Here’s a column I filed after Michael Phelps shattered fellow swimmer Mark Spitz’s record of seven gold medals in a single Olympics. Phelps accomplished the feat in the summer of 2008; Spitz made his mark in Munch in 1972.

From Beijing: http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2008/08/18/olympics/phelps-achievement-leaves-nothing-to-the-imagination/