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Recently, at the Olympic Games 2016 in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Michael Phelps, the greatest swimmer of all time, won his 22nd Olympic gold medal in the Men’s 200m Individual Medley.

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Ivancevic, T. et al. (2017). Exercises, Nutrition and Mental Attitude. In: The Evolved Athlete: A Guide for Elite Sport Enhancement. Cognitive Systems Monographs, vol 32. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57928-3_5

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