Phelps scored yet another gold, taking his total tally of gold medals to 8, in the Beijing olympics 4×100 m relay and broke Mark spitz’s 36 year old record. Asked how he felt by breaking the record, he said “Records are meant to be broken, no matter how large it is and who set it”. How true…

Mark spitz congratulated phelps for the phenomenal achievement and urged many youngsters to give importance to swimming. Phelps is ‘THE MAN’ in swimming, just like Usain bolt is ‘THE MAN’ in athletics.