Several," Spitz told AFP in Rio, when asked if he thought Phelps would win gold medals at this Olympics. Spitz's phenomenal haul of seven gold medals at the Munich 1972 Olympics was considered unbeatable until Phelps came along 36 years later. RIO DE JANEIRO - US swimming great Mark Spitz on Friday backed Michael Phelps to set the Rio Olympics alight and win "several" gold medals in what is likely to be his Olympic swansong. I said, 'The day Michael Phelps broke my record,'" Spitz said in an address to the US athletes. But Spitz said he had never fully appreciated the size of his own achievement until Phelps went one better in the Beijing Water Cube.

Source: Bangkok Post August 05, 2016 20:15 UTC