{"id":460969,"date":"2021-03-22T13:19:41","date_gmt":"2021-03-22T20:19:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=460969"},"modified":"2021-03-22T13:19:41","modified_gmt":"2021-03-22T20:19:41","slug":"the-greatest-swim-of-all-time-reactions-to-jason-lezak-relay-anchor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/the-greatest-swim-of-all-time-reactions-to-jason-lezak-relay-anchor\/","title":{"rendered":"The Greatest Swim Of All Time? Reactions to Jason Lezak Relay Anchor"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Greatest Swim Of All Time? Reactions to Jason Lezak Anchor<\/strong><\/p>\n

The anchor leg by Jason Lezak to help the United States win gold in the 400 freestyle relay at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing is an iconic moment in the sport. When Lezak entered the water, he trailed France’s Alain Bernard by a significant margin, and reeling in the Frenchman looked to be an impossible task. But Lezak kept churning and as the swimmers came down the last lap, Lezak continually cut into Bernard’s lead, and ultimately won the race by .08.<\/p>\n

Swimming World\u00a0<\/em>followers react to arguably one of the greatest races of all time. Here’s what they had to say on various social media platforms:<\/p>\n

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