Phelps Medals

Phelps Medals

Phelps Shows Off Another Gold

MICHAEL PHELPS GOLD MEDAL - 5th of 8Michael Phelps of the U.S. holds up his gold medal after the U.S. won the men's 4 x 200 meters freestyle relay swimming final during the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games at the National Aquatics Center, August 13, 2008. Phelps swam his way into sporting immortality on Aug. 17, 2008, by winning his eighth gold medal at the Beijing Olympics. The 23-year-old, who had already won more gold medals than any other athlete at the Olympics, broke Mark Spitz's record of seven golds at a single Games, set at Munich in 1972.

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