Clapton is God, August 2008 version

Is Michael Phelps amazing, or what? I can actually recall, reasonably clearly, the exploits of Mark Spitz back in Munich in 1972, so this is just remarkable. Can the guy even see with all the lights and flashes and people in front of him? What can the next 24 hours, or 24 months, be for this guy? Can any of us imagine?