Micheal
Philip
made
sports
story
by
winning
eight
gold
medals
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the
2008
Olympics
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Beijing
,
China
.
Born
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June
30
,
1985
,
Philips
was
just
15
years
old
when
he
qualified
for
the
Sydney
Australia
Olympics
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2000
.
Phelps
shattered
the
200
meter
butterfly
by
swimming
it
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record
time
.
He
swam
it
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1
:
56
:
50
seconds
.
He
went
on
to
break
many
more
records
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the
2004
Athens
Olympics
.
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August
2008
,
he
arrived
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the
Beijing
Olympic
games
determined
to
break
,
former
Olympic
swimmer
,
Mark
Spitz'
6
-
gold
medal
record
.
He
qualified
to
compete
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three
team
and
five
individual
events
.
He
swam
17
races
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nine
days
and
won
gold
medal
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all
eight
events
.
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August
16
,
Phelps
won
his
seventh
gold
medal
of
the
Games
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the
men's
100
-
meter
butterfly
event
,
setting
an
Olympic
record
for
the
event
.
He
did
it
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50
.
58
seconds
,
edging
out
his
nearest
competitor
by
1
/
100
of
a
second
.
When
his
team
won
the
4
X
100
meter
medley
relay
,
he
stood
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the
podium
overwhelmed
with
emotion
as
he
received
his
eighth
record
-
breaking
medal
.
