Two to Go: Phelps Wins Sixth Gold

Michael Phelps is making this look way too routine. The world's greatest swimmer picked up his sixth gold medal of the games, and set his sixth world record as he won the 200-meter individual medley. And he made it look easy, as he pulled away from the field at the final turn, just as he has in every event he's entered this August.

He's singlehandedly won as many gold medals as all but three countries in this Olympics, and he's won nearly half of the U.S.'s 13 golds.

But as Phelps rightly gets all the praise, take a second to feel for Laszlo Cseh.

The Hungarian swimmer was simply born at the wrong time. If he was born 10 years earlier or 10 years later, he could be a three-time gold medalist, and would likely be the story of the Olympic Games. Instead, he's spent this Olympics chasing the feet of Phelps, winning three silver medals behind Phelps.

It's like being Duke Snider playing center field in the same city with Mickey Mantle and Willie Mays. You may be good, but you're not going to be noticed.

At least Cseh can rest in the knowledge that he's no different than the rest of the world. Phelps won his sixth gold of the 2008 Olympics, leaving him only two swims left to break Mark Spitz record of seven golds in a single Olympics. He's already set the record for most golds ever (12), and he has the most overall medals of any Olympian (14).