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OPINION

 How Phelps Saved the Games

Swimmer inspired America to love the games again

Aug 18, 08 7:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - If the Chinese invented organized sports 6,000 years ago, writes Pat Forde on ESPN.com, then how appropriate that Michael Phelps came to Beijing to prove he was “the apotheosis of the athlete.” And America knows it. In a year when the Olympics had become “passe,... More »

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Michael Phelps • 2008 Beijing Olympics • world record • swimming • gold medal • USA Swimming • Mark Spitz

OPINION

 Phelps' Quest
 Perfectly American

Swimmer balanced domination with near-misses

Aug 17, 08 4:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - Michael Phelps’ quest for eight gold medals was a perfect sports story for America: we like our athletes to either dominate or come from behind at the last minute, and Phelps delivered on both counts. He was both “the juggernaut and the ninth-inning home run with two outs and... More »

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Michael Phelps • United States • 2008 Beijing Olympics • swimming • USA Swimming

olympics

 Phelps Ties Spitz With 7 Golds 


Aug 15, 08 9:41 PM CDT
(AP) - Michael Phelps beat Milorad Cavic of Serbia by the thinnest of margins to win the 100-meter butterfly yesterday, tying Mark Spitz's record of seven gold medals at a single Olympics. Phelps, seemingly destined for second at the finish, somehow touched the wall first, a scant .01 seconds ahead of Cavic.... More »

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Michael Phelps • 2008 Beijing Olympics • world record • swimming • gold medal

OLYMPICS

Phelps' Winning Personality
Separates Him From Spitz

Golden-boy swimmers are only similar in the pool

Aug 14, 08 7:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - Michael Phelps has passed Mark Spitz's record number of career gold medals, and is dead set on eclipsing the seven golds Spitz won in Munich in 1972. But apart from their metal preferences the two men are very different people, observes the New York Times. The detached Spitz matched his... More »

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Michael Phelps • 2008 Beijing Olympics • swimming • gold medal • Olympic athletes • Mark Spitz

OLYMPICS

 The Greatest
 Athlete of His
 Generation?


Phelps' sport is underappreciated

Aug 13, 08 9:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - With his 10th and 11th gold medals making him the most decorated Olympian in history, Michael Phelps is also arguably the greatest American athlete of his generation, writes Alan Abrahamson of NBC. And despite the Olympic hype, he’s underappreciated. That's because his sport is not, say, golf, but swimming,... More »

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Michael Phelps • 2008 Beijing Olympics • swimming • USA Swimming

Are Swimmers or Technology Swamping Speed Records?

Cascade of new world records sparks debate

Aug 12, 08 6:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - Swimming world records are going under so fast at this Olympics that some officials are questioning what's going on, the New York Times writes. Ten records have fallen in Beijing so far—four in the space of 80 minutes yesterday—causing controversy over concerns that advances in swimsuit and pool... More »

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2008 Beijing Olympics • world record • swimming • Speedo LZR Racer • USA Swimming

OLYMPICS

 Phelps Nails
 3rd Gold,
 New Record

Swimmer smashes 200-meter freestyle record, matches Spitz in career medals

Aug 12, 08 2:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - Michael Phelps racked a third gold medal today, this one in the 200-meter freestyle, and obliterated another world record in the process. His time of 1:42.96 seconds shaved nearly a full second off his previous best, reports the Baltimore Sun. The gold, his ninth overall, ties him with... More »

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Michael Phelps • 2008 Beijing Olympics • world record • swimming • gold medal

OLYMPICS

Phelps Seeks Redemption for '04 Athens Loss

Olympian favored in 200-meter freestyle, on track for 8 medals

Aug 11, 08 4:59 PM CDT
(Newser) - Michael Phelps is gunning for a record eight gold medals at the Beijing Games, but the one that would mean the most is in the 200-meter freestyle, his hometown Baltimore Sun reports. He insisted on competing in the event at the 2004 Athens Olympics, and it was the only individual... More »

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Michael Phelps • 2008 Beijing Olympics • swimming • Ian Thorpe

 US Freestyle Team
 Grabs Gold by a Fingertip

Phelps inches closer to eight gold medals

Aug 11, 08 3:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - Jason Lezak pulled ahead in the final moments of the 400-meter freestyle relay to win a gold for the US men’s swimming team and push Michael Phelps one step closer to a record eight golds, ESPN reports. Lezak, 32, swam the fastest leg in history—46.06 seconds—finishing... More »

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Michael Phelps • France • United States • swimming • gold medal

olympics

 Phelps Off to Quick 
 Start with Record Swim

Wins 400-meter individual medley preliminary

Aug 9, 08 8:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Michael Phelps has set a new Olympic record before the race for medals has even begun, the Washington Post reports. The American swam the 400-meter individual medley preliminary in 4 minutes, 7.82 seconds. “I'm happy to get the first-race jitters sort of out," the swimmer said. "... More »

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Michael Phelps • 2008 Beijing Olympics • swimming • record

OLYMPICS

 10 Buzz-Worthy Olympians

Phelps, Bolt, Xiang take sport's center stage

Aug 7, 08 11:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - Competing in 20 Olympic events and going for a record eight gold medals, American swimming phenom Michael Phelps is first off the block in the BBC's list of 10 to watch in Beijing. Here are some of the others:
  • Natalie du Toit: This South African swimmer and Paralympic gold-medalist
... More »

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Michael Phelps • 2008 Beijing Olympics • athlete • swimming • track and field • Usain Bolt • Natalie du Toit

(Newser) - At 23, Michael Phelps is poised to win the most gold medals ever by an individual at the Beijing Games, and earn some $5 million in endorsement deals for companies such as Visa and Speedo. Yet Phelps’ journey—from an 8-year-old throwing a temper tantrum after his first swimming loss... More »

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Michael Phelps • 2008 Beijing Olympics • swimming • record • USA Swimming

US Swimmer 'Tests Positive for Banned Substance'

Source: Jessica Hardy has failed pre-Olympics doping test

Jul 24, 08 5:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - American swimmer Jessica Hardy's Olympics may already be over. The 50-meter breaststroke world record holder has tested positive for a banned stimulant, insiders told the AP. Hardy has the right to pursue appeals, but if they fail she could face a 2-year ban and Team USA will suffer a major... More »

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2008 Beijing Olympics • swimming • doping • sports doping • USA Swimming • Jessica Hardy

Swimmer Dies During NYC Triathlon

First death in race's 8-year history may be due to cardiac arrest

Jul 21, 08 4:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - An Argentinian man died after experiencing difficulties midway through the swim portion of the New York Triathlon yesterday, the Daily News reports. He was pulled out of the water after fellow swimmers noticed him struggling, and was pronounced dead at a hospital. Initial reports indicate that cardiac arrest was the... More »

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New York City • swimming • death • heat • cardiac arrest • triathlon

 Olympic Swimmer Has Cancer 

US breaststroker Shanteau putting off testicular surgery until after Beijing

Jul 11, 08 4:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - US Olympic swimmer Eric Shanteau has testicular cancer, he tells the AP, but will put off surgery to compete in next month's Beijing Games. Shanteau, 24, unexpectedly locked in the 200-meter breaststroke July 3—just days after he was given the diagnosis. "I made the team, so I had... More »

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cancer • surgery • 2008 Beijing Olympics • swimming • recovery • Lance Armstrong • testicular cancer • Eric Shanteau

OPINION

 New Swimsuits
 Unfair; Stick to
 Birthday Suits 

Time to bring back Olympic tradition of competing naked, says columnist

Jul 8, 08 8:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - No sporting record lasts forever, but these days, writes Bloomberg columnist Scott Soshnick, athletes are demolishing them with almost ridiculous frequency. At the US Olympic swimming trials this year, no fewer than nine records were broken or equaled—a function less of talent than of technology. Perhaps it's time to... More »

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nudity • 2008 Beijing Olympics • swimming • athletics • Speedo LZR Racer • swimsuit

OPINION

 Why Is 'Supermom'
 Getting the Bonds
 Treatment? 

If it weren't for McNamee, maybe we'd still be happily naive about sports doping

Jul 6, 08 7:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - Some are calling five-time Olympic swimmer Dara Torres "Supermom," but Jason Whitlock of the Kansas City Star thinks that "Wonder Woman" might be more appropriate. Everyone's wondering how a 41-year-old new mother could come back from retirement and surgery to take first place at her fifth qualifiers.... More »

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steroids • Roger Clemens • swimming • asthma • Brian McNamee • comeback • Olympic trials • Dara Torres

 At 41, Torres Makes
 5th Olympics 

Ageless US swimmer makes a splash in the record books

Jul 5, 08 6:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - Dara Torres swam her way into the history books with a victory in the women's 100-meter freestyle trials last night, reports the New York Times. The 41-year-old will be the first five-time swimmer in Olympic history. She shot past 25-year-old American record holder Natalie Coughlin to finish in 53.78... More »

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2008 Beijing Olympics • athlete • swimming • Olympians • Dara Torres

 Coughlin Gives Up,
 Regains World Record 

Swimmer loses top time in backstroke, for only one heat

Jun 30, 08 8:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - The US Olympic swim trials in Omaha, Neb., today looked more like a final in Beijing, as Hayley McGregory took the 100-meter backstroke world record from Natalie Coughlin—who promptly took it back, the Los Angeles Times reports. McGregory swam it in 59.15 seconds, and Coughlin stroked it in... More »

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2008 Beijing Olympics • world record • swimming • record • USA Swimming • Olympic trials

(Newser) - Records fell at the Olympic trials in Omaha yesterday as both Michael Phelps and Katie Hoff triumphed in the 400 IM, USA Today reports. Each swimmer had a personal motivation: Phelps took almost a second of his own world record, and Hoff recaptured the record from Stephanie Rice. More »

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Michael Phelps • Ryan Lochte • 2008 Beijing Olympics • world record • swimming • Olympic trials • Katie Hoff

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