American Michael Phelps, eyeing Mark Spitz's Olympic record of seven gold medals at a single Games, has entered nine individual events in this week's US trials. Phelps will have to qualify alongside other hopefuls in Omaha, Nebraska for each event in which he hopes to compete at the Olympics in August.

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