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I am nto tired of Phelps. I was a kid when SPitz won his medals and I made my mom go out and buy me a red white and blue speedo just like his. It was not a good look on a pudgy kid but Spitz was the man and all the boys wanted to be like him and all the girls wanted to be with him. That being said, I think SPitz was sort of a jerk with how he dealt with Phelps in the lead up to the Olympics. He was jealous.

I don't know what swimming is like where you guys are but here it is enormously competitive. (Natalie Coughlin swam at the public pool down the street.) Many excellent athletes here go into swimming. ALl the complaining about him sounds like whiny jealousy to me. He is a magnificent athlete and has achieved that which no one esle has ever done.

Good for Michael Phelps.