swimming in the now

The U.S. 4×100 meter relay swimming team won the Gold Medal today, beating a favored French team and shattering the world record by almost four seconds.  Beating a world record by four seconds is unheard of.  Prior to the event, the commentator on television kept saying that as he kept going over the race on paper, he just couldn’t see how the Americans could win.  But as anyone could tell you, you don’t swim on paper, you swim in the water.  And that’s how the Americans won, trapped in time and swimming in the now.