BEIJING(AP) β Somewhere under 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.
WhenPhelps won eight gold medals at the 2008 Beijing Games, he broke fellow American swimmer Mark Spitz's 1972 record of seven first-place finishes at any single Olympic Games. At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Phelps already tied the record of eight medals of any color at a single Games by winning six gold and two bronze medals.2008β Michael Phelps swims into history as the winningest Olympic athlete with his 10th and 11th career gold medals and five world records in five events at the Beijing Games. Dana Vollmer and Simone Manuel β winners at the Rio Games β delivers the nationβs 1,000th gold medal in Summer Olympics history. Michael Phelps
Relivethe moments that went down in history at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Access official videos, results, galleries, sport and athletes. Phenomenal U.S. swimmer Michael Phelps bettered Mark Spitzβs achievement at the 1972 Munich Games by claiming eight swimming golds, and the incredible Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt broke
MichaelPhelps' journey to Olympic glory started back in 1992. While at the 2008 Summer Olympics β and during the best performance of career β Phelps explained his diet to NBC Sports, "I
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2020TOKYO SUMMER OLYMPIC GAMES. Olympic Record: Michael Phelps (USA) β 1:54.23 (2008) World Junior Record: who took silver in this event in 2008 (one of three individual silvers behind
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