Michael Phelps Biography

Swimmers have always enjoyed the waters, not simply because of its peaceful effect or the stress-free effect to the body, but more so because it lets them enjoy different moves and glides and strokes that people can’t easily enjoy while on land.  There are already several swimming strokes – breaststroke, freestyle, sidestroke, crawl, dog paddle, [...]

Michael Phelps won the event after coming from behind Serbia’s Milorad Cavic, to beat him by one one-hundredth of a second. Australian Andrew Lauterstein won the bronze medal, finishing one one-hundredth of a second ahead of American world record holder Ian Crocker.