OBAMA SETS ANOTHER BAR AT THE LONDON OLYMPICS 2012

OBAMA SETS ANOTHER BAR AT THE LONDON OLYMPICS 2012

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S president Barrack Obama decided a personal tweet to Michael Phelps wasn’t enough, so he surprised the US Olympic swimming star with a personal phone call at the London Games.

“The craziest thing was just when I answered the phone and they were like, ‘Michael?’ and I said: ‘yes!’ “And they said: ‘please hold for the president of the United States’, and I was like, “ok!’”

Phelps, whose perfect 8-gold campaign in Beijing had already given him the most gold medals of any Olympian, added a new line to his legend as he surpassed Soviet gymnast Larissa Latynina’s record of 18 career medals with a silver and a gold on Tuesday night that took his total to 19.

President Obama, despite being on a campaign trail back in the states, has been keeping up with the Olympians in London through twitter and personal calls to the team.