Certainly after Friday, Michael Phelps is a household name.
The U.S Olympic swimmer beat Milorad Cavic from Serbia in the 400-meter. By one-100th of a second.
The previous Gold medal record-holder is Mark Spitz, who congratulates Phelps in this article.
Read Mitch Albom's Detroit Free Press column here.
Earlier, I read a piece in the Times that said Phelps has been pretty monk-like in Bejing, listening to music, playing cards, eating, sleeping and ... swimming. I daresay you'd have to be that focused, to do what he's doing. (Then there's that Malachy McCourt book, "A Monk Swimming." Never mind.)
Enjoy your weekend!
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