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BEIJING - AUGUST 11: (L-R) Garrett Weber-Gale and Michael Phelps of the United States celebrate finishing the Men's 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay Final in first place to win the gold medal held at the National Aquatics Center on Day 3 of the Beijing 2008…

BEIJING - AUGUST 24: A general view as fireworks are seen over the stadium during the Closing Ceremony for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games at the National Stadium on August 24, 2008 in Beijing, China.

BEIJING - AUGUST 16: Usain Bolt of Jamaica kisses his running shoe after winning the Men's 100m Sprint Final at the National Stadium during the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games on August 16, 2008 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Ryan Pierse/Getty Images)

2008 OLYMPIC GAMES - 081708 - A lone rose, left floating in the pool at the Water Cube following Michael Phelps' record-setting eighth gold medal is gently removed by an Italian synchronized swimmer who entered the water for practice following the…

Garrett Weber-Gale, (left) and Michael Phelps celebrate their Gold medal win in the 4 x 100 relays that edged out France by .08 of a second, during the first week of events at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.

A family sits outside their home in a poor neighborhood covered by an Olympic propaganda wall in Beijing. Hundreds of walls were erected to cover slums and construction zones.

BEIJING - AUGUST 22: The Russian Women's Relay team celebrate after their victory in the Women's 4 x 100m Relay Final at the National Stadium on Day 14 of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games on August 22, 2008 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Al Bello/Getty…

(Beijing, China - Saturday, August 16, 2008) US swimmer Michael Phelps exhults after winning the Men's 100m Butterfly by a split second over Serbian swimmer Milorad Cavic at Beijing's National Aquatics Center.

2008 OLYMPIC GAMES - 081308 - Members of the USA gymnastics team watch as gold medal winners China take to the podium during the medal ceremony at the Olympic Games in Beijing, China. USA took silver and Romania the bronze amid questions of the…

US wrestler Henry Cejudo of Colorado Springs celebrates his defeat of Japan's Tomohiro Matsunaga for the Gold Medal Tuesday, August 19, 2008, in 55kg competition at the Olympic Games in Beijing, China.