Tag: Michael Phelps
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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…
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The London 2012 marketing moratorium begins
A period nicknamed “the blackout” started today in which athletes competing in the games may not appear in any advertising by companies that are not official Olympic sponsors. To understand what this means, consider Michael Phelps: Subway has long sponsored the Olympic swimmer, but it’s not an Olympic sponsor. That means no Subway ads featuring…
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Countdown for the London 2012 Olympic Games
Four-time gold medallist Michael Johnson takes us through 26-minutes of London’s road to staging the greatest sporting show on the planet. Including exclusive interviews with Usain Bolt, Michael Phelps, David Beckham, Jessica Ennis, Vivian Cheruiyot, Danny Boyle, Seb Coe and others, the programme promises to be a mouthwatering appetiser for the London 2012 Olympic Games.…
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Tyler blasts Phelps for being lazy, then says sorry
Yeah I know, I’m late here. Tyler Clary called out Michael Phelps, yesterday, saying he saw a real lack of preparation when he trained with Phelps, and that Phelps ‘has basically been asking to get beat for the longest time.’ Phelps gets upset, other people too while others say Clary is right, then Clary says…