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50 stunning Olympic moments No37: Mark Spitz wins seven swimming golds

Reported by guardian.co.uk on Friday, 8 June 2012 (on June 8, 2012)
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Chastened by past failure and buoyed by a huge ego, Mark Spitz won seven gold medals, all in world record times, at the Munich Games – then had to flee home the day after his last swim

His coach..


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