Good As Gold

After the Athens Olympic Games in 2004, he may not be the most popular choice in the U.S., but we’re thinking after the 2008 Beijing Games all may have been forgiven. We’re referring to South African swimming sprinter Ryk Neethling, who back on ’04 helped his country’s 4×100 meter freestyle relay upset the Americans, including Michael Phelps, to take the gold medal. And did we mention that it was South Africa’s first medal in men’s swimming?

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