 million Speedo bonus, he'll have to cut a big share to Jason Lezak.

Said Phelps of Lezak: "His last 50 meters were absolutely unbelievable."

Long known as one of the great relay swimmers in U.S. history, Lezak vaulted even higher in that pantheon with a stunning last leg of the 400-meter freestyle relay Monday morning, overhauling world-record holder Alain Bernard in the final stroke to win the race for the United States by 0.08 seconds.

It was one of the most thrilling relays in Olympic history, and perhaps one of the most improbable comebacks. Lezak was nearly a body length behind Bernard, who not only holds the 100 free record but also announced his relay team would "smash" the Americans and derail Phelps' bid for a historic eight gold medals in one Olympics. (Phelps said the U.S. team knew the French were talking trash and it fired the Americans up.)

Instead, Bernard blew the lead, and Phelps and the rest of the Americans erupted on the pool deck when Lezak threw his right arm to the wall an eyeblink before Bernard.

It was the lone ecstatic moment for American swimmers in a challenging morning. But it was an incredible climax.

THIS IS HOW YOU GET ON ESPN, STAND NEXT TO PHELPS.

NICE TRY BERNARD.

GIVE ME THE GOLD

GIVE THEM THE SILVER, TRASH TALKERS

While the Americans whooped it up on deck, Bernard clung to the wall, his head down. The swimmer who had talked confidently of beating the Americans -- "smashing" them, some media reported -- was the last one to leave the pool.

"Alain is wounded. When you are the last swimmer in a relay and that you have the opportunity to bring a title of this importance to your country, you don't get out of this unhurt," said Claude Fauquet, France's team director. "But I don't think that Alain lost the race. It's Lezak who won it."

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