Tag: Michael Phelps
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Michael Phelps concluding his Olympics 22 podium
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 13, 2016: Michael Phelps concluding 22 podium, The last one? Four years ago, in London 2012, Michael Phelps (USA), after concluding his fourth Olympics and totalling 22 podium presences, announced his retirement (Michael Phelps concluding Olympics 22 podium). Came Rio 2016 and also Phelps, for six more medals (including five victories),…
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IOC President joins in Olympic Day celebrations
Lausanne, June 23, 2014: International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach got very much into the spirit of Olympic Day today, addressing over 1,000 runners in a 5.2 km run before hosting Olympic Day celebrations at the IOC headquarters, where he called on people around the world to get physically active and enjoy the benefits…
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Chad as YOG Ambassador as final countdown
Lausanne, August 30, 2013: With less than one year to go to the Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games (YOG), the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has announced that Olympic swimming champion Chad Le Clos will be an official YOG Ambassador. The South African swimmer, who was a five-time medallist at the inaugural YOG in Singapore in…
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USA end on a high note, Phelps retires
London – GBR, August 04, 2012: With two more victories in the eighth and final session of swimming at these 2012 Olympic Games, the team of USA completed in the best possible way its supremacy in the Aquatics Centre, accumulating a total of 30 medals, including 16 gold (exactly the half of the titles at…
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Phelps at his best continues to amaze the world!
London – GBR, August 03, 2012: If more records were needed to earn the title of “Best Olympian in the history of the Games”, Michael Phelps (USA) established one more in the sixth day of the swimming finals at the 2012 Games in London. In the duel of the day, the men’s 200m IM, Phelps…