The swimmer Michael Phelps is the most decorated Olympian of all time, with 28 medals, 23 of them gold. He is a former world record holder in the 200m freestyle, 100m butterfly, 200m butterfly, 200m individual medley, and 400m individual medley.
But let’s just analyse his world-record time for the 200m freestyle – an amazing one minute and 42.96
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