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Michael Phelps had been turned into a flat-screen American athletic dream: A skinny boy with big feet (and ears) had been transformed by endless laps and a wise coach into a red-white-and-blue, gold-medal-winning machine. Michael Phelps The most decorated Olympian ever, Phelps entered the 2016 Rio Olympics with twenty-two medals, including eighteen gold to his credit. Originally, he retired after the 2012 London Olympics. But the competition bug got him in 2014. He attempted a comeback. On a late night drive home after a hard day of training he was pulled over by the police and arrested for driving under the influence. His September 2014 arrest was his second DUI. When his parents received the phone call from the police…