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‘The Greatest Olympian’

by Ryan Hudson
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Greatest Ever: Michael Phelps Makes Olympic History
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When you win your record 19th Olympic medal, as Michael Phelps did on Tuesday, you get (and deserve) the full front page treatment from The Guardian.

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