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John Niyo

The Detroit News

Category: Swimming

Posted by John Niyo (The Detroit News) on Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 11:52 AM

Olympic champ so mad he could Spitz

As long as we're all talking about his record, Mark Spitz figures, woudn't it be nice if he could be here to join in the discussion?

Probably wouldn't be a bad idea, but the International Olympic Committee doesn't traffic in good ideas all that often. So Spitz, for now, is back home in the United States while this kid named Michael Phelps is busy erasing his name from the record books. It turns out the old guy with the moustache in the Speedo isn't too happy about it.

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Tue. 08/12/08 07:11 PM

Spits

What a jerk!!! sit home you pompous ass, your day was gone and with these comments you cement yourself in Olympic history as a fool. You were lucky Phelps is good!! big difference.

Tue. 08/12/08 02:38 PM

Yikes!

No ego problem here, that's for sure. If he wants to be there then go...but he wants someone else to pay for it and treat him like a king while he's there. UGH!

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John Niyo and Joanne C. Gerstner are covering the Beijing Olympics for The Detroit News.

Metro Detroiter Cheryl Angelelli is a medal-winning Paralympic swimmer who is blogging her experiences with the 2008 Paralympic Games in Beijing.

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