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Article: Eighth wonder - Phelps caps historic Games with record gold

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August 17, 2008
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BEIJING - It wasn't official until the final few meters, when anchorman Jason Lezak held off Australia's Eamon Sullivan by seven- tenths of a second. But finally, after nine days, 17 races, and a record eight gold medals, Michael Phelps got to exhale today.

"It's been nothing but an uphill roller coaster ride, and it's been nothing but fun," declared the world's greatest swimmer, after he and his fellow Americans had shattered the world record in the 4x100-meter medley relay with a 3-minutes-29.34-seconds clocking and enabled Phelps to expunge countryman Mark Spitz's 1972 record for most golds at one Games.

Phelps's final victory capped a historic day for the Americans, who got a pair of ...

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