Phelps wins seventh gold; Bolt is World's Fastest Man; U.S. men's basketball routs Spain; Blake loses bronze, Federer wins doubles gold; U.S. baseball and softball win; U.S. men's water polo pulls stunning upset; McCutcheon returns as U.S. men's volleyball wins.
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With history about to slip away and Michael Phelps cheering him on, Jason Lezak pulled up next to the lane rope and set out after hulking Alain Bernard, like a NASCAR driver drafting down the backstretch at Daytona.
By a fingertip.Lezak, the oldest man on the U.S. swimming team, pulled off one of the great comebacks in Olympic history Monday morning, hitting the wall just ahead of Bernard in the 400 freestyle relay, a race so fast it actually erased two world records.