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Last updated: Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Phelps ‘just exhausted’ from games

By Michael Inbar
TODAYShow.com contributor

updated 10:49 a.m. ET, Mon., Aug. 18, 2008

A hearty shout-out from the president, tears of joy rolling down his mother’s face, a final swim stroke that nearly cost him history, football fans who wouldn’t know a backstroke from sunstroke cheering wildly for him – these are the memories Olympic hero Michael Phelps carries with him from the Beijing Games.

Most Olympic gold medals

14 — Michael Phelps, U.S., swimming (2004-6; 2008-8)
9 — Larysa Latynina, Soviet Union, gymnastics (1956-4; 1960-3; 1964-2)
9 — Carl Lewis, U.S., track and field (1984-4; 1988-2; 1992-2; 1996-1)
9 — Paavo Nurmi, Finland, track and field (1920-3; 1924-4; 1928-2)
9 — Mark Spitz, U.S., swimming (1968-2; 1972-7)

Source: Associated Press

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