Kara Lynn Joyce returns home, Michael Phelps sets record at Day 1 of Michigan Grand Prix
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Fourteen-time Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps doesn’t come into many races as the underdog. But that’s essentially what he was in Friday’s 200-meter freestyle final.
Phelps had the slowest preliminary time of the eight finalists, which he would later joke about, stating “I made finals that’s all that matters. ... I barely made it in.”
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