Michael Phelps just wrapped up the most successful international swim meet since Mark Spitz’s historic 1972 Munich Olympic Games. Phelps won 7 gold medals and broke 5 world records. After the meet he said “This is probably one of the best meets I’ve ever had.” I think that might be the understatement of the year. Not only did Phelps win 7 gold medals, but he was poised to win a eight, but teammate Ian Crocker was DQ’d in the preliminaries of the 400 medley relay.

One of the most impressive things about this kid is his poise. He handled the disqualification with grace and class. He spoke about team, and learning from mistakes. It would have been easy for Phelps to bigtime his butterfly rival and make a media spectacle of how Crocker took that opportunity away from him, but he showed that he is not only a great swimmer, but a great teammate.

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