Monday, August 11, 2008
Jason Lezak
The French coach Claude Faquet was gracious: "I am neither shocked nor disappointed," he said even though his foursome had been expected to win right up to the last .08 second. "[Jazon Lezak] is a swimmer with a huge amount of experience and he swam intelligently. As far as I'm concerned, it is not [we] who lost but the Americans who won."The American coach Eddie Reese glowed: "There's never been [an anchor swim like that] in my memory. . . . Not running down somebody who holds the world record, who's on their game. That was incredible. ... It has to be in the unbelievable category. That's the biggest word I know."
The German coach Orjan Madsen was incredulous: "The whole thing was . . .one of those moments where you just sit back and say. . .if I [hadn't] seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn't have believed it."
32-year-old Jason Lezak is a strong, thoughtful and amazing guy. He "figured this was one opportunity in all my career" so when he "flipped at the 50, it really crossed my mind for a split second that there was no way. Then I changed. And I said, 'You know what, that's ridiculous at the Olympics. I'm here for the United States of America. I don't care how bad it hurts or whatever.' ... Honestly in five seconds I was thinking all these things. I got like a supercharge and took it from there." A fantastic moment that I'm really really glad I saw.
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