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Phelps, swimmers face wardrobe crisis

British Adam Brown helps France's Alain Bernard to

Photo credit: Getty Images | British Adam Brown helps France's Alain Bernard to take off his swimsuit after the men's 100m freestyle qualifications at the FINA World Swimming Championships in Rome.

John Jeansonne

Newsday columnist John Jeansonne. John Jeansonne

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If sport's latest polemic-at-large didn't involve a stunning upset of Olympic sensation Michael Phelps, chances are swimming would not be making headlines during this week's world championship meet in Rome. As it is, Phelps' first international-meet loss in four years, to a German lad who had not gotten within shouting distance of Phelps during last summer's Beijing Games, twinned with a building...

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