Israeli Newspaper Lauds ‘Two Jews and a Black Man’ in Swimming Relay Recap
Shout out to Kevin Van Valkenburg of the Baltimore Sun for the scoop on this one, but here’s an Israeli newspaper headline that Andrew Dice Clay could be proud of.
Two Jews and a black man help Phelps fulfill Olympic dream
No kidding. Here are some other jewels from the story.
Phelps, who is not considered the best 100m swimmer, jumped in first. He seemed a bit fatigued from the 200m semis he participated in a few hours before. Still, even on a bad day he was only a millisecond away from the world record, and when teammate
Garrett Weber-Gale – who is Jewish, by the way – jumped in he trailed his Australian opponent by a hair’s width.
By the way – classic journalistic segueway.
An amateur until the age of 20 who had played water polo and baseball, Lezak – a good Jewish boy from California – put on a great show.
A good Jewish boy is he? Fast too.
So in the end it was two Jews, an African American (Cullen Jones) and Michael Phelps who together managed to rein in the French and set a new astonishing world record.
Because not only does Michael Phelps transcend the physical limits of swimming speed, but race also.
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