Michael Phelps won a gold.
BEIJING — The Michael Phelps gold medal count commenced early Sunday morning here with the 400-meter individual medley final, and his pursuit of a record eight golds began with a victory and a world record. [Phelps Smashes World Record to Win Gold. Greg Bishop. New York Times. August 9 2008]
And yup, Phelps is a Wolverine.
There are 22 Wolverine athletes in this edition of the Olympics.[1]
And, not to forget, another Wolverine, Hao Wu, was jailed in 2006 by the PRC government.[2]
[1] University of Michigan Roster for 2008 Beijing Olympics. MGoBlue.com. August 6 2008.
[2] Wu was detained by the Chinese government on February 22, 2006 for almost five months. According to the Global Voices initiative at the Harvard Berkman Center for Internet and Society, Hao had been producing a documentary on “underground” Christian Chinese house churches in China when he was detained by authorities in the People’s Republic of China.[Hao Wu. Wikipedia. Accessed August 10 2008]
