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American swimmer Michael Phelps, 23, made Olympic history yesterday with his eighth gold medals, the most won by an athlete in a single Olympics to date. He’s won 16 medals in his career so far, with six gold and two bronze medals in Athens in 2004 and eight in this year’s Olympics in Beijing. He has seven world records in swimming and has been declared “The world’s greatest athlete.”
Sets goals and achieves them
Phelps represents the power of setting goals and working incredibly hard to achieve them. He said at the beginning of this year’s Olympics “If you dream your biggest dream, anything is possible. No matter what you set your imagination to, anything can happen.”
Eats 12,000 calories a day
All that rigorous training takes tons of calories to fuel, and Phelps has to eat about 5-6 times the amount of food an average person requires to get through the day. While he’s training, Phelps eats about a pound of pasta both for lunch and dinner along with nearly an entire pizza and a couple thousand calories worth of energy drinks.
Right conditions for record-setting
The pool used at the Beijing Olympics meets Olympic standards but is 3 meters deeper and 2 lanes wider than past pools, reducing the turbulence that reaches the surface of the water and allowing swimmers to go faster with less resistance.
Phelps and other Olympic athletes are also wearing the latest high-tech Speedo LZR racer suit, which features “ultrasonically welded” seams and is made of a “paper-thin nylon and Lycra blend.” Phelps has described the suit as feeling “like you are a rocket coming off the wall.”
Up next for Phelps are the 2009 World Championships in Rome. After a record-setting eight gold medals, he says he’s not going to rest on his achievements and that “There are some things I still want to do to raise the bar a bit more in the world of swimming. For me, it’s still work in progress.”
Phelps has the world wide open to him after his amazing accomplishments and he’s sure to get some incredibly lucratice endorsement deals. He’s definitely earned them.
Michael Phelps is shown at the Olympics on 8/12, 8/14, and 8/16. He is shown with his teammates on the gold winning US team in the Men’s 4×100M Medley relay Aaron Peirsol, Brendan Hansen, and Jason Lezak. He is also shown with the other winners in the Men’s 100M Butterfly, bronze winner Andrew Lauterstein from Australia, and silver winner Milorad Cavic from Serbia. Credit: PRPhotos.
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19 Responses to “Michael Phelps makes Olympic history with 8th gold medal”
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Congratulations Michael
In his interviews, he comes across as a nice guy. Right Geronimo, great body.
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That is one looong torso
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His body is actually a little freakish. This is probably what makes him a great swimmer. His torso is really loooong, and his arm-span is longer than his body height.
Congrats to Phelps. He seems sweet.
That being said, I’ve seen Cavic in person and he is FINE. -
Congratulations to Michael Phelps–he has made this Olympic games something to remember.
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I watched every single one of his races. He’s a phenomenal athlete, and just a good person. I’m glad he swims for the US!
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I haven’t missed any of his races and it has made this Olympics really memorable! Love him mum too!
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Interesting. My dad was a great swimmer and his arms were a full hand’s length longer than anyone else’s.
I thought the sweetest thing was when he said when interviewed after winning, “I just want to see my Mom”. Aaaw!
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I just love this kid so much - did anyone see his interview with Bob Costas? Phelps just seems like the sweetest, most focused, most decent Mama’s boy EVER.
And I even love his little jug-handle ears. Marry me, Phelps!
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I love ‘em tall and gangly! Break me off a piece of that!
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yummy. He is absolutely gorgeous. And how can you not love a man who loves his Mom so much. He is fantastic.
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What an incredible feat, especially for someone so young!
Is his Dad in the picture? Haven’t heard him mentioned, but I only watched a handful of Phelps’ races, so I may have missed something.
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Codzilla - apparently he doesn’t have much of a relationship with his father. After his parents divorced, his mother raised him & his two sisters pretty much on her own.
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Good for him, we need something to give America some pride back that doesn’t involve blowing indigenous desert-dwelling folk of a different faith to tiny bits.
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Thanks for the info, Kolby.
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He really is a role model, whether he like it or not, for focusing, working hard, and acheiving your goal. What an amazing feat! Inspiring! Congratulations!
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I love him! All the swimmers, actually. Swimmers just seem so…real. Like you could actually hang out with them and they wouldn’t be self-important douche bags. Also, swimmers have great bodies. I better go join me a swim team…
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He’s great. What a feat! I just hope he doesn’t go hog wild on the endorsement of products. Seeing him all over grocery store, or in TV ads every 5 minutes could become very annoying.
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The style of writing is quite familiar . Did you write guest posts for other blogs?
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Male swimmers’ bodies are the best. His is particularly outstanding. Congrats on that and his 8 gold wins. It’s the only thing I’ve bothered watching so far in the Os.
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