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Heavy Medal: Michael Phelps Humbled, Ready to Move Forward

11:54AM | August 19, 2008 | posted by Akash Goyal | comments: 0

MICHAEL-PHELPS-ON-SI-COVER.jpgDubbed the Alltime Olympian on the new cover of Sports Illustrated, USA Swimming golden boy Michael Phelps weighed in on his whirlwind trip to the Beijing Games that netted 8 gold medals, bringing his career total to a record 14 golds. Speaking to the CW11 Morning News via satellite from Beijing, Phelps, while humbled by success, is already looking beyond the Olympic Games and is ready to start the next phase of his career—furthering the sport of swimming and raising money to fund the USA swimming program. Watch the interview after the jump

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