Phelps still has room to grow
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No Olympic athlete ever has won more medals in a single Games than Michael Phelps. Phelps won more swimming medals than 17 countries.
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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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THENS, Aug. 17 - So Michael Phelps is not going to match the seven gold medals won by Mark Spitz. And it is too early to tell if he will match Aleksandr Dityatin, the Soviet gymnast who won eight total medals in 1980. But those were not the ...
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He has chosen to give chase to swimming&#39;s greatest achievement and, predictably, he has fallen short. He will not match Mark Spitz&#39;s seven gold medals at these Summer Olympics, but he should not be chided for trying.
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Michael Phelps plans to shave his goatee and perhaps more time off his world records when he leads a powerhouse U.S. squad to Australia for next month's world championships.
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ATHENS, Greece - Mark Spitz, you've got company after all. Michael Phelps matched Spitz's record of four individual gold medals in the Olympic pool with a stirring comeback in the 100-meter butterfly, nipping rival and teammate Ian Crocker at the wall Friday night...
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Advances in training allow some Olympians to continue competing even as they reach beyond 30-something.
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American swimmer Michael Phelps added a  fourth Olympic gold at the Athens Games Thursday with a  comfortable victory in the 200 meters medley that kept him on  course for a record eight medals.
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ATHENS, Greece - Michael Phelps, seeking his sixth medal of the Athens Olympics, advanced in the 200-meter individual medley Wednesday with a conservative swim. The world record holder and heavy favorite for gold, Phelps was second-quickest with a preliminary time of 2 minutes, 0.01 seconds...
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There are some people who feel that Michael Phelps has been overpraised at these Olympics, that the attention on his medals came at the expense of others.
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ATHENS, Greece - Michael Phelps took care of qualifying for the Olympic 200-meter freestyle semifinals Sunday, and then found out he had been added to the American team for the evening's 400 freestyle relay final. Phelps' rivals Ian Thorpe and Pieter van den Hoogenband and teammate Klete Keller were faster than the teenager in the 200 free preliminaries...
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ATHENS, Greece - In all honesty, did anyone really believe Michael Phelps could equal or surpass Mark Spitz&#39;s record of seven swimming Olympic gold medals? And as near-impossible it seems now in hindsight, didn&#39;t the $1 million bonus attached to it for ...
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Michael Phelps will attempt a racing schedule nearly as ambitious as what he did at the Olympics. But this time he won't be swimming as far. Six weeks after winning six gold medals and two bronzes in Athens, the 19-year-old will swim six events in a 25-meter pool at the World Short Course Championships that begin today in Indianapolis. Phelps ...
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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...
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INDIANAPOLIS -- American gold medalist Michael Phelps easily made it through his preliminary heat Thursday as the World Swimming Championships began Thursday in Indianapolis&#39; Conseco Fieldhouse.
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Michael Phelps&#39; itinerary in Indianapolis will be nearly as crowded as it was in Athens, Greece. Phelps is to compete in all 10 sessions -- and on each of the five nights -- during the World Swimming Championships from Oct.
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Michael Phelps has reached the stratosphere of sports stardom: He&#39;s on a first-name basis with fans. &quot;People come up to me and say, &#39;Are you Michael?