Michael Phelps is looking to become the most decorated Olympian in history, vying for eight gold medals in a single Games. Here's a preview of what we can expect from this super American swimmer.
Michael Phelps climbed out of the pool, unzipped his skin-tight suit and ambled over to chat with his coach.
"Well, you're tied," Bob Bowman reminded him.
"That's pretty cool," Phelps replied.
Yawn. This guy is making monumental feats look ridiculously easy.
Phelps etched his name with Mark Spitz and Carl Lewis among the winningest Olympians ever with his third gold medal and third world record in as many days.
In winning the 200-meter freestyle Tuesday, Phelps ran his career Olympic total to nine golds and avenged his only individual loss in Athens four years ago, when a 19-year-old Phelps took on the 200 free just so he could compete with Ian Thorpe and Pieter van den Hoogenband.
He finished third that night in what was called the "Race of the Century." This time, it was hardly a race at all.