Lap After Lap After Lap, Phelps Set the Tone in the Pool
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From her seat above the pool, adjacent to the starting blocks, Debbie Phelps stayed amazingly calm as her son climbed onto those blocks 17 times in seven days.
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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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ATHENS, Greece - With the quest to surpass Mark Spitz out of the way, Michael Phelps could savor one of the greatest races in swimming history. Phelps claimed his second and third gold medals of the Athens Games on Tuesday, winning the ...
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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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One race, one world record, absolute joy for Michael Phelps.
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Swimming star Michael Phelps wants to spread the word: Don't drink and drive.
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Aug. 17 (Bloomberg) -- Michael Phelps won his second and third gold medals of the Athens Olympics in the 200-meter butterfly and the 4x200-meter freestyle relay. Japan lifted its tally for the Games to a record six golds.
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American Michael Phelps swam an Olympic-record time of 1 minute, 57.14 seconds in the 200-meter individual medley Thursday night.
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Michael Phelps insists his main aim in life is to raise the profile of swimming in the United States. And at the end of the Athens swimming meet, no-one can accuse him of under-achieving on that score.
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ATHENS - American swimmer Michael Phelps collected two more gold medals Tuesday, but even he knew he wasn&#39;t the story of the day from the Summer Olympics in Athens.
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Michael Phelps wins more golds in Athens than Holland, New Zealand, Spain and Canada.
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With his dream of winning seven gold  medals sunk, Michael Phelps will be looking to get back on the  winner's podium in his favorite event at the Athens Olympics  Tuesday.
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Michael Phelps, who thrilled packed  crowds for a week with his record-breaking feats in the pool,  bowed out in true style on the penultimate evening of the  Athens Olympic swimming competition.
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Michael Phelps took his haul of gold  medals at the Athens Olympics to three on Tuesday after winning  the 200 meters butterfly and helping the United States beat  Australia in the 4x200 freestyle relay.
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Instead of worrying that Michael Phelps might break his Olympic record of seven gold medals, you might be surprised to learn that Mark Spitz has been rooting for Phelps to re-energize the sport of swimming. What really gives Spitz heartburn is acid ...
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INDIANAPOLIS, United States : Michael Phelps has changed the sport of swimming with his stunning effort at the Athens Olympics. Now Phelps must learn how much fame has changed him as his journey begins to the 2008 Beijing Games.
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Michael Phelps wins the gold Friday in the 100-meter butterfly with an Olympic-record time, his fifth gold medal of the Athens Games.