2000: Michael Phelps looks on during the Phillips 66 U.S. National Swimming Championships.
2012: Michael Phelps is the most decorated Olympian of all time.
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End of an era..
:’(
There are literally tears in my eyes…
i fucking hate this picture but i feel oblagted to reblog it.
This is so sad… I’ve been watching him swim for literally half of my life and now it’s all over.
Daww the Olympics are over. They were over ages ago except now they are almost over in NBC broadcasts too. Now time for Sochi in 2014 then Rio! And also the World Cup is in 2 years too yay.
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Tom Daley celebrating his bronze medal win in the Men’s 10M Platform event.
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Self-Aware Athletes of the Day: Aly Raisman, McKayla Maroney ans Kyla Ross are #notimpressed.
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The internet: bringing out the meme in everyone.
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this is matthais steiner. he’s a german olympic weightlifter in the highest weight category. he once made a promise to his wife. a promise that one day he would win a gold medal in the olympics and be the strongest man in the world. he trained for years for this, and just a month before he would go on to compete, his wife tragically died in a car accident. in order to break the record, he’d need to lift 20 kilograms (which is an enormous amount at that level) more than he’d ever lifted. this is the video of his attempt at the gold medal.
biggest inspiration(:
Some emotional Stuff!
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15-year-old Katie Ledecky, the youngest member of the USA Olympic team, winning gold in the Women’s 800m Freestyle event.