Amazing Pace: The Story of Olympic Champion Michael Phelps from Sydney to Athens to Beijing
GeoffShackelford.com (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Last week Michael Phelps went retro in advance of a technology rollback , and as Steve Elling explains , Stephen Ames did the same at the Children's Miracle Network event at Disney. Only Ames won:
BBC Sport (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
Michael Phelps takes 200m individual medley silver at the short-course World Cup but fails to qualify for the 200m freestyle.
Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
BERLIN (Reuters) - The eagerly awaited clash between Michael Phelps and double world champion Paul Biedermann failed to materialise on Sunday when the American missed out on a place in the 200m freestyle final.
France24 (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
Michael Phelps' poor run of form continued Sunday as he came second in the 200m individual medley at the shortcourse World Cup while his arch-rival Paul Biedermann broke the 200m freestyle world record. South Africa's Darian Townsend beat the star of the Beijing Olympics with a new world record in the 200m individual medley final of 1 mins 51.55secs, compared to Phelps' time of 1:53.70, to break Ryan...
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 14/11/2009
Michael Phelps qualified for the 200-meter butterfly final on Saturday at a short-course World Cup meet. Phelps squeezed in as the eighth and last swimmer in the heats. The American, who won eight gold medals at last year's Beijing Olympics, finished in 1... Michael Phelps - sport - World Cup - 2008 Summer Olympics - Gold medal
France24 (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
Olympic star Michael Phelps will be out for revenge against Germany's Paul Biedermann when the pair clash in Berlin in the fifth leg of the short-course World Cup here on Saturday and Sunday Phelps, 24, who won eight gold medals at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, suffered the first defeat in four years to Biedermann, 23, in the 200m freestyle final at Rome's World Championships last July. Since then the...
The Business Insider (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
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Reuters (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
BERLIN (Reuters) - Michael Phelps, who won a record eight gold medals at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, is not expecting to produce any eye-popping displays at this weekend's World Cup event in the German capital.
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
Michael Phelps shunned hightech swimsuit but came within an ace of winning the 200m individual medley.
BBC Sport (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Michael Phelps comes second in the 200m medley final at the short-course World Cup and fails to reach the final of the 100m butterfly.
Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Michael Phelps will leave the Swedish capital without a win in five events over two days after finishing second in the 200 metres medley final at a World Cup short course event on Wednesday.
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
• Phelps outpaced by non-textile suit wearers • 14-times Olympic champion swims short-course best The 14-times Olympic gold-medallist Michael Phelps swam a short-course personal best in the 100 metres butterfly this morning but again failed to make the final at the Fina World Cup in Stockholm. The 24-year-old's time of 51.06sec was only good for 11th, although he was joint second into the...
France24 (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
US superstar Michael Phelps reached the final of the 200 metres individual medley at the short-course World Cup on Wednesday but failed to make the final of the 100m butterfly. Returning to competition for the first time since the world championships in Rome in July, Phelps is up against it as he has chosen to revert to conventional swimming attire in anticipation of the FINA ban on high-tech swimsuits...
Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Michael Phelps reached the men's final in the 200 metres medley at a World Cup short course event on Wednesday but failed to progress in the 100 metres butterfly.
France24 (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
Swimming legend Michael Phelps shunned the high-tech swimsuit and paid the price on a day when four world records were set in the fourth leg of the short-course World Cup here on Tuesday. The 24-year-old US star failed to qualify for the final in two out of the three races he contested, before finishing the day with bronze in the 100m individual medley. Phelps, who won an unprecedented eight gold...
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