1st: missing father
During Michael Phelps’ races, camera shots of his mother Debbie were a fixture on NBC. The network showed endless replays of her falling to her seat after that memorable 100 butterfly finish. And after her son won his eighth gold medal, Debbie was all over NBC getting interviewed. Michael’s sisters, Hilary and Whitney [...]
The pictures of Michael Phelps and Garrett Weber-Gale celebrating their improbable win in the 4×100 freestyle relay were splashed across newspapers and websites around the world yesterday. But there was somebody conspicuous in his absence from all the immediate reaction shots.
Where was Cullen Jones? The third swimmer in the United States’ world record setting 4×100 [...]
Phelps is a creature of habit. He struggles to wake up in the morning, and loves to take naps in the middle of the afternoon. He gets two massages a day and takes ice baths to help his body recover from the grueling schedule. He whoofs down gargantuan amounts of pasta and pizza between races.
“Lots [...]
California-born swimmer (breaststroker, to be precise) Amanda Beard has won medals at each of the last three Olympic Games, yet she has gained more notoriety in her homeland for her decision to pose in the buff in Playboy Magazine last year (if you are so inclined, see the NSFW spoils here, its really GOOOOOD btw).
Risking [...]
Michael Phelps‘ goal of surpassing Mark Spitz’s record of seven gold medals in one Olympics.
Phelps won six gold medals and two bronze in the 2004 Athens Games. That equaled the Olympic record of the most medals won in one Games, first achieved in 1980 by Russian gymnast Alexander Dityatin. Phelps remains the top swimmer in [...]