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Is 1,510,000 yards per hour as fast as Michael Phelps?

It's about 200 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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