Eight is more than enough.There aren’t enough words to describe how truly amazing Michael Phelps’ performance was at these 2008 Beijing Olympics. To actually accomplish what the brilliant 23 year-old American swimmer did in winning an Olympic Record eight gold medals besting Mark Spitz’ 72 Munich mark of seven is just remarkable.Most amazing of all was that seven of the eight were new world records including last night’s 400 meter medley relay which saw Phelps along with American teammates Aaron Peirsol, Brendan Hansen and veteran hero Jason Lezak combined to hold off Australia to keep the USA’s mark perfect in the race giving the starry eyed kid from Baltimore, Maryland the record.

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FLUSHING, NY – After winning a gold medal in 2002 and having her sister Emily go the Olympics this year, what does Sarah Hughes do on her 21st birthday? Go to a Met game, of course. The figure skating sisters were at the Mets 6-2 loss against the Nationals on Tuesday, but for them, this is a normal occurrence. “We are Mets fans; we have season tickets,” Sarah said. “Today we got a suite and there are tons of booze in there.” But that’s not to say she will celebrate her first legal night boozing it up. Emily doesn’t have a license. The Hughes family was on the field before the game and met some of their favorite players including David Wright, whom Sarah participated with for a segment on her television episode last year. “For my skating special, David taught me how to hit a [baseball],” Sarah said. “I wasn’t very good at it, my friends said I was so bad.”

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