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http://olympicgames2.blogspot.com/USA WON GOLD 4X100 Relay Jason Lezak incredible Beijing Olympic 2008There was no way for Jason Lezak to know how far behind he was, and no reason to try to figure it out. With 350 meters gone and 50 to go in the 4 x 100 freestyle relay, Lezak made his turn, and kept it simple."I'm not going to lie," Lezak said. "When I flipped at the wall I thought, 'There's no way.' Then in the next instant, I was like 'No, this is the Olympics. I'm not giving up.' I got a super charge and just took it from there."It was Monday morning in the so-called Water Cube, and things had not gone particularly well for the U.S. Katie Hoff, the 19-year-old from the same North Baltimore pool that Michael Phelps came of age in, had lost a big lead in the 400-meter freestyle, and wound up with silver. Brendan Hansen, world record-holder in the 100 breast, lost both his record and a medal, coming in fourth. There was a time that the 4 x 100 freestyle relay was as much of a lock for the U.S. as a basketball gold. The first seven times it was contested, the Americans won it. So imagine how much of a jolt it was when the U.S. was stunned by Australia in Sydney in 2000, and fell to the bronze in Athens."I think I wanted it more than anybody, not just for myself, but to show that we are the nation to be beat in that relay," he said.The only trouble was that France was not cooperating. The indefatigable Phelps swam an American-record 47.51 in the first leg, even as Australia's Eamon Sullivan was swimming a world record (47.24). Garrett Weber-Gale, in the second leg, got the lead back with a superb swim before Cullen Jones, who learned to swim at a YMCA pool in Newark, dove in.Beijing Olympics 2008 Michael Phelps Olympic Games USA United States team 4X100 meter Relay US French France upset swimming swim Jason Lezak event vote decide