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On August 17, Phelps won his eighth gold medal in the 4×100-meter medley relay, breaking Mark Spitz's record of seven gold medals won in a single Olympic Games, which had stood since 1972.
On 17 August 2008, Vodafone succeeded to acquire 70% of Ghana Telecom.
