MichaelPhelps swam the 200-meter butterfly in 1 minute, 51.51 seconds, eclipsing his own record of 1:52.03 that he set in the 2008 Olympics. All summer Phelps has been defending his decision MichaelPhelps' 28 medals spanning five Games is unrivaled, and no other Olympic athlete comes close to his 23 gold medals. The swimmer made his mark on the Games starting over 20 years ago at the Somewhereunder the four sheets of curling ice being used for the Beijing Olympics is the swimming pool where Michael Phelps splashed his way to history in the 2008 Summer Games. During the Summer Olympics, it helped divers keep their muscles loose. At the Winter Games, it adds to the effects of humidifiers lined up along the sides of the Phelpsearned Sportsman of the Year award due to his unprecedented Olympic success in the 2008 Games. After the 2008 Summer Olympics, Phelps started the Michael MichaelPhelps created history at the Beijing Olympics in 2008. On August 17, 2008 soon after a glittering ceremony at the Bird’s Nest in Beijing, US swimmer Michael Phelps made people turn heads towards him, stand up and applaud following what was and still is a record feat. MichaelPhelps holds three individual and two team Olympic swimming records.. The International Olympic Committee recognises the fastest performances in pool-based swimming events at the Olympic Games.Men's swimming has been part of the official program of the Summer Olympics since the Games' modern inception in 1896; it was PeterWilliam Vanderkaay (born February 12, 1984) is an American former competition swimmer who specialized in middle-distance freestyle events and is a four-time Olympic medalist. He was a member of the United States Olympic team in , and 2012, and won bronze medals in the 200-meter freestyle at the 2008 Summer Olympics and J. 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. In winning eight gold medals at the 2008 Beijing Games, Phelps took the record away from fellow swimmer Mark Spitz (7) for the most first-place finishes at any single Olympic Games. lPlDQ9.

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