Did Phelps really win?

The replays give plenty of evidence that Cavics' coasting to the wall cost him the race. There was no conspiracy here people. The Chinese had no interest in Phelps winning that race..it was their equipment that showed Phelps winning. Give it up people! Cavic isn't winning about it (any more): After filing an official protest, his camp accepted the ruling after seeing replay after replay and were content with the final ruling. Why aren't you all??

The problem here is not so much if he was fast or not, the guy IS fast and he's also physically in better position than many other swimmers. The problem here was the conflict of interest with the whole Olympic circus. Basically the article propose that Phelps could not loose what the media and the sponsors had already predicted and touted beforehand, even Mark Spitz commented on it (and he was told to shut up) The 4x400 is another example, the american team WAS not the favorite, in fact Phelps came third in his leg, however a much older swimmer wins at the very last moment, to a much more capable and young french.
It makes you think that in fact a lot of money is in play for this.

Now I know personally both of these guys (Phelps and Spitz) for I had interviewed them, and for them the pressure was paramount (not so much for spitz at the time) so much that in the report they take the Olympic rule of touching the wall with both hands (it does not state anything about waves or water pressure) but because the call was so close, IMHO and because NBC, Omega, and who knows who else had money on the line, they gave it to Phelps. Also the IOC sends the wrong message to other athletes " Gold and Money is King, seconds and thirds are dog caca"

However, the guys IS fast, I have seen him seen he was maybe 17, and silver would had been a great accomplishment also.

I watched the camera replays like a thousand times because they were played during the Olympics and afterwards on the news a thousand times, and I have no idea how anyone could come to the opinion that Cavic beat Phelps after seeing those angles. Yes, the audience and Phelps, and his mother, etc. might've seen it that way because Cavic's position made him look like the winner from an overhead view, but the other angles make it clear, simple, and indisputable.

And I agree, the pad pretty much eliminates any doubt of Phelps' victory. And if you want to dispute Phelps' skill, just watch the last race he participated in again, the relay. He made good enough time to compensate for the two swimmers that came before him AND to give the swimmer that came after him some extra time.

I'm not really a Phelps fan, I could care less if he won or not, but from what I've seen, I've got to agree with the consensus that he won.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/multimedia/photo_gallery/0808/oly.phelps.sequen...

"Televised replays from all the different angles, including the one from underwater cameras, clearly showed that Cavic was the fist one to touch the wall."...um yeah, take a look at the pictures in the link and tell me if cavic clearly beat phelps and then get back to me

Give the gold to Cavic and the silver to Phelps. This kind of thing has happened before and the medals re-attributed to the real winners.