The Closer

The stunning US victory in the 400 meter freestyle relay last night was among the most exciting three in minutes of sports I have ever seen. Sports Illustrated is calling it “one of the great comebacks in Olympic history”. I don’t know a whole lot about the Olympic history but I do know this. Going into the last 50, Jason Lezak, the US anchorman and the oldest man on the team, was a couple of strokes behind Frenchman Alain Bernard, the world record holder at 100 meters and somehow, Lezak and the Americans won - by eight tenths of a second. That last 50 meters was an absolutely thrilling thing to behold. Amazing.