Tag: Michael Phelps
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CC photo #563: Cavic presenting his flag at Roma 09
Serbia’s Milorad Cavic presenting his flag for the camera before the men’s 100 meter butterfly final at the FINA 2009 World Swimming Championships in Rome, Italy. Also in picture the eventual winner, USA’s Michael Phelps, stretching out on the block, Spain’s eventual bronze winner Rafael Munoz behind the cameraman, and others. Cavic won silver, see…
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Rise and Swim (Welcome to the Grind)
Inspirational Swimming Video Featuring Michael Phelps, Ryan Lochte, Ian Thorpe, Cesar Cielo, Alain Bernard, James Magnusson, Nathan Adrian.
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Coach Bowman discusses possibility of Michael Phelps returning
Read USA Today At the world championship trials on Wednesday, the Phelps comeback talk continued. His longtime coach Bob Bowman said he would support a run at the 2016 Olympics if Phelps is fully committed. “There’s a part of me that wants him to come back if he’s going to do it the right way,”…
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Phelps not counting out comeback; happy to ‘no longer smell chlorine’
Read NBC sports Despite the rumors from top competitors and men in the know, swimming legend Michael Phelps has yet to dive in a pool competitively since London, and told a German paper Wednesday that he thinks top rival Ryan Lochte is trying to deflect some attention away from himself. Phelps, of course, says he’s…
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Michael Phelps makes his World Series Of Poker debut
Fox News, CardPlayer, NESN, WPT Mag Olympic legend Michael Phelps has a new gold standard in mind — the World Series of Poker. The 18-time gold medalist participated in his first World Series of Poker event on Wednesday, clanking chips alongside other high-stakes gamblers at the annual event in Las Vegas. In all, more than…
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Michael Phelps might be back. Or not.
Cap & Goggles had this breaking news story, yesterday, quickly confirmed by NBC Michael Phelps is about to launch a comeback. He’ll soon be returning to training; in fact, he’s rumored to be arriving in Colorado Springs, at the Olympic Training Center, in the next few days. Maybe he won’t show. Perhaps he’ll read these…
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CC photo #485: Phelps en route to his 200 fly WR at Roma 09
Just a photo from the FINA 2009 World Swimming Championships in Rome, Italy. Michael Phelps in front en route to his 1:51.51 world record in the men’s 200 meter butterfly. That must be Takeshi Matsuda from Japan racing a bit behind him. See the result list here.
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Battle of the Michaels — Michael Jordan Vs. Michael Phelps!
Michael Jordan vs. Michael Phelps. Both have a claim to being the greatest athlete of all time. Now they will face off in a sport that will test them to the absolute limits…golf!?