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Does Dolphin Kick really win races ?
Seemingly yes, Phelps has shown it when swimming freestyle he always stayed underwater longer than any of his competitors, but the question really is, did we learn it from Phelps or did he learn it from its history and perfect it, to take advantage of FINA’s rules governing the [...]
Here is my hero Michael Phelps gracing the latest cover of Sports Illustrated magazine, posing with the record eight gold medals he won at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
The photo was inspired by former Olympic swimming champ Mark Spitz, who showed off the seven golds he won at the 1972 Munich Games. Besides Mark showing off [...]
I know I have been spending a little too much time on Micheal Phelps, but I just can’t seem to get over him, give me a week or so before his larger than life persona wanes from my subconscious self.
The ties between hip-hop music and competitive swimming at its highest level aren’t as tenuous as [...]
And there he does it finally, he surpassed the Olympic record holders Carl Lewis and Paavo Nurmi, for the ‘most single sportsman golds’. Phelps broke the record Spitz set in Munich in 1972, and which was once thought to be unassailable
Michael Phelps made history today by winning eight gold medals in one Olympics while Australia [...]
12 hours ago, I put my second blog on Michael Phelps winning his 6th gold and there he is my man winning his 7th Gold. With this 7th gold, Michael Phelps swam into Olympic history with a magnificent finish Saturday, his arms soaring through the water one last time to get a hand on the [...]
One more down and two more to go, for a man who is on a mission this Olympics to bring home a record-setting eight golds, Michael Phelps notched another gold medal Friday, winning the 200-meter individual medley in a world-record time of 1:54.23.
Here is my earlier blog on Phelps ( Phelps wins 3rd gold, joins [...]
The man has only one mission this Olympics bringing home a record-setting eight golds, Michael Phelps has already won three gold medals in Beijing, setting world records in all three events.
Phelps won 3rd gold, to join the elite club of Spitz, Carl Lewis, Paavo Nurmi and Larysa Latynina, each with nine share the record for [...]
Tiananmen Square June 4, 1989
Tiananmen Square August 8, 2008.
The huge inflows of investment to support the Olympics and recreate Beijing have had an important ripple effect on economic growth. From new construction projects to attracting the spotlight, the Olympics will have a lasting effect on China.
China has embraced the basic ideals of the Olympics with its own slogan, “One World, One Dream,” and [...]