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Michael Phelps As The New Mark Spitz

By Alejandra Owens, August 15, 2008 10:42 AM

While we're all watching Michael Phelps' historic quest to beat Mark Spitz's record of seven gold medals...
Spitz was in our studios earlier this year talking about life after swimming - and how swimming in the 1972 Munich Olympics was different from today.

Phelps "reminds me of myself," Spitz recently said.

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swimming Olympics olympic swimming Mark Spitz michael phelps

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