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Michael Phelps of the United States is seen on the jumbotron after receiving his gold medal in the Men's 4x100 Medley Relay at the National Aquatics Centre during Day 9 of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.

What Michael Phelps did during the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, though, is unlikely to ever fade. Looking back a year later, Phelps' peers recall it as a perfect performance.