Michael Phelps
Michael Phelps
Michael Fred Phelps II is an American competition swimmer and the most decorated Olympian of all time, with a total of 22 medals in three Olympiads. Phelps also holds the all-time records for Olympic gold medals, Olympic gold medals in individual events, and Olympic medals in individual events for a male. In winning eight gold medals at the 2008 Beijing Games, Phelps took the record away from fellow American swimmer Mark Spitzfor the most first-place finishes at any single Olympic...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionSwimmer
Date of Birth30 June 1985
CityBaltimore, MD
CountryUnited States of America
That's the most pain I've ever been in after a 200. It's exhaustion more than anything.
The things I am doing right now I have dreamt about my whole life,
The first 100-yards felt real good and I knew I had a good pace going. It feels good hearing the crowd and really gets you going. Just want to thank them for all the help.
I'm satisfied in a way because it was an eye-opener,
That's an indication I'm sort of starting to fade.
It's great for us coming off an Olympics to have a team like this.
I got the stamina. I can close.
I wanted to do something nobody ever did. This goes hand in hand with my goal of changing swimming.
I don't want to be the next Mark Spitz; I want to be the first Michael Phelps
[Phelps] firmly denies that he takes drugs, suggesting that the notorious photo of him smoking from a bong was a one-time lapse of judgment.
This is the first medal I've ever won in an international meet. For it to be gold is incredible. It feels great. I can't explain it.
Coming into tonight, I knew it was going to be a great race, ... In the 400, Laszlo put up a 4:10.1 earlier in the year, and so you expect him to put up a good time in (the 200). I knew Ryan was going to be fast coming off his short course season, and he's improved a lot since Athens, so I just wanted to go out there and relax a bit and go out there and do what I had to do.
I treat every race the same. We all wanted to swim fast today and give something back to the crowd.
We're all a little tired.