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Swifter, higher, stronger, older

MCT photos Swimmer Michael Phelps competes in the men’s 200 meter butterfly event at the Charlotte UltraSwim Grand Prix in May. Phelps has won 16 medals in two consecutive Summer Games, including a record eight gold medals in the 2008 Beijing Games.

Familiar faces return to the U.S. Olympic team as relaxed amateurism rules, sponsorship deals extend athletes’ competitive windows Gymnastics, as most Americans know it, leaped into our living rooms in the summer of 1976. A Romanian princess, barely tall enough to see over the balance beam, showed us what Olympic perfection can be. Nadia Comaneci [...]

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