OlderMichael Phelps Shows Off 8 Gold Medals
Swimming champion Michael Phelps flaunts his record-breaking eight Olympic gold medals on the latest cover of Sports Illustrated (Aug. 25, 2008 issue). The photo was inspired by Mark Spitz, the former Olympic swimming champ who showed off the seven golds he won at the 1972 Munich Games.
“What is the value of eight golds in Beijing before a prime-time audience in the U.S?” his agent Peter Carlisle asked. “I’d say $100 million over the course of his lifetime.”
That’s a whole lotta cash but Phelps still intends on competing at the 2012 London Olympics, where he hopes to add to his 14 Olympic gold medals (he won six in 2004’s Athens). “There are some times I still want to hit before I retire,” he said. “And I want to try some new events. That’s what’s keeping me going.”
And next week, Phelps will be traveling to London next week rather than stay in Beijing for the closing ceremonies. “I am going to London to do the handover for the next Olympics,” he said. “And hopefully prepare myself the way I did for these Games and be ready to compete in London.”
Other pictures include Phelps relaxing at the Speedo Sports Club at the Jintai Art Museum on Tuesday in Beijing, China.
30+ pictures inside of shirtless Michael Phelps looking speedo sexy…
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a true champion
I”m truly enjoying the olympics. She’s really awesome and those Jamaican runners are fantastic.
fake sh*t
that’s pimp.
love michael phelps!
woot woot!!!!! michael phelps is the ***** <3
that IS pimpin…
He is the greatest winner of the olympics. He really is a champion.
He is hott with nice abs! i am so happy he is reprisenting USA!
way to go Michael Phelps!! You are inspiring many children!
I love him his body is hot but face not so much
He reminds me of Michael Jordan with is drive, ambition, devotion to being the best in his field. Jordan once said he used to practice for hours and hours on one tiny skill. Phelps seems to have the same incredible drive. Guess this is what separates the truly great from the great.
I read he eats 20,000 calories a day! Wow! What a way to diet–work out, work out, work out!
Shame he’s got a face like a bulldog eating a wasp.
No-one cares about him unless it’s the Olympics, which is every 4 years…he’s not an all-round star, so he needs the Olympics for his main chance of the spotlight.
ahh i love him, hes so amzingggggg. and cuteee :]
Love him!! I’m having Phelps withdrawl, I need more swim events!! I’m happy he is inspiring so many people. It is much better to have adults and children looking up to someone like him than some of these vaucous idiot like Paris, Lindsey or the Hills morons. You go Michael! Make that cheddar!
OMG he look so gay , what a ugly picture, at first I though was a lady in a orange top or dress. congrats to him!
Congratulations on a job well done. He worked hard for his medals. Michael deserves all the good that comes to him.
dancer,
Yeah, my daughter is a competitive swimmer and you’re right, it’s that
incredible drive that makes the difference. There are numerous kids that have physical swimming talent but the champions have extreme focus and internal motivation that is impossible to create by coaches or parents. That probably is true in many things but I’m close enough to competitive swimming to really see it.
Congratulations, Michael.
Michael Phelps is a great swimmer, but Ian Thorpe is a better swimmer than Michael Phelps. Hopelfully Ian thorpe will compete for the 2012 olympics.
By the way ladies Ian Thorpe is way hotter.
Natalie Coughlin is really pretty. She should get more attention.
Natalie Coughlin is also a great American swimmer. I agree she should get more recognition.
why have they chosen the most ugly pose ever as the cover! he looks awful.
ive been watching the olympics and am loving it, and he looked way cuter after the swimming than he does here posing for a photoshoot. wtf??
I’m sorry, Natalie Coughlin should get more recognition because she’s pretty!?!? Welcome to JJ’s site, folks.
Michael Phelps is amazing and his dedication and humility are to be admired. I love that he mentions he has times that he still wants to achieve, not people to beat or races to win. I also love that he looks for his mother in the crowd first thing every time he wins.
I’m glad the world, not just the US, had someone to come together behind so far in this Olympics. I don’t doubt there will be more getting much deserved coverage soon. For those who say other deserved it more, how could they not have covered this amazing achievement, this amazing record being broken. We all witnessed history this year. It took 30+ years to find an athlete who could beat Mark Spitz’s record.
There is nothing negative that needs to be said about it or him.
Congrats, Mike! We are so proud of you!
I agree with #24, they chose an awful pic.
I’m also getting kind of sick of seeing this guy. Amazing body, but a somewhat tragic face.
I love the fact that Ryan Lochte and Eamon Sullivan are shirtless in those pictures as well.
AWESOME!
I CANNOT wait for this cover!!!
lol at the people saying bad things about him. yea he may only be famous for the olympics. but he doesnt care about fame, he loves to swim and he does it really good. im sure he’d continue to swim if he wasn’t famous?
stop bashing on him just because your jealous that you could never do what he did,.
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looks like a top hee
anyone know if eamon sullivan and stephanie rice are back together?
This topic is so boring. I wonder how much he is being paid for all his modeling shoots. I like it when athletes do their sport and at least wait a week before doing the press rounds.
And, there is absolutely NO reason to wear your shorts that low on a photo shoot. Blech. Get some clothes on.
great swimmer, I don’t see his hotness
eamon sullivan is cute! and ryan lochte looks better with short hair.they are all great.
How cruel you are people. Saying that this man doesn’t have a pretty face. My God, can’t you be more ignorant??? Who care about a “not pretty face”? What matters is who he is and how he is as a person. He is a healthy man full of blessings. And BTW he is not so ugly at all. He is an average American man.
CONGRATULATIONS Phelps!!! You RUULEE ;-) You have everything you need: Fame; Helth; Looks…everything. You go boy!!!!
Can’t we just share in the joy without the negative comments. Michael was picke on his whole life so this isn’t nothing new for him. He uses that negative energy to excile in swimming.
LOL
OH GOD!!
That is one heavenly bod!! :D :P
MAZEL tov Michael!
he looks stupid. sorry 2 say it but he does. all those medals make it look like hes wearing a tan top thats 2 small for him. sorry but VERY BIG well done. wish the english did that well but we are 3rd
Loveee Phelps, Lochte & Sullivan!
Hotness.
i’m so buying this issue
Congrats Mike!
It’s good to see the US so well represented in Beijing.
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That is an awesome cover!
This is a wonderful moment in his life and career. This is a great time for U.S. swimming. We should all have something positive to say these athletes have put so much time into training and sacrificing their lives to represent the U.S. well!
Congrats to Michael and all the Awesome swimmers of the U.S. Team.
Michael’s acheivement will always be remembered!
(While haters sit in front of their computer typing sh%t that will never be remembered) Peace!
in my country he would be dead for theft.
8 golds! cold blood fish!
who’s the girl in the gray tank top???????????
My goodness, some of you are so damn ignorant and superfical. I think you guys should be celebrating his accomplishments, and the fact that he represented America very well. In all his interviews he appears to be very appreciative and humble. Instead you’re making nasty comments about how ugly he is. True he’s not the best looking guy out there, but he’s also not as ugly as most of you are saying. Get a grip…it’s quite shameful to read some of these comments.
Congrats to Michael.He deserves those medals.He is an amazing swimmer and very cute.Love him
#49, that’s Stephanie Rice…she’s a swimmer for Australia.
So he shouldn’t get all the press because he doesn’t have a face of a supermodel? You people are SHALLOW. The way his face looks I’m sure does not matter to most sane people but what he does and what he stands for, and how much he inspires people to strive and succeed. You’re totally missing the point of this story and life in general. You need to get off your fat lazy asses and into the reality and do something important for yourselves.
who are the girls posing with phelps and lochte?
O.O wow on that cover he looks really REALLY ugly!!!
but anyway… that guy can swim!
Woo hoo for Michael
Jared, you should also post more about Ryan Lochte!
wow he is so amazing. congratz on the cover!he has a banging body =]
congrats phelps kid !!
Me and my friends were friggin screaming our heads off when he won the last gold medal.. I’m serious my throat is like seriously hoarse.
Michael Phelps is sooooooo great!! he rocks! he’s the best at what he does and I think he’s hot!
I love him!
Michael is definitely a HOTTIE!
He’s an incredible athlete and he deserves all the success that he’s had.
what’s with the hand on the hip in that one pic?
WHY IS EVERYONE BAGGIN ON MICHAEL FACE I THINK HIS FACE IS ADORABLE
I HOPE PAPS GET HIM WHEN HE IS BACK IN AMERICA HIS FACE BODY ATTITUDE IS BETTER SOME OF THESE UGLY LOOKING BOTOX FEMININE MEN IN HOLLYWOOD TODAY
IF SO JJ YOU GOT TO POST ALL THE MP PAP PHOTOS LOL
This has to be the fugliest dude i have ever seen i don’t care how many medals he’s won, or how great heis he is so dammnn ugly! looks just like his mama. I don’t care if he makes 100 mil. his face looks like a ******. I could never ever sleep with this dude unless i was desperate to take his money have a few babies and take fugly to the bank, like all the women celeb do . lol.
I ABSOLUTELY LOVE SWIMMERS……BLOODY HOT XXXXXXX
HOT HOT HOT HOT!!!!!!!!!! Despite what people say about his face, which I don’t think there’s anything wrong about it, it’s his accomplishments that make him the hottest man on the planet.
CONGRATULATIONS MICHAEL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You are a winner!!!!
OMG.. he is so sexy (Y)
dont care if he’s hot or not,
but can’t deny his talent and that his achievement is amazing
Michael is sooooooooooooo hot, and he is a nice guy, such a sweetheart!
there is nothing to not love about him!
he’s a great guy and a terrific swimmer
omg he is so damn fine. I love how he is so humble. he is such a sweetheart. <3
Milan go find some class. Everything you wrote shows exactly what type of person you are. What a waste of a post.
am i the only one that thinks hes UGLY
Yeah.. They should have done a picture of him like in the water, with his sexy speedo.. and his hair wet…
hes so hot.. i luv him so much… im so glad that he has the most gold medals of anyone in one olympic… congratulations!!!!
hes so hot.. i luv him so much… im so glad that he has the most gold medals of anyone in one olympic… congratulations!!!!
TEAM USA Swimming did a superb job in Beijing. =]
There are so many silly women in jj, this dude is so fugly, and you all know it. He is still a great swimmer, i’m not taking that away from him, and he deserves all the praise on winning all the medals, but come on don’t tell me he is good looking , he is still fuglYYYYYYYy as hell and looks like his mama, dammn people have bad taste on jj.
Congrats but he looks like the late Bigfoot and a muppet combined
You people who made ugly comments about his looks need to get a life. How would you feel to have somebody say something nasty and shallow to you? I bet you have not accomplished something as huge as Michael Phelps has.
Congrats Michael. USA is so proud of you!
Jared - you should post the pictures showing Michael at the US men’s basketball game on Monday. He looked really funny/cute. :)
what was in the blue case the chinese gave you when thet gave your last gold metal
thank you
judy
michael phelps your so hott and you are good looking
michael can you please visit new zealand, otaki please we are all fans of you please
hae there you are an awsome swimmer mi friend hiria is in love with you she thinks your good looking
hae michael your a trooper and a awsome swimmer my mate hiria is in love with you
stephanie rice kissed him be4
HURRAY, good job michael!
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