HEINZ KLUETMEIER / SPORTS ILLUSTRATEDBy far the biggest story of the first week of the games was US swimmer Michael Phelps' pursuit of the world record for gold medals at the Games. On Day 8, he hit the water in pursuit of his seventh win, in the 100M Butterfly. Trailing Serbian Milorad Cavic for most of the race, he caught up with him in the last few meters, stretching to beat him by .01 second.