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It's over, there are no arguments … Phelps is the best ever

By Pat Forde
ESPN.com

Wednesday, August 13, 2008

BEIJING -- Grab some bench, Carl Lewis. Turn in your leotard, Nadia Comaneci. Thanks for the memories, Jesse Owens. And see ya later, Mark Spitz. Here's a hankie. Now stop crying about nobody flying your smug self over here. History is unfolding just fine without you. You all had a nice run as the greatest of Olympians, but it's over. You have been replaced on the throne by Michael Phelps. No disgrace being shoved off Mount Olympus by Poseidon in a Speedo. Before diving into the Water Cube ...

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