It must be destiny at work. There was no way, absolutely no way that Michael Phelps could have won his record-tying seventh Olympic gold medal at the Beijing Olympics in the 100-meter butterfly this morning. He was seventh at the turn, more than six-10ths of a second behind Serbia's Milorad Cavic. He was half a body length behind ... (Full article: 945 words)

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