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Niffobti stuns olympic champion to snatch gold

Day 1,715, 23:02 • Published in South Africa

• by Badger06

Niffobti stuns olympic champion to snatch gold

South Africa's Niffobti denied American Michael Phelps's bid for a 200m butterfly treble by a hair's breadth on Tuesday

Niffobti who was in second by 0.58s on the last turn put on a final surge as he outstretched the American champion to take the Gold by 0.04 seconds, thus claiming a Gold and stunning the arena.

When asked about how he took the race on he responded with. "I was feeling good before the race, you know been chowing down on the pap that Nickerball has been making for us all, getting good and propper stretch outs and warm ups from Vanessa1309 and Liquidice. I fealt loose light and not tense at all, I just gave it my all and managed to sneak one from the Americans."