Michael Phelps In Hawaii With His Girlfriend Nicole Johnson: He's known for being an incredible athlete who trains hard for success. But Olympic champion Michael Phelps looked completely relaxed yesterday as he spent time at the pool with girlfriend Nicole Johnson. The swimming champ is holidaying in Maui, Hawaii with the Miss California model.

And it's clear the he didn't have a care in the world as he and Johnson laid out and enjoyed the sun. Wearing a very colourful pair of swimming trunks, 25-year-old Phelps leaned over at one point and kissed his partner, who looked stunning in a white bikini.But the couple didn't ignore their fellow holidaymakers - Phelps was more than happy to sign autographs and pose for pictures.He shouldn't take it too easy, especially after being supplanted this summer by team mate Ryan Lochte as the world's best swimmer.

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“I was real happy with that. I wanted to put some distance between my time and the fastest time in the world,” said Phelps, who beat 51.70 set by Evgeny Korotsyshkin. He was comfortably ahead of runner-up Tyler McGill (52.20) and Timothy Phillips (52.41).

“My stroke felt a lot better, my walls were better. I felt more myself going into the race tonight,” he said, struggling with consistency after taking a break from swimming. Phelps’ 50 national titles are the most of any U.S. swimmer.

Phelps led all the way and touched in 50.65 seconds, easily topping the previous quickest 2010 time of 51.70 set by Evgeny Korotyshkin of Russia. "I wanted to put some distance between my time and the fastest in the world," he said. Phelps won his 50th career national title, topping Tracy Caulkins' mark of 48. Tyler McGill was second in 52.20, and Timothy Phillips took third. Backstroke specialist Aaron Peirsol finished fourth.

The men's 50 freestyle was swum under protest, with Olympian Nathan Adrian touching first in 21.70 seconds. Olympian Cullen Jones and Josh Schneider were equal second, but the results were not immediately declared official. Start of sidebar. Skip to end of sidebar. End of sidebar. Return to start of sidebar.

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US swim star Michael Phelps, who won eight gold medals at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and six more at the 2004 Athens Games, takes his next strokes toward the 2012 London Olympics starting Tuesday.

Phelps is among more than 30 Olympians set to compete at the US National Swim Championships, a five-day meet that serves as the selection for the Pan Pacific Championships at Irvine on August 18-22.

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Phelps will lead the lines at the USA Swimming National Championships, which starts on Tuesday, where he will be aiming to secure a spot on the US team for August's Pan Pacific Swimming  championships, at the same venue in California, and the 2011 world championships in Shanghai.

"I think this summer is important for me both for next year, but also leading into London," Phelps told the Baltimore Sun. "To be able to set up an event program that we can try a couple times before we go to London, and see what works, and see what event program works, I think this is going to see where we stand. "I can already say there are going to be a lot of things we're going to have to fix in order for me to be as prepared as I want to be not only for next summer but also going to London.

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Michael Phelps has the Olympian's touch when it comes to dominating his sport of choice, swimming. But Phelps' pool prowess is matched by luck not often shared by his fellow Baltimore residents.

That's because Investigative Voice has learned Phelps' Meadowbrook Aquatic and Fitness Center was robbed June 17 by as yet unidentified thieves.

Their take? An empty cash drawer  or nothing  making Phelps a rare exception in a city plagued by petty property crimes.

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Baltimore native and 14-time Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps dove into a short lesson with city summer school students Wednesday on how to overcome fear of the water and to become successful and safe swimmers.

Phelps joined about 40 excited students at the Polytechnic Institute pool to launch a partnership between the city schools' Summer Learning Academy and the Michael Phelps Swim School, which will offer 60 middle-school students up to 20 hours of swim lessons this summer, donated by its coaches.

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Michael Phelps will be sharing his swimming skills with public school students in his hometown of Baltimore. Phelps will give a swim lesson to children Wednesday as he launches a partnership between the Michael Phelps Swim School and city schools.

The program will allow 60 middle school-aged children to take up to 20 hours of swim lessons from the Phelps' school. The school will provide one instructor for every six students during the lessons, which are open to students in the city's summer learning program. Phelps, a 14-time Olympic gold medalist, launched his swim school last year. The school aims to get kids more comfortable in the water and teach basic swim safety.

Michael Phelps fears he is "way behind" in his preparation for this year's American and Pan Pacific championships and says he has to work harder if he is to recover his best form.

The 14-times Olympic champion made the admission after a disappointing performance at the Paris Open on Saturday and Sunday.

"I hope for the Pan Pacs," Phelps told reporters on Saturday. "I don't know. I'm clearly disappointed, but it's my own fault. "I know I didn't do the training when I needed to do it at the right time."

Phelps won the 200 metres butterfly at the Paris Open on Saturday but finished last in the 100m freestyle and third in the 200m freestyle. He said there was one way to fix his problems.

"I've got to train more and train harder," he said. "Everybody is going to be a rival at this point. I'm way behind. I'm the one who needs to catch up with them.

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Michael Phelps will swim in four events at the Paris Open this weekend as part of his preparations for the U.S. championships in August. The 14-time Olympic champion from Baltimore will compete in the 100-meter freestyle and 200-meter butterfly today and in the 200-meter freestyle and 200-meter individual medley on Sunday. Have The Sun delivered on the weekend for only 99 cents.

"Being able to swim four events in two days at the level we're swimming here is really going to test what kind of shape I am in," Phelps said Friday. The national championships in Irvine, Calif., will determine the American roster for August's Pan Pacific Championships later in the month and for the 2011 world championships.