Michael Phelps Wins 11 Gold Medals

I'm not usually a follower of this "Olympic Games" thing, which is currently taking place in Beijing - I watched when I was younger, but ever since Hansie Cronje admitted to throwing the 110m hurdles, I've just sort of lost interest. I think we should all take a moment to highlight the achievements of Michael Phelps though, who - at the time of writing - has just won his 11th gold medal, a new record for an Olympic athlete.

Michael Phelps won the men's 200-meter butterfly Wednesday and not even an hour later helped lift the U.S. 4x200m freestyle relay team to victory, becoming the winningest athlete in Olympic history, now with 11 gold medals -- and counting.

The U.S. men didn't just set the world record, they destroyed it. Their 6:58.56 was 4.68 seconds faster than the previous record, also set by the U.S. men at the 2007 World Championships. Phelps swam a 1:43 31 leading off the relay, just short of his personal best, and the world record, set the day before in winning the 200m freestyle. Ryan Lochte, Ricky Berens and Peter Vanderkaay did the rest, as the silver medalists from Russia finished more than five seconds behind.

"For four years we knew we could probably get under 7 minutes," Lochte said in a poolside interview with NBC. "It's great to finally do it." Phelps is now five-for-five in Beijing, with a world record in every final. In the first of his two races, Phelps touched in 1:52.03 for his fourth gold medal and fourth world record in Beijing. The mark had been 1:52.09, set by Phelps at the 2007 Worlds. [via NBC]

Nice one Mikey! Clearly those training sessions at Frankie Frog swimming school have paid off.

I learnt how to swim at Frankie Frog school, I was a f**king legend in the pool, and thus have a COMPLETE progress book with ALL my stickers (up to level 12) to prove it.

Anyhoo, I'm not sure what exactly "winningest" means, but I think it means "ladies man". Michael Phelps is definitely a ladies man, as one can clearly see.


Michael Phelps - Ladies Man

Oh come on, I'm not being sarcastic - I genuinely believe so. God, you people are so shallow, you're thinking that he's weird looking, aren't you?

He's not, and even if he was, he's a great swimmer, so he will be able to pull chicks anyway.

Like Ronaldinho.

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