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Swimming: Phelps caps meet with speedy 100m free

COLUMBUS: Michael Phelps clocked the second-fastest 100m freestyle time in the world this year Sunday to cap a productive three days at USA Swimming's Columbus Grand Prix. Phelps added the 100m free gold to the 200m free and 200m butt [...]

Posted On : Mar, 13 2012 | Comments : 0

Will swimming in Michael Phelps’s supersuit shave time off y...

The supersuit Michael Phelps will wear at the London Games this summer is a garment to marvel at – although not for the reasons you might think. It is an incredible feat of engineering, one that you can buy and try out for yourself. [...]

Posted On : Feb, 27 2012 | Comments : 0

Michael Phelps: Passion for swimming has returned

Attention, swimmers preparing for the Olympics in London this summer: Michael Phelps is back, both mentally and physically. After winning 16 Olympic medals and being named American Swimmer of the Year eight times between 2001 and 200 [...]

Posted On : Feb, 10 2012 | Comments : 0

MICHAEL PHELPS SEIZES MEN’S 100M BUTTERFLY TITLE: DAY ONE – ...

The 14-time Olympic gold medallist, Michael Phelps dictated terms to his competitors by seizing gold medal of the Men’s 100m butterfly on first day of the 2011-12 USA Swimming Grand Prix Series on Friday, January 13. The contes [...]

Posted On : Jan, 14 2012 | Comments : 0

Swimming: No Phelps for USA at Duel in the Pool

Michael Phelps will not compete for the United States against a European All-Star squad at next month’s Duel in the Pool at the venue used for the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. Phelps, who won an unprecedented eight gold medals at the 2008 [...]

Posted On : Nov, 06 2011 | Comments : 0

Phelps-Led U.S. Hand-off Team loses to Australia at swimming...

Michael Phelps started slowly at the 2011 World Swimming Championships as the U.S. failed to defend its 400-meter freestyle relay title in Shanghai. The four-man U.S. team, which also won the gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, [...]

Posted On : Jul, 25 2011 | Comments : 0

Phelps competing in Annapolis swimming event this weekend

Olympian Michael Phelps will be competing in four events at the Maryland Swimming Championships at the Naval Academy this weekend, and his participation is further proof of just how different swimming is from other sports. It's n [...]

Posted On : Mar, 04 2010 | Comments : 0

British singer inspires Michael Phelps to swimming success

London r'n'b pop dude Jay Sean ranks Olympic legend Michael Phelps among his fans after becoming big mates with the swimming sensation following a gig in Philadelphia. The Hounslow homeboy hung out with Phelps at a trendy club in [...]

Posted On : Jan, 28 2010 | Comments : 0

Michael Phelps leads swimming's finest in Long Beach

Some of the world's finest swimmers, including the most famous of them all, will converge on the Belmont Plaza Olympic Pool beginning today for the four-day USA Swimming Southern California Grand Prix. Fourteen-time Olympic gold medalist M [...]

Posted On : Jan, 15 2010 | Comments : 0

Michael Phelps Shirtless, Swimming & Placing Second

Michael Phelps is gearing up for a weekend showdown with Paul Biedermann at the World Cup in Berlin. Biedermann beat Phelps in the 200 freestyle in August. Earlier this week Phelps placed second at the Short Course World Championships [...]