Tag: Michael Phelps
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15 year-old Michael Phelps’ first Olympic race | Throwback Thursday
Relive the historic moment when 15 year-old Michael Phelps swam his first Olympic race at the 2000 Summer Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia. In Men’s 200-metre Butterfly, Phelps won with a remarkable time of 1:57.30.
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Michael Phelps opens up about his struggles with mental health | Outside the Lines
Decorated Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps sits down with Jeremy Schaap on Outside the Lines to share his journey with depression and discusses the impact of other athletes coming forward with stories of their own struggles with mental health.
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How Penny Oleksiak is managing life in isolation with a tip from Michael Phelps
A Michael Phelps book recommendation resonates with Canadian swimmer Penny Oleksiak more than ever these days. Oleksiak has read Eckhart Tolle’s “The Power of Now” multiple times since the American swim legend suggested the title to her. The 19-year-old dove back into the book when the COVID-19 pandemic forced her out of the pool in…
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The woman who went head-to-head with Michael Phelps in open competition – 2007 Duel in the Pool
At the peak of his career, Michael Phelps was upstaged in a race by a swimmer who went four seconds slower. Australian Libby Trickett did more than hold her own against Phelps to lead off the opening event of the 2007 Duel in the Pool, a mixed-gender 4x100m freestyle relay. Trickett, then known as Libby…
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Michael Phelps’ Gold Medal Debut | Fukuoka 2001 | FINA World Championships
In 2001, a 16-year-old swimmer from the United States, who would become the most decorated Olympic athlete of all time, made his debut at the FINA World Championships in Fukuoka. His name? Michael Phelps. The US-American set a new world record in the 200-meter butterfly to become a world champion for the first time –…
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Michael Phelps: Delay Of Olympics Is Tough, But An Opportunity For Athletes | TODAY
The most decorated Olympian of all time, Michael Phelps, joins TODAY via FaceTime to talk about the delay of the Tokyo Olympics until 2021 and the mental health challenge it presents athletes. “It is challenging,†he says, but advises his fellow athletes to look on it “as an opportunity to fine-tune†themselves for an additional…
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Michael Phelps feels for the athletes after 2020 Olympics postponed | SC with SVP
Decorated Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps talks with Scott Van Pelt about what he thinks life will be like for the athletes over the next year after the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo were postponed to 2021.
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Michael Phelps on why he doesn’t want son to take up swimming | Leaders Talk
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Michael Phelps on Olympic glories & battling depression l HT Leadership Studio
Michael Phelps opened up on his Olympic triumphs and his battle with depression at the HT Leadership Studio. Phelps said that he always set goals for himself and his coach always came up with a plan to achieve it. The legendary swimmer said that he had a hunger to do something that had never been…