Tag: Michael Phelps
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Slower times raise concern for U.S. men a year before Rio
The races were tight, the finishes competitive. But the times were off. For the male swimmers at the Arena Pro Swim Series last week, the meet raised concerns. Mostly that, in most of their individual events, their times were not close to the best times in the world this year. Even 18-time Olympic gold medalist…
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Why U.S. olympic swimming is so dominant
The secret is consistent management, according to a new study. […] You might be tempted to think the answer is as simple as “Michael Phelps.†But the U.S. has been dominant in the sport since long before Phelps’s first Olympics. And now the organization has produced a study that it believes explains why: management. […]…
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Michael Phelps confirms he’s aiming to swim at 2016 Olympics
An emotional and rejuvenated Michael Phelps confirmed Wednesday what the swimming world had long assumed — he’ll try to add to his record total of 22 Olympic medals at the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro. Phelps made his Olympic intentions plain the day before his return to competition after a six-month suspension for drunk driving. He’ll swim…
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Michael Phelps will qualify for Rio Olympics: Cathy Bennett
Swimming legend Michael Phelps’ return to the sport is clearly not going as per plan, with the 29-year-old currently excluded from the USA swim team for the World Championships in Russia and the Pan-American Games in Toronto later this year after he was found guilty for a drunken-driving offence in September last year. However, Cathy…
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Michael Phelps to miss PanAm Games and World Championship
US swimmer Michael Phelps, known as “The Shark of Baltimore” will miss his participation at the Pan American Games in Toronto (July) and the World Championship (August), assured a spokesman from the US Swimming National Federation. After a possible announcement for retirement from competition by the Shark of Baltimore in October 2014, such a statement…
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Phelps: No harm in asking for help
Kids at the Boys and Girls Clubs of Fort Wayne on Thursday got a chance to hear the most decorated Olympic athlete in history talk about how they can achieve their dreams. Speaking to a group of more than 20 kids, reporters and Boys & Girls Clubs employees, Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps talked about…
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Navy SEAL Engagement – U.S. Olympic Swim Team 2009
Watch as the 2009 U.S. Olympic Swim Team engages with the Navy SEALs at the Naval Special Warfare Center. Featuring Michael Phelps, Aaron Peirsol, Mark Schubert and Jack Roach.
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Michael Phelps projected to win two more gold medals at 2016 Olympics
A projection system run 500 days before the start of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janiero has the world’s most decorated Olympian, Michael Phelps, picking up two more gold medals in what would be his fifth trip to the Games. The projection system, run by the Dutch company Infostrada Sports and posted by…
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Michael Phelps pushes Grant Hackett to return
The dual Olympic 1500m champion may be on the comeback trail, but he reserves the right to step off at any time if he doesn’t want to continue. Having watched the hype that surrounded his great friend and rival Ian Thorpe’s failed comeback for the 2012 Olympics, Hackett is cautious about his own prospects and…