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Jul 7, 2008 11:32 am US/Eastern

Rehearsal Over For Phelps

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) ― The rehearsal is over. Now Baltimore-area natives Michael Phelps and Katie Hoff and Natalie Coughlin and Ryan Lochte are taking their show on the road to the Beijing Olympics.

The quartet was idle on the final night of the U.S. trials in Omaha Sunday. That gave them a rare moment to enjoy their accomplishment of qualifying for multiple Olympic events.

Phelps will be the busiest in Beijing. He earned another shot at Mark Spitz's record of seven gold medals and will swim in eight events -- five individual and all three relays.

Spitz endorsed Phelps at the trials as a worthy successor, suggesting that after 36 years, it's time for someone else to take his mantle. U.S. team coach Mark Schubert expressed confidence in Phelps.

Coughlin will swim three individual events, as will Lochte and Peter Vanderkaay.

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