Michael Phelps

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Michael Fred Phelps (born June 30, 1985) is an American swimmer who has, overall, won 16 Olympic medals—six gold and two bronze at Athens in 2004, and eight gold at Beijing in 2008, becoming the most successful athlete at both of these Olympic Games editions. In doing so he has twice equaled the record eight medals of any type at a single Olympics achieved by Soviet gymnast Alexander Dityatin at the 1980 Moscow Summer Games. His five gold medals in individual events tied the single Games record set by compatriot Eric Heiden in the 1980 Winter Olympics and equaled by Vitaly Scherbo at the 1992 Summer Games. Phelps holds the record for the most gold medals won in a single Olympics; his eight at the 2008 Beijing Games surpassed American swimmer Mark Spitz's seven-gold performance at Munich in 1972. Phelps' Olympic medal total is second only to the 18 Soviet gymnast Larisa Latynina won over three Olympics, including nine gold. Phelps also holds the all-time record for most gold Olympic medals, at 14.

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Missy Franklin graduating from high school

Source: Fresno Bee  |   May 20 2013, 10:14am CDT

The four-time gold medalist will get her diploma from Regis Jesuit High School in a ceremony in Denver on Monday evening. Franklin isn't ready to become a professional athlete yet. She'll swim in the world ch ...

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Phelps throws cold water on comeback report

Source: The Borneo Post  |   May 19 2013, 6:01pm CDT

HISTORY: Michael Phelps of the United States dives in at the start of the 200 meter Individual Medley semifinal during the XI FINA World Championships at the Parc Jean-Drapeau in Montreal, Quebec, Canada in this fi ...

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Source: ABC News  |   May 19 2013, 2:39pm CDT

Good news, pot-smoking Olympians: the agency that sets the rules around Olympic drug use is loosening its standards for marijuana. Basically, the new rules will test for people smoking in the hours or days before a competition ...

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Source: TV Squad  |   May 19 2013, 9:10am CDT

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Phelps rubbishes comeback reports

Source: Independent Online (South Africa)  |   May 19 2013, 4:47am CDT

Olympic swimming great Michael Phelps has thrown cold water on a report that he would come out of retirement. LOS ANGELES – Olympic swimming great Michael Phelps has thrown cold water on a report that he would come out of retirement with ...

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Source: PRWeb  |   May 19 2013, 2:22am CDT

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