Article: Hits the mark By narrowest margin, Phelps ties Spitz's standard.(Sports)

Byline: Clay Latimer, Rocky Mountain News

Shock. Fear. Relief. Euphoria.

Choose your feelings.

Michael Phelps experienced all those emotions during the 100-meter butterfly, a harrowingly close race for the indefatigable American, who wondered if he finally would come up short in his historic quest for eight Olympic gold medals.

"I had to take my goggles off, to make sure '1' was next to my name," he said.

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