So what makes olympic glory? What makes one athlete stand out from the rest of the crowd? With a few hours to go till Michael Phelps stands on the blocks for the final time at the Beijing Olympics and attempts to become the fisrt person in Olympic history to win 8 gold medals at a single games, the question should be asked - Why Phelps?
Earlier this week he becames the greatest Olympian ever winning a total of 11 gold medals. This is greater than the great athletes of yester year such as Carl Lewis and Mark Spitz, to name a few. This medal tally has already increase to 13 and if all goes according to plan, at around 11 o'clock Beijing time he will stand on the winners podium, once again, and sing the National anthem of the USA.
Over the next few days i will investigate various aspects that could contribute to his success and hopefully be refeing to the only man ever to have won 8 gold medals at one games. So enjoy enjoy watching his final attempt to achieve what he set out to do and keep on asking, what makes him special!
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