Game Time
Jul 03, 2022
2 minutes
BY LUKE BENEDICTUS
T WAS THE 100m butterfly final at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and Michael Phelps was in a strange position: he was struggling. Uncharacteristically slow off the blocks, he’d made a sluggish start before a laboured turn left him languishing way back in seventh place. With 50m to go, his chances of adding to his remarkable medal
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