Parlez vous "Gold Medal?"

"The Americans? We're going to smash them. That's what we came here for."

-- Alain Bernard, French men's 400 freestyle relay team

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Au contraire, my flutter-kicking friend.

The final times:

America: 3:08:24
France: 3:08:32

France can "smash" THAT!!

Eight hundredths of a second.

That's what it took to make Alain Bernard swallow his words, along with a good bit of pool water.

GO USA!!

Jason Lezak is my Hero du Jour, and I loved the sight of Michael Phelps screaming his lungs out when the times flashed up on the board. I love ANY sight of Michael Phelps, but I think that one will stay with me for a bit.

http://www.nbcolympics.com/swimming/news/newsid=188791.html