-Posted by D. Worth (US) | for- M. Barbay (France)
Make room for Phelps as the winningest... EVER! "A planet from a different galaxy"... said Alexander Sukhorukov, who swam the anchor leg for the second-place Russians. story.
"The most decorated Olympic athlete of all time." #
A day after etching his name alongside Mark Spitz and Carl Lewis with gold No. 9, Phelps set a standard all his own when he won the 200-meter butterfly Wednesday morning. An hour later, he swam the leadoff of a runaway victory by the U.S. 800 freestyle relay team, which shattered the old world mark by more than four seconds. story.