Phenomenal Phelps

The Goan NetworkPublished Dec 28, 2012, 8:57 AM IST

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Michael Phelps won four gold and two silver medals inLondon, and finished his Olympic career in style with a gold in the 4x100m medleyrelay.

Phelps is the most decorated Olympian ever having won 18gold medals and 22 medals overall. With 39 world records he has set morerecords than any other swimmers surpassing Mark Spitz’s previous record of 33world records.

Currently, he hold seven world records, not including hisrecord for most Olympic medals and most Olympic gold medals ever won by oneperson and he was a USA Olympic team member in 2000,2004,2008,2012.

He is the youngest ever male to set a world record at 15,but at the age of 19, he was arrested for driving under the influence ofalcohol in Maryland, he pleaded guilty.

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Brilliant Bolt

The Goan Network

Published Dec 28, 2012, 8:55 AM IST

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His win in the 100 and 200 metres made him the first man todefend his Olympic sprint titles in London since Carl Lewis in 1988. On the final day of the Olympics, Bolt powered the Jamaican4x100 metres relay team to the gold with a blistering run. He is the only athlete to ever manage such a feat.He broke the world record in 100m and a world record in his 4x100mrelay.He has been hailed as the greatest sprinter of all time.His achievements in sprinting have the media nicknamed…