US Freestyle Relay Team Smokes The French: Now Hubby Wants A One Piece Speedo

As written in previous installments, I have a hubby who loves the ‘Speedo”….can’t get him to get rid of it. And now the US upset in the 4x100 Freestyle finals, with the dynamos Michael Phelps, Gale, Jones and Lezak putting to rest the trash talking French team, has led hubby on a quest for the body suit Speedo.

Hubby is a previous…..and I mean quite a while ago, competitive swimmer who gets his swimming exercise now by balancing his beer on his stomach while on the pool raft. We were watching what has been quoted as “The greatest freestyle relay ever” on TV…..The excitement was intense in my household as hubby still follows the sport. Then the win!!!! Lezak looked at the scoreboard, and then leaped out of the water with an emphatic fist pump.You would have thought the world was ending!

Version of the race from China:

We then settled in for all the post race interviews:

From Fox Sports:

Watch the American version of the race here:

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"Unbelievable," said Phelps, who swam the leadoff leg and then became the team's biggest cheerleader. "Jason finished that race better than we could even ask for. I was fired up. Going into that last 50, I was like, 'Aw, this is going to be a close race.' Jason's last 10 or 15 meters were incredible."

"You could tell I was pretty excited," Phelps said. "I lost my voice and I was definitely pretty emotional out there." A fingertip did the victory," said Amaury Leveaux, one of the French swimmers. "It is nothing."

"I knew I was going to have to swim out of my mind," Lezak said. "Still right now, I'm in disbelief."

"I never lost hope," said Lezak, who trains alone but has been a longtime stalwart on the relay team. "I don't know how I was able to take it back that fast, because I've never been able to come anywhere near that for the last 50."

While “our guys” got crazy up on deck, hubby noticed that the French swimmer, Bernard, who trashed talked of beating the Americans, was clinging to the wall, his head down. Hubby, by this time is almost in tears and announces the quest for the bodysuit Speedo “to ramp up his personal game”.

I, trying to be a good wife, subdued my inner laughter as even if the suit had a built in motor Hubby could, especially now, not keep up with these superior athletes. Hubby wouldn’t exercise, much less train, at 5:00 AM if the house was on fire.

So now the quest for the new breed of Speedo begins thanks to the amazing 4x100 relay finals (Congratulations Guys!). I am happy for my countries amazing athletes and for their triumph. However, I am sad that there is now a new Speedo fixation for Hubby…..UGH….