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Day five at the Olympics

Michael Phelps cast a shadow over the Games once again on Wednesday as the man from Baltimore won two more gold medals, and set two more world records, to take his Beijing tally to five and make it 11 gold medals in his career. What an athlete this man... ...full story at Countdown to Beijing

from Countdown to Beijing on Wed, Aug 13 2008

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