Tag: Michael Phelps
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Michael Phelps: ‘I locked myself in my room for four days’
For a man who glides so quickly and effortlessly through the water it seems perverse to think of Michael Phelps confining himself to one room for four straight days. Such were the depths of a spiral that would threaten to cripple the comeback of a man widely regarded as one of the greatest sportsmen of…
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Michael Phelps to race a great white during ‘Shark Week’
Just when you though it was safe to go back in the water without winding up in a race with Michael Phelps, the Olympic hero is set to test his mettle once again. This time, though, Phelps will be putting his aquatic prowess up against his most dangerous opponent yet: a great white shark. Hey, he has…
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Michael Phelps doesn’t like the new Olympic swimming events: ‘There’s too much going on’
There are some people excited to see the International Olympic Committee adding new events — including the men’s 800m and the women’s 1500m — that will improve gender balance in the pool. But legend Michael Phelps doesn’t sound like one of them. During an event promoting Krave Jerky at Manhattan’s Chelsea Piers, Phelps was asked at a…
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Olympic champion Michael Phelps joins WSOP Tag Team event
Michael Phelps already has 23 Olympic gold medals. Now, the most decorated swimmer of all time is hoping to add a gold bracelet to his trophy case. Phelps was at the Rio Convention Center on Wednesday, joining forces with professional poker players Antonio Esfandiari, Jeff Gross and Brian Rast to play in the World Series…
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Michael Phelps and His Family Announce They Are #Trainingfor2032
While Michael Phelps may not be doing much training on his own right now, the most decorated swimmer of all time announced today that he and his son, Boomer, along with his wife, Nicole, are #Trainingfor2032 together along with babies around the world who enjoy fun and safe water play with Huggies Little Swimmers®. In…
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Michael Phelps, Allison Schmitt talk about battling depression
Allison Schmitt hates public speaking. But the Olympic swimmer shared her story of battling depression in a packed auditorium Thursday night as part of National Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day. “I get sweaty hands; I feel like I’m going to throw up. I never want to speak in front of people,†said Schmitt, the eight-time…
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Michael Phelps Opens Up About ADHD Struggles: A Teacher Told Me ‘I’d Never Amount to Anything’
He’s the most decorated Olympian of all time, but don’t think for a second that growing up as Michael Phelps was easy. The 31-year-old swimming superstar —and new father — opened up about his struggles with ADHD in a new video for the Child Mind Institute‘s Speak Up for Kids campaign, explaining that a teacher once…
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Michael Phelps On Baby Boomer’s Possible Future As A Swimmer & How Parenthood Has Changed Him
Paid spokesperson and global ambassador for Colgate’s #EveryDropCounts campaign Michael Phelps sits with Access Hollywood’s Scott Evans and talks about what it would be like if his son, baby Boomer, decided to become a swimmer. Plus, the most-decorated Olympian of all time shares how being a father has changed him.