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No Rest Yet For Phelps, With Gold Medal Tally At 5

By Howard Berkes
Published August 13, 2008 at 3:00 AM PDT
This story was published more than 16 years ago.

Swimmer Michael Phelps has picked up two more gold medals — for a total of five — in his quest for eight in the Beijing Olympic Games. He won the 200-meter butterfly and was part of the 800-meter freestyle relay team.

Phelps now has more career gold medals than any other Olympian.

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Howard Berkes
Howard Berkes is a correspondent for the NPR Investigations Unit.
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