Tag: Michael Phelps
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Olympian Michael Phelps On Retirement, The Butterfly And Athlete Activism | TIME
Since leaving competitive swimming after the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janiero, Phelps has been enjoying retirement in Arizona with his wife Nicole and sons Boomer and Beckett, seven months. He’s also become an advocate for water conservation (he’s in his second year as global water ambassador for Colgate, working to remind people to turn off the faucet while…
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Michael Phelps On Son Boomer’s Swimming Talent: ‘His Kick Is Insane’
Michael Phelps may have someone to carry on his swimming legacy — his son Boomer! The Olympic swimmer told Access Live’s Natalie Morales and Kit Hoover that his 2-year-old son has a ton of talent in the pool and it’s incredible how much he’s already learned just by watching dad! Check out what Michael had…
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Michael Phelps on managing depression: “It’s OK to not be OK”
Swimmer Michael Phelps is the most decorated Olympian in history. He has gone to five Olympic Games and won consecutively. Phelps joins “CBS This Morning” to discuss his water conservation initiatives, fatherhood, and how he learned to manage depression. Watch this video on YouTube
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Michael Phelps teaches Valley kids to swim
The most decorated Olympian is on a mission to get kids swimming. He says the main issue is making sure the kids aren’t scared of the water. Watch this video on YouTube
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Michael Phelps opens up on mental health issues
It was in 2014, following a second drink driving charge and a six-month suspension from USA Swimming, that Michael Phelps started to talk. It wasn’t easy at first. The 23-time Olympic gold medalist had suffered a downward spiral that had got so bad he confined himself to one room for five days. But talking has…
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Michael Phelps: To a naked eye, Milorad Cavic won — 10th anniversary of Beijing butterfly
So many onlookers thought Milorad Cavic beat Michael Phelps in the Beijing Olympic 100m butterfly. Even Phelps himself. “To a naked eye, he won the race,†Phelps said in an Omega documentary first published in 2016. The 10th anniversary of that final — which Phelps won by .01 on a come-from-behind, half-stroke finish — is…
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Top 10 Olympic Moments Beijing 2008 | Top Moments
It’s already 10 years ago, that the Olympic Games Beijing started! Reason enough, to bring you the top 10 moments from Beijing 2008. From the Opening Ceremony over Maarten van der Weijden in Open Water Swimming and Matthias Steiner in Weightlifting to Usain Bolt and Michael Phelps! Watch this video on YouTube
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WEDNESDAY: Most Decorated Olympian of All Time Michael Phelps!
Most Decorated Olympian of All Time swimmer MICHAEL PHELPS on his growing family, fatherhood and his weirdest fan encounter. Watch this video on YouTube
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Online therapy firm teams up with Michael Phelps to break the stigma of mental illness
The Olympic gold medalist swimmer is the new face of Talkspace, a startup that makes therapy affordable and accessible to millions of people. On the surface, Michael Phelps had the kind of life we could only dream of. As the most decorated swimmerin history, the Baltimore native had 28 Olympic medals to his name before he…