Phelps turns into cheerleader for American teammates
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Michael Phelps eventually was reduced to being a cheerleader. This one was all about Klete Keller. Keller just beat Ian Thorpe to the wall in the second-closest 800-meter freestyle relay finish in Olympic history, giving the United States a gold medal ...
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Greece, an ancient nation, searched its  soul over a new doping scandal on Saturday while Michael  Phelps, a fresh-faced American teenager, prepared to enter the  Olympic record books without having to swim a stroke. The  Olympics started its eighth day with 32 gold medals up for  grabs in what has been dubbed ~Super Saturday.~
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ATHENS, Greece - Michael Phelps ended his magnificent Olympics with a magnanimous gesture. He matched Mark Spitz's record of four individual gold medals in the pool, then gave up a coveted spot on the 400-meter medley relay team to Ian Crocker - whom Phelps had just beaten...
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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 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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Michael Phelps wins his fourth gold medal of the Olympics in the 200-meter individual medley Thursday, leading the entire race.
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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?
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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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Aug. 19 (Bloomberg) -- Carly Patterson became the first American to win an Olympic gold medal in the women&#39;s all-around gymnastics competition since Mary Lou Retton in 1984, while US swimmer Michael Phelps won a fourth gold medal in Athens.
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ATHENS, Greece - Michael Phelps swam the race of his life - then topped himself again. Capping a magnificent Olympics with a magnanimous gesture, Phelps matched Mark Spitz's record of four individual swimming gold medals and then gave up a coveted spot on the 400-meter medley relay team to Ian Crocker - the man Phelps had just beaten...
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Michael Phelps was sitting in the bleachers in his team shirt and shorts last night, waving a small American flag and exulting in every gold medal.
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American swimmer Michael Phelps grabbed a fourth gold at the Athens Olympics Thursday with a clear victory in the 200 meters medley and gold for 16-year-old gymnast Carly Patterson leveled the US with China at 14 ...
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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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US teenager Michael Phelps powered his way to two more golds in the Olympic swimming pool on Tuesday, setting a new Games record in the 200 meters butterfly and leading a 4 x 200 freestyle cliffhanger.
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American swimmer Michael Phelps grabbed a fourth gold at the Athens Olympics Thursday with a clear victory in the 200 meters medley and gold for 16-year-old gymnast Carly Patterson leveled the US with China at 14 each.
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The United States swim team sealed the swimming competition of the Athens Olympics in the same way it opened it - with a world record and another gold medal for Michael Phelps.
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ATHENS, Greece - 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...