... of his weaker events, and concluded with Jason Lezak running down the world record holder at the time from France to win the gold medal. In chapter four the 200 butterfly, Michael's goggles completely filled up with water to the point that he could not see anything. Instead of giving up and blaming a possible failure on a goggle malfunction, he ignored it ... , relied on his training and stroke count per lap, and won another gold medal. The last of Phelps's individual events was the men's 100 meter butterfly. A Serbian by the name of Milorad Cavic had set an Olympic record in the semi-fi...

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... ; do the standard issue 1000-metres choice stroke and drills. Nothing ever changes. Then, just like that...BANG! It's Beijing 2008. I'm Michael Phelps, heading in to finish the 100-metre butterfly. I take a half stroke, lunging for the wall and extending my long arms. Just barely out touching Milorad Cavic of Serbia; I scrape up yet another gold by a hundredth of a second. Sitting ... ...

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