WHOA! It happened. Did you feel the earthquake when Kate Ziegler broke Janet Evans' 1500m record?

She blazed, she raged, she stormed it at the TYR Swim Meet of Champions. She didn't violate the record by a measly 9-hundreds-of-a-second nor did she break it by 9-tenths-of-a-second. She beat Janet Evans record of 15:52.10, a record that has stood since Kate Ziegler was a three-month-old baby, by 9-seconds-plus! Tonight the new record is 15:42.54.

This is overwhelmingly decisive. She is not just the best in the world but the best who ever was. This American girl will be unstoppable in Beijing. There is so much enthusiasm, technique and strength in this girl that I wonder how can a swimmer get more motivated than Kate Ziegler? I don't see how Laure Manaudou with all her media distractions and the sniping between France and Italy can.

Lane 9 news used phrases like: "finest performance in history", "vengenance","she attacked", and of course, "made history." Ultimately, this is a huge event. [Link]