Michael Phelps will race in Montreal's Olympic Pool for no more than 31/2 minutes, total, on June 20 and 21, but there's no way to quantify the star quality being brought to town by the eight-time Beijing Olympic champion. Phelps will dazzle before he ever dips a big toe in the chlorine of the 1976 Olympic tank for the 34th Grand Prix Canada Cup/Coupe du Quebec swim meet. Just as you'd expect for the man who made five-ring history last August in China, the first swimmer in Olympic history to win eight gold medals in a single Games. With 14 gold -- Phelps won six at Athens in 2004 -- he's the...
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