Tag: Michael Phelps
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Olympic swimmers offer advice on juggling athletics, life, school
Olympic swimmers Michael Phelps, Nathan Adrian, Missy Franklin, and Mel Stewart appeared at the Santa Clara Arena Grand Prix on the weekend of June 19 and shared their thoughts on juggling academics, extracurricular activities, personal health, and sports. Michael Phelps, the most decorated Olympian of all time with 22 medals, said that it’s important to…
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Michael Phelps Photobombs NBC Bay Area News Crew
See NBC Bay Area A run-of-the-mill local news shoot at a Silicon Valley swim meet became an opportunity for the most decorated Olympian of all-time to photobomb a friend. Michael Phelps photobombed NBC Bay Area’s interview with fellow Olympian Allison Schmitt.
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What Athletes Eat Before They Compete
Including Michael Phelps. And phew, we dodged the Bacon / Chicken McNugget / 2 Boiled Cabbages menus.
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Michael Phelps brings back swimming
Read Los Angeles Post-Examiner Sports needed this. Swimming needed this. And of course, Baltimore needed this. Michael Phelps is back, which means swimming is back and even more importantly, it means one of the most underappreciated sports rivalries is back: Phelps vs. Ryan Lochte. You can’t have a sport without a rivalry, which makes fans…
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Michael Phelps chalks up first win in comeback
Read for instance stuff.co.nz Michael Phelps was back in familiar waters and on top of the winner’s podium in his comeback to competitive swimming at the U.S. Grand Prix in Charlotte on Friday. Competing for just the second time since retiring after the 2012 London Olympics, Phelps ticked off all the important boxes he needed…
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Sun Yang’s return sets up potential legendary race
Read NBC Olympic Talk Comparing early season times can be dangerous, but note that Lochte won the 200m free at the Mesa Grand Prix in 1:49.48 on April 25. Lochte finished fourth in the 200m free at the 2012 Olympics and 2013 World Championships and is currently the top rival to Sun as the world’s best…
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Chad Le Clos pushed down rankings by Michael Phelps
Read BusinessDay Michael Phelps might not have been good enough to win a comeback race in the US at the weekend, but he did shunt Chad le Clos down the world rankings. Ryan Lochte out-swam the American legend at a gala in Phoenix, Arizona, winning the 100m butterfly final in 51.93sec.
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Michael Phelps taking different training approach in swimming comeback
Read The Republic Phelps has slowly started back and now trains just once a day in the afternoon. No double or triple sessions or plowing through thousands of meters a day. Call this comeback Phelps 2.0. While his workload will go up eventually, for now Phelps is doing half the amount of training he did…