Correction for the speed of Michael Phelps
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How fast is 79,000 inches per minute?
It's about seventeen times as fast as Michael Phelps
The speed of Michael Phelps is about 4,588.60 inches per minute.
(at the Beijing Olympics, 2008; 200 m freestyle) (a.k.a. Michael Fred Phelps) (swimmer; 1985-)
Setting a world record, Michael Phelps swam the 200 m freestyle in 1:42.96 for an average speed of 4,588.60 inches per minute. Phelps would go on to win nine gold medals individually in the 2008 Olympics - more than all but eight of the competing nations.