Winners, Losers and Assholes!

Our winner of the day, week, month and year has to go to Michael Phelps who won his eighth Olympic gold medal of the Beijing Games to beat Mark Spitz's 1972 record of seven.

Phelps, who swam 17 times over nine days and set world records in seven finals, had already won the 400m medley, 200m freestyle, 200m butterfly, 4x100m free relay, 4x200m free relay, 200m medley and the 100m butterfly.

It also took Phelps' Olympic lifetime medal haul to 14 golds, and 16 overall.

Phelps admitted to being overwhelmed after achieving his feat, and was quick to pay tribute to his team-mates.

"I don't even know what to feel right now," Phelps said. "There are so many emotions going through my head and so much excitement. I kind of just want to see my mom. "Without the help of my team-mates this isn't possible."

Australian swimmer Grant Hackett said: "Michael Phelps - you can't put it in words what he has done here, his level of achievement is phenomenal and I don't think it will ever be seen again."

We should also give an honorable mention to Usain Bolt of Jamaica, who, although new to the 100 meters this year, is an old hand at setting astonishing world records.

On Saturday in the final of the Olympic 100 meters, Bolt gapped the field, looking around through the final 30 meters, high-stepping through the final 10 and lowering his own world record to 9.69 seconds, .03 better than the mark he set in May.

Then, after securing his first Olympic gold medal, he barely slowed down until he rounded the curve and hit the backstraight for some dancing and handshakes with some of his fans in the crowd.

This alone would have put him in the "Winner of the Day" slot if he hadn't done it on the same day that Phelps got his record.

----------------------------------------------------------

Our "Loser of the Day" proves that some people can't win for losing..............

A 27-year-old Egyptian woman gave birth to septuplets early Saturday in the coastal city of Alexandria, family members and the hospital director said. (All she wanted was one boy!)

Ghazala Khamis was in good condition after having a blood transfusion during her Caesarean section due to bleeding, said Emad Darwish, director of the El-Shatbi Hospital where she gave birth.

The woman's brother, Khamis Khamis, said even though his sister was trying to conceive more children so she could have a son, the family was astonished when they found out she would give birth to multiple babies.

This makes an even ten kids for the lady and no peace and quiet for the next twenty years or so.

---------------------------------------------------------------

A Swedish wrestler who discarded his bronze medal in a protest during the presentation ceremony has been stripped of the award and disqualified from the tournament in Beijing.

A disgruntled Abrahamian drops his bronze medal before leaving the arena during the presentation ceremony.

Abrahamian was beaten in the 84-kilogram class by eventual gold medal winner Andrea Minguzzi of Italy. He complained that "blatant errors in judging" caused him to lose the match and said he felt that he deserved the gold.

The Swede shouted at the referee before confronting the judges. During Thursday's presentation ceremony, he took off his medal and left it in the center of the competition mat before walking off.

The IOC said Abrahamian violated two rules of the Olympic charter, one that bans any sort of demonstrations and another that demands respect for all Olympic athletes.

"The awards ceremony is a highly symbolic ritual, acknowledged as such by all athletes and other participants," the IOC said.

Allan W Janssen is the author of the book The Plain Truth About God (What the mainstream religions don't want you to know!) and is available as an E-Book H E R E ! and as a paperback H E R E !

Visit the blog "Perspective" at http://allans-perspective.blogspot.com