Tag: Michael Phelps
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Chinese doctor drags Michael Phelps into doping speculation
Wow, harsh words on the The Sydney Morning Herald via the Los Angeles Times, Chinese former Olympic doctor Chen Zhanghao defending newly minted gold medalist Ye Shiwen: “Abnormal?” Chen was quoted as saying to the newspaper, “America’s Phelps broke seven world records! Is he normal? “I suspect Phelps, but without evidence, I have to recognize…
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London 2012 day 3 prelims: Ye puts her foot down in the 200 too
At the London 2012 Olympic prelims today, China’s Shiwen Ye was head and shoulders above the rest of the field in the women’s 200 IM, looking to add that one to her 400 IM Olympic gold from Saturday. Federica Pellegrini led the field (narrowly) in the women’s 200 freestyle, and in the men’s 200 butterfly…
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London 2012 day 1 finals: Ye posts first WR at these Olympics
On the first night of the London 2012 Olympics, China’s Shiwen Ye posted a world record of 4:28.43 in the women’s 400 IM, quite unusually by ripping the field apart in the last 100 freestyle. USA’s Elizabeth Beisel 2nd and China’s Xuanxu Li 3rd, old record was Stephanie Rice 4:29.45 from Beijing 2008, Rice now…
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London 2012 day 1 prelims: Vollmer posts OR, lots of shocks in other races
In the men’s 400 IM, medal favorite Laszlo Cseh missed the final with 7/100 of a second, Michael Phelps just scraping by in 8th spot. In the women’s 100 butterfly, USA’s Dana Vollmer posted an Olympic Record of 56.25. In the men’s 400 freestyle, Tae-hwan Park posted a confident time of 3:46.68 but was disqualified,…
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Phelps unfazed by Australia’s “weapons of mass destruction”
Phelps wouldn’t take the bait when asked to respond to the menacing moniker applied to Australia’s heavily favored 4x100m freestyle relay team featuring James Magnussen, James Roberts, Eamon Sullivan and Matt Targett. Via news.com.au “We take care of our own business,†an icy Phelps said. “If you get caught up in other people’s talking, and…
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Phelps’ training regimen: Snoop, Bunk, ‘The Wire’
Michael Phelps’ is a couple of pool lengths from Olympic history. If the lanky natator takes three medals of any ore in London, he will be the most decorated Olympian in any sport. So how is he preparing for his swim with destiny? As he explained to Ryan Seacrest in an interview on Today, mostly…
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GB swimmers to miss the Olympic opening ceremony
Great Britain’s swimmers have decided to skip the Olympic opening ceremony, to no surprise really given that the competition in the pool starts the next day. The swimming team made the decision themselves. “One of the things about this team is the swimmers get a lot of input into our preparation,” medley swimmer James Goddard…
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NBC’s most awesome London 2012 Olympics trailer
Not for us Europeans, but awesome nonetheless. And to make totally sure that it was awesomely awesome, they added a whole lot of water :-)
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Phelps knocks FINA ban on having flags on both sides of the cap
Apparently some new ‘same-side guidelines’ issued by FINA last year, included in IOC rules for London posted in May. Also, the eagle-eyed reader will quickly notice that Phelps is a MacBook Pro and iPhone user :-) Front and back of our caps… We used to be able to have front and back side with flags…