LOS ANGELES: Four years on from Athens, Michael Phelps will arrive in Beijing poised to make Olympic history and join the select few whose feats see them transcend their sports.
Mark Spitz, who set the Olympic gold standard with seven swimming triumphs in Munich in 1972, predicted Phelps not only will break the record, but do it in spectacular style.
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