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That singular determination was obvious at the Water Cube this week. In race after race, setting record after record, Phelps kept his body and mind trained on a set of goals that only he and coach Bob Bowman were privy to for these Games. While he still won't reveal the specifics, he did admit that he wrote them down - the first time he has documented his mission at a meet - and that "it all happened this week...
...talent, and he laid out a detailed plan to Phelps' surprised parents for making their son an Olympic champion. In the years since, Bowman, a psychology major, has become a master manipulator of Phelps, knowing just what buttons to push to propel his swimmer to another world record...
...Phelps could use an extra boost. So he passed along a piece of information that was news to Phelps: that his closest rival in the 100-m butterfly, Serbian Milorad Cavic, had told the media that he thought Phelps losing the race would be good for swimming. The Spitz record of seven golds in a single Games is a hallowed one, and one that has stood for 36 years - so it's understandable that some swimmers are loath to see it broken. Plus, Cavic figured, leaving that eighth gold dangling for the next Games would keep people interested in swimming...
...Olympic trials in late June, Tyson Gay looked like he was destined to be the greatest sprinter of all time. He broke the American record in the 100m and even finished the final in 9.68 seconds, the fastest time in human history. (A strong tailwind, however, nullified the world record.) Then, a week later, he strained a hamstring while trying to qualify for the 200m race...
...150m in 14.9 seconds, it's 'OK, I'm ready.' So when I came back from the injury, and Drummond [Jon Drummond, his coach] came to help me in Germany, I did some 200s in 24 seconds, 23 seconds, 22 seconds [American Michael Johnson holds the 200 world record, which is 19.32 seconds]. I ran a 150m in 16 whatever, and it was like, oh my gosh, I'm really running, but the speed wasn't there. Oh my gosh...