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• Phelps Climbs Out of the Pool and Into the World

  The first day of the rest of Michael Phelps’s life as a sports icon was a trip. It was not unlike a transatlantic flight: tiring, thrilling and a little turbulent. Posted Monday, August 18, 2008 10:36 AM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Olympic Games (2008), Swimming, Phelps, Michael

• Phelps’s Epic Journey Ends in Perfection

  The 4x100-meter medley relay team broke the world record to help Michael Phelps make history. Posted Sunday, August 17, 2008 3:05 AM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Olympic Games (2008), Swimming, Phelps, Michael, Spitz, Mark, Records and Achievements

• TV Sports: Restraint by NBC as Phelps Wins 8th Gold

  For Michael Phelps’s Spitz-breaking gold medal, NBC’s Dan Hicks and Rowdy Gaines avoided the histrionics that have characterized some of their past swimming calls. Posted Sunday, August 17, 2008 1:19 AM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Olympic Games (2008), Swimming, National Broadcasting Co, Phelps, Michael

• Sports of The Times: In Beijing, Phelps Does What He Came to Do

  Whether the race was close or one-sided, Michael Phelps beat every mortal who got into the pool with him. Now begins the debate. Is he the greatest Olympian ever? Posted Sunday, August 17, 2008 1:02 AM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Olympic Games (2008), Swimming, Phelps, Michael

• EIGHT FOR PHELPS

  Michael Phelps surpassed Mark Spitz, as the U.S. 4x100 medley relay set a world record. Posted Saturday, August 16, 2008 11:44 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Olympic Games (2008), Swimming, Phelps, Michael, Records and Achievements

• Officials Withhold Images of Photo Finish

  The international swimming federation said it would not release the official images of the finish of the Olympic men’s 100 butterfly. Posted Saturday, August 16, 2008 8:22 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Olympic Games (2008), Swimming, Phelps, Michael, FINA

• Sports Of the Times: In the 100, a Show of Flash After a Burst of Speed

  On Saturday night at the Bird’s Nest an island best known for beaches and reggae suddenly had the Olympic spotlight all to itself. Posted Saturday, August 16, 2008 4:36 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Olympic Games (2008), Running, Swimming, Track and Field, Gay, Tyson, Jamaica, Bolt, Usain, Phelps, Michael, Powell, Asafa

• Cavic Finds a Personal Triumph in the Narrowest of Defeats

  Although Milorad Cavic said he was delighted with his silver medal, he was actually striking more ambitious notes before and after arriving in Beijing. Posted Saturday, August 16, 2008 1:52 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Olympic Games (2008), Swimming, Phelps, Michael, Cavic, Milorad

• Sports of The Times: Cavic’s Legacy Secured by Phelps’s Victory

  When Michael Phelps extended his Olympic accomplishment with a desperate extra lunge in the 100-meter butterfly final, he sealed Milorad Cavic's legacy as well. Posted Saturday, August 16, 2008 6:36 AM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Beijing (China), Olympic Games (2008), Swimming, Vecsey, George, Phelps, Michael, Spitz, Mark, FINA

• Phelps Wins 7th Gold With 0.01 to Spare

  Michael Phelps has caught Mark Spitz, 36 years after his record haul of seven gold medals at the Munich Games. Now it may take only a day for Spitz to be left behind. Posted Saturday, August 16, 2008 1:48 AM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Olympic Games (2008), Swimming, Phelps, Michael, Spitz, Mark

• Sports of The Times: Looking All Too Human in Superhuman Quest

  In a race Michael Phelps didn’t look like he was going to win, it didn’t look like he won. Posted Saturday, August 16, 2008 1:41 AM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Olympic Games (2008), Swimming, Phelps, Michael, Milorad Cavic

• In Pool or Out, Olympic Star Stands Apart

  In the Olympic Village Michael Phelps is leading a monastic life, one in which fast food, fast friends and family are sacrificed for fast times. Posted Friday, August 15, 2008 11:02 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Olympic Games (2008), Swimming, United States Olympic Committee, Phelps, Michael

• Phelps Ties Spitz’s Record With 7th Gold

  Michael Phelps had a stunning comeback in the men’s 100-meter butterfly, out-touching Milorad Cavic of Serbia to tie Mark Spitz’s record. Posted Friday, August 15, 2008 10:28 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Olympic Games (2008), Swimming, Phelps, Michael

• Phelps Wins 200 Individual Medley for Sixth Gold

  Michael Phelps won his sixth gold medal in Beijing, this time winning the 200-meter individual medley. Posted Thursday, August 14, 2008 11:24 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Olympic Games (2008), Swimming, Phelps, Michael

• Sports of The Times: The Real Deal and a Dream All in One

  Rare is the Olympian who can draw famous N.B.A. stars out from under their iPods, turn them into the world’s tallest cheerleaders, as Michael Phelps did on Wednesday. Posted Thursday, August 14, 2008 10:34 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Olympic Games (2008), Swimming, Phelps, Michael