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Michael Phelps won his eighth gold medal at the Olympics in
Beijing Sunday a record for any one Game.
The 23-year-old, who smashed seven world records this week, is also
the highest achieving Olympian of all time with a total of 14 gold
medals.
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"It all happened here this week," said Phelps, who had fought back
tears as he accepted the medal. "[Eight is] a lucky number for me
now, too. Seeing 8-8-08 and the opening ceremonies starting at
eight I guess it was maybe meant to be."
Phelps' performance in the 4x100m medley relay Sunday notched him
above Mark Spitz's record of seven gold medals at the 1972 Munich
Olympics. He had
tied Spitz's record on Saturday.
"I'm lost for words," Phelps said. "The whole thing, every race,
one after the other from winning by one-hundredth of a second to
finishing if off with a world record. It's an amazing
experience."
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On Saturday, Spitz said Phelps is "the greatest racer who ever
walked the planet.
"It goes to show you that not only is this guy the greatest swimmer
of all time and the greatest Olympian of all time, he's maybe the
greatest athlete of all time," he added.
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