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Is 11,000 yards per hour as fast as Michael Phelps?

It's about one-and-two-fifths times as fast as Michael Phelps
The speed of Michael Phelps is about 7,647.60 yards per hour.
(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 7,647.60 yards per hour. Phelps would go on to win nine gold medals individually in the 2008 Olympics - more than all but eight of the competing nations.
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