In race after race, setting record after record, Phelps kept his body and mind trained on a set of goals that only he and coach Bob Bowman were privy to for these Games.

• 烽火无绝期，纪录相次第。菲尔普斯始终使自己的身心素质维持在一个只有他和教练鲍勃才知道的绝佳水平。