Thursday, March 15, 2012

Phelps 'had nothing left' before winning 7th gold

After winning his sixth gold medal of the Beijing Olympics, Michael Phelps feared he wouldn't be strong enough to win his seventh.

But a mistake by Serbian rival Milorad Cavic allowed Phelps to pull out an improbable win in the 100-meter butterfly.

Phelps, who went on to break Mark Spitz's record by winning eight golds in China, discussed his performance in an interview with the CBS news show "60 Minutes," to be broadcast on Sunday.

After winning the 200 individual medley, Phelps expressed his fears to coach Bob Bowman.

"I got nothing left," he remembered saying to Bowman, according to an excerpt of the interview …

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