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his record setting 22nd Olympic
medal, but was quick to reassure
the world that his student swims
faster than he does...
CANADA
DAN
ROSS
NORTH KOREA
American swimmer Michael
Phelps stood on the Olympic podium for a record 22nd time...
Child swimmer Michael Phelps
set an Olympic record to save his
family’s life... (I have to thank my
friend Rahul for this one.)
INDIA
TEXAS
Politicians were outraged to discover that USA Swimming had
outsourced the all-time record
for Olympic medals to Indian
swimmer Michael Phelps...
Inspired by the unprecedented
22nd Olympic medal won by Davy
Crockett descendant Michael
Phelps, Texas governor Rick Perry
announced that his state will secede from the Union...
SOUTH AFRICA
South African swimmer Michael
Phelps overcame an unfortunate
giraffe-related incident to ride
his prosthetic flippers into the
history books...
NORWAY
As he took home his record 22nd
medal, Norwegian Michael Phelps
thanked the polar bears who
trained him to swim in the icy
waters of Svalbard...
KENYA
President Obama’s long lost cousin, Michael Phelps, set the alltime mark for Olympic medals...
HUFFINGTON
08.19.12
My fellow Americans, it’s not that we
All of
shouldn’t be proud of
them deserve
the fact that Michael
our fullest
Phelps is one of our
attention, even
own—it’s that one of
if we have to
the most wonderful
suffer through
things about watch#NBCfails to
ing sports is seeing
see them soar.”
greatness incarnate,
regardless of where it
comes from. And every
four years, we receive the extraordinary gift of having the opportunity to witness the highest, fastest,
and strongest people on the planet
do what they do best. All of them
deserve our fullest attention, even
if we have to suffer through
#NBCfails to see them soar.