Phelps wins low-key races in return to pool
AFP - 2 hours 9 minutes agoUS swim star Michael Phelps won 200-yard freestyle and 100-yard butterfly titles on Friday at the North Baltimore Aquatic Club's holiday meet at the US Naval Academy.
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US swim star Michael Phelps won 200-yard freestyle and 100-yard butterfly titles on Friday at the North Baltimore Aquatic Club's holiday meet at the US Naval Academy.
US swim star Michael Phelps won 200-yard freestyle and 100-yard butterfly titles on Friday at the North Baltimore Aquatic Club's holiday meet at the US Naval Academy.
Swimmer relishes return to Christmas Invitational as he prepares to ramp up training The swimmer with the Midas touch threw back his head and laughed as he considered the question: Is competing this weekend at a meet he hasn't attempted in about three years a way to bring out the kid in him or does it make him feel like an old man? "A little bit of both," said Michael Phelps, as he got a rubdown ...
Olympic gold medalist Ryan Lochte has withdrawn from next week's Duel in the Pool in Britain because he's still recovering from knee surgery. USA Swimming, headquartered in Colorado Springs, said Friday that Lochte's spot on the 36-member U.S. team won't be filled. The event features such U.S. Olympians as Michael Phelps and Aaron Peirsol against a team of top swimmers from Britain, Germany and ...
The machinery is fully cranked. Cameras are aimed, stories are in process (including one in Sports Illustrated), video packages have been assembled. In just over two months, the 2010 Winter Olympic Games will unfold in Vancouver and one U.S. skier will play the role of Michael Phelps, the athlete who can win multiple gold medals over the course of the Games, while delivering eyeballs to ...
SAN ANGELO, Texas —Easily, the most amazing thing about Michael Phelps is not that he swims as fast as Flipper; it’s that he can stare at the bottom of a pool for five hours a day without going stark-raving mad.(Which, come to think of it, may explain his extracurricular pursuits.)The lonely pursuit of swimming is the very definition of tedium. While it can, like running and cycling, be done in ...
PHOENIX, Arizona, December 1. TODAY is the day we've all been waiting for! Swimming World is proud to announce Michael Phelps of the United States and Federica Pellegrini of Italy as the World Swimmer...
Olympian Michael Phelps has a thing for Miss California.Both of them. Nicole Johnson, who just days ago was crowned Miss California 2010, admitted that she had a year-long romantic relationship with the gold medalist.
Olympic champion Rebecca Adlington and world champion Federica Pellegrini will compete for Europe against the United States at next month's Duel in the Pool. The American team for the Dec. 18-19 meet at Manchester Aquatics Centre includes 14-time Olympic champion Michael Phelps. Adlington is among 14 British swimmers in the 36-member European team.
Michael Phelps is ready to put an up-and-down post-Olympic year behind him and focus on the challenges that await in 2010, including adjusting to a ban on the high-performance suits that rocked his sport.
Michael Phelps is ready to put an up-and-down post-Olympic year behind him and focus on the challenges that await in 2010, including adjusting to a ban on the high-performance suits that rocked his sport. The 14-time Olympic gold medalist from Baltimore will compete in one final meet, Duel in the Pool on Dec. 18-19 in Manchester, England, before closing out the year. "The biggest thing right now ...
By: Mitch Smith At the 2008 Beijing Olympics, swimmer Michael Phelps won an unprecedented eight gold medals. And while Cornhusker junior Brandie Kavalec might not quite be to that level, she has placed first in five different events through four meets this season....
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - Michael Phelps is ready to put an up-and-down post-Olympic year behind him and focus on the challenges that await in 2010, including adjusting to a...
Michael Phelps is ready to put an up-and-down post-Olympic year behind him and focus on the challenges that await in 2010, including adjusting to a ban on the high-performance suits that rocked his sport. The 14-time Olympic gold medalist will compete in one final meet, Duel in the Pool on Dec. 18-19 in Manchester, England, before closing out the year. "The biggest thing right now is me getting ...
Michael Phelps is ready to put an up-and-down post-Olympic year behind him and focus on the challengesthat await in 2010, including adjusting to a ban on the high-performance suits that rocked his sport.
Michael Phelps is ready to put an up-and-down post-Olympic year behind him and focus on the challenges that await in 2010, including adjusting to a ban on the high-performance suits that rocked his sport. The 14-time Olympic gold medalist will compete in one final meet, Duel in the Pool on Dec. 18-19 in Manchester, England, before closing out the year.