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n Baltimore, Olympic and world champion Michael Phelps clocked his best 100m ‘fly of the season with a 52.06, sixth best in the world in 2010 so far; In 2009, 37 men raced inside 52sec, while in 2010 so far four men have gone that way

Mind over matter? Or nature over nurture? What is it that separates Olympic legends like Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt and U.S. swimmer Michael Phelps from the millions of enthusiastic amateurs around the world?

Sports fans who can't wait until NBC's tape-delayed primetime coverage to see if Michael Phelps or Usain Bolt will be able to win Olympic gold won't have to anymore. NBC announced Tuesday that every event from next summer's London Olympics will be aired live on television or streaming over the Internet. It's a major reversal from NBC's prior policy of withholding live events from the West Coast …

Travelers converging on London this year will have more to look forward to than runner Usain Bolt acing the 100-meter sprint and swimmer Michael Phelps topping up his gold-medal collection.

AUSTIN, Texas – Michael Phelps (Baltimore, Md.) and Allison Schmitt (Canton, Mich.) each won their third gold medal Sunday on the final night of competition at the Austin Grand Prix. It was also Phelps’ fourth medal of the meet, winning a bronze medal in the 100m back.

It has been six years since Ian Thorpe and Michael Klim last went head-to-head in a competitive 100m freestyle race.

IT HAS been six years since Ian Thorpe and Michael Klim last went head-to-head in a competitive 100m freestyle race.

IT HAS been six years since Ian Thorpe and Michael Klim last went head-to-head in a competitive 100m freestyle race.

Old teammates, joint Olympic relay gold medallists and world record holders, friends, rivals and fellow comeback trailers, Ian Thorpe and Michael Klim will next week race each other for the first time in more than six years

KINGSTON, Jamaica (CMC) — Former American star Michael Johnson reckons Jamaican Olympic sprint champion Usain ' Lighting' Bolt can break his 400-metre world record.