"Nothing was stopping us this day"- Michael Phelps reminisces USA's 4x100m freestyle relay world record feat at Beijing Olympics

Michael Phelps reacted to the historical 4x100m relay feat at the 2008 Summer Olympics, where the US team soared to victory despite being 6/10th of a second behind the French team. The adrenaline-fueled final split between French swimmer Alain Bernard and Jason Lezak of the US team was worth watching.

Phelps, considered the greatest Olympian of all time with 23 Olympic gold medals, has left an indelible mark on the swimming world. In the 2008 Summer Olympics, he etched his name as the record holder with eight gold medals in a single Summer Games, breaking the long-standing record of seven golds achieved by Mark Spitz in 1972.

However, his gold in the 4x100m relay in the 2008 Games continues to give him "chills" even today. Jason Lezak swam the last split of the relay and chased down Alain Bernard in the last 50m, touching the wall first in 46.46s and claiming a resounding victory.

As the moment resurfaced on an Instagram handle, Michael Phelps shared it on his Instagram story. The video showed Lezak swimming with his maximum ability and Phelps holding his breath while cheering on him. As the former touched the wall in a world-record time of 3:08.24, cheers erupted and the US teammates screamed in joy.

"Nothing was stopping us this day!" Phelps captioned his story.

Michael Phelps; Instagram - @m_phelps00

Phelps' comment under the original post asserted that he still feels the adrenaline 16 years later.

"Gives me chills every time," he wrote.

Michael Phelps' comment; Instagram - @1ncommunity

The historic feat came after the French exuded confidence, especially the former 100m freestyle world record holder Alain Bernard, who was sure to 'smash' the American team.

"The Americans? We're going to smash them. That’s what we came here for," Bernard said (via NBC News).

Michael Phelps on his eight-gold-winning mindset: "I was somebody who believed in it and somebody who believed in the process"

In one of his books, Michael Phelps opened up on his mindset going into the 2008 Summer Games. Aiming for the eight-gold haul was something the world couldn't believe when he said he would achieve it.

"When I said I wanted to win eight gold medals, basically half the people in the swimming world thought I was absolutely crazy and nobody could ever do something like that. But for me, I was somebody who believed in it and somebody who believed in the process of getting there..." he said.

He further exclaimed that the massive career turn happened after 'trial and error' from 2002 to 2008.

"From 2002 to 2008, it was basically trial and error," he added.

Phelps not only bagged eight golds in 2008 but also set seven world records in the 200m freestyle, 200m butterfly, 200m medley, 400m medley, 4x100m freestyle, 4x200m freestyle, and 4x100m medley, and an Olympic record in the 100m butterfly.