Phelps Powers His Way Toward Olympic Record
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American Michael Phelps captured a  fourth gold at the Athens Games Thursday, keeping him on course  to be the first swimmer to win eight medals at a single  Olympics.
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Michael Phelps&#39;s chances of winning a record eight medals at the Athens Olympics were given a big boost on Thursday when US team officials said he might swim the heats of the 4x100 medley relay.
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ATHENS, Aug. 17 (Xinhuanet) -- American teenager Michael Phelps, whose dream of winning a record-equalling seven gold medals was shattered on Monday, finally captured his second gold from the men&#39;s 200 meters butterfly at the 28th Olympic Games here on ...
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Michael Phelps is named to the 4x100-meter freestyle relay team that will compete in Sunday's final, keeping alive his quest for a possible eight Olympic gold medals.
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Michael Phelps breaks his own world record in the 200-meter butterfly Saturday at the Missouri Grand Prix race in Columbia, finishing in 1 minute 53.71 seconds.
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Michael Phelps posted the second-fastest time in heats of the 200-meter freestyle as the World Swimming Championships opened this morning at Conseco Fieldhouse.
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Michael Phelps won another gold medal, this time wearing khaki shorts and flip-flops. From a front-row seat at the Olympic pool, Phelps watched his teammates do all the work in the 400-meter medley relay Saturday night. When they won with a world-record time, Phelps got a gold, too &#151; his record-tying eighth medal of the Athens Games.
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He will have to do something spectacular like that at Conseco Fieldhouse to keep pace with US teammate Kaitlin Sandeno. Phelps won the 200-meter freestyle Thursday night to open the World Swimming
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Michael Phelps wins more golds in Athens than Holland, New Zealand, Spain and Canada.
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ATHENS, Aug. 19 (Xinhuanet) -- Michael Phelps won his fourth gold medal at the Olympic Games in the men&#39;s 200m individual medley here on Thursday.
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ATHENS, Greece - Michael Phelps had a front-row seat at the pool, and made Olympic history without ever getting wet. Decked out in a white shirt, khaki shorts and flip-flops, Phelps led cheers and waved an American flag while his teammates did all the work in the 400-meter individual medley Saturday night...
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Michael Phelps, his first gold medal  safely gathered in, eased through the next phase of his  monumental Olympic challenge in the heats of the 200 meters  freestyle Sunday but the immensity of the task ahead was clear.
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Michael Phelps led all the way in winning the 200-meter freestyle at the World Short Course Championships on Thursday night, giving the world&#39;s best swimmer a chance to equal the six gold medals he won at the Athens Olympics.
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Michael Phelps led from start to finish  to win his fourth gold medal of the Athens Olympics with a  comfortable victory in the 200 meters individual medley on  Thursday.
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Athens, Greece (Sports Network) - American swimmer Michael Phelps won a gold medal in the 200-meter butterfly Tuesday night, one night after he was denied a chance at tying Mark Spitz&#39;s record of seven golds in one Olympics.
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ATHENS, Greece - Michael Phelps, denied in his bid to win seven gold medals, picked up his second victory of the Athens Games by winning the 200-meter butterfly Tuesday night in Olympic-record time. Phelps fell just short of his own world record, holding off Takashi Yamamoto to win in 1 minute, 54.01 seconds...
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ATHENS, Greece - Michael Phelps, still smarting after America's upset loss to South Africa in the 400 freestyle relay, returned to the pool Monday and qualified fastest for the Olympic 200-meter butterfly. Phelps' quest to break Mark Spitz's record of seven gold medals at the 1972 Munich Games was dashed with the Americans' bronze medal in the relay Sunday night...