Africa defeated England) Swimming and Diving Michael Phelps won six gold medals in the 2004 Olympics, and a record eight in the 2008 Olympics (some of those medals coming from split-second wins). meanwhile back in the 2000 games, Dara Torres and Jenny Thompson got a bronze each after they made a 1 in a million occurrence of finishing the race both at exactly the same time. Tennis Roger Federer wins 15 grand slam titles (3 Australian Open's, 1 French Open, 6 Wimbledon titles, and 5 U.S. Open titles) to beat Pete Sampras' record. Rafael Nadal beats Roger Federer at the 2008 Wimbledon final with a score of 6-4,6-4,5-7,5-7,9-7. People consider this match the greatest tennis match of all-time. The match lasted for 8 hours (with 2 rain delays). Roger Federer played Andy Roddick in the 2009 Wimbledon final for his 15th Grand Slam championship. Roddick won the first set 6-4, then after a 6-2 Roddick tiebreak lead, Federer came back and won the 2nd set 7-6 and the 3rd set 7-6. Roddick then won the 4th set 6-3. Federer led Roddick 15-14 in the 5th set, finally broke Roddick and won the 5th set 16-14. Track and Field Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt sets world records in the 100m and 200m. Ethiopian Kenenisa Bekele sets world records in the 5,000m and 10,000m. Alan Webb breaks Jim Ryun's high school mile record in 2001 with a 3:53.43, a record which had stood for 36 years. Later sets American record. Galen Rupp breaks Gerry Lindgrens 40-year-old 5,000 meter high school record in 2004. It has since been surpassed by German Fernandez and Chris Derrick in 2008. Volleyball David Burt went 1st overall in the 2017 Volleyball draft References 2000s decade overviews Sports