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Here comes the story of two guys...
Here comes the story of two guys. The first one is condemned to win because he’s a Cannibal and because the Beijing Olympics gave him eight gold medals and the eternal glory. The other one is taking his glory little by little, stroke after stroke, showing he’s the fastest man in the world, because when you rule the 50m and 100m Freestyle, you’re the best in the world.
Here comes the story of two guys. The first one came to Rome because of his mother’s will rather than because a real conviction. The other one came to the Capital city to not leave isolated the Beijing’s happy tears. Once dived in the water, he kept his eyes on his goal and on his rivals: Frederick Bousquet and Alain Bernard.
Her comes the story of two guys. Different guys who download all their rage hitting the water in the moment of the victory, showing the muscles and saying to the World: “We are the number ones”.
This is the story of Michael Phelps and Cesar Filho Cielo, two guys like many others. But they come home with two more gold medals and a lot less of rage.