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Aug
20

Mandarin harder than winning gold, says Phelps (AFP)

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First athlete ever to win eight gold medals in one Olympic Games, swimmer Michael Phelps of the US, takes a lunch with children as he visits a US fast food chain restaurant in the Olympic Green, on August 18. The American swimming star might have swept all before him in the Beijing pool but picking up the notoriously difficult local language has proved beyond even him.(AFP/Peter Parks)AFP - Michael Phelps seems capable of achieving almost anything — except mastering Mandarin.


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