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Think you're an athlete? Meet me on the playground

By Todd Gallagher
Special to Page 2

Tuesday, December 2, 2008

You know his name by now: Michael Fred Phelps. You also know his accomplishments: more gold medals in Olympic competition than anyone has ever won before. And to the distinction of being the greatest Olympic athlete ever, we can add the ultimate: World's Greatest Athlete. Ever. -- Mike Celizic, MSNBC.com Forget your previous notions. Forget other things you've seen from the other world's best athletes. What Phelps has done is as remarkably different as God giving us the sun one day and the sea ...

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