When Michael Phelps touched the ledge during the 100m butterfly on Friday night, we reacted in the same manner as most Americans: shock. We thought he lost and our selfish little souls wanted nothing more than to say we witnessed history in our lifetime. Then, less than three seconds later, Omega stopwatches confirmed what everyone wanted to hear: Michael Phelps had won by .01. Oh yeah. Too bad the results haven’t convinced everyone. There’s a website out there today screaming conspiracy-foul against the games and the event, citing Omega’s personal endorsement of Michael Phelps and an Olympic-wide cover-up as the truth behind the most famous .01 differential ever. Next thing we’ll hear is that the Chupacabra’s been found.

0.01 OF A SECOND?

Was this an ad for a watchmaker or what?

But the devil is indeed in the detail.

How is it that the official timekeeper of the event is the same company that sponsors Phelps since 2004? Isn’t there a clear conflict of interest here? You know how deligthtfully (sic) messed up that is??

Yawn. The site goes on to cite more “facts”, correlating having sex with your sister, or something, as being the same thing that went on here with Omega’s conflict of interest. Oh. Our. Gatos! If only the Serbs hadn’t conceded defeat after viewing multiple photographs and video, then maybe this would carry some weight.

Official Conspiracy Website [001ofasecond]