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Why the new LZR Racer swimsuit has destroyed the Olympic ideal at a stroke

After three years of research, with specific input from NASA, the most contentious aid to a swimmer is currently responsible for 37 broken world records. Its makers claim it gives a 10 per cent increase in efficiency for the wearer. How can not be an unfair advantage? Posted May 09, 2008 by James Mortimer

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Superswimmer Phelps breaks another world record

Phenomenal American swimmer Michael Phelps was his usual dominating self at the Pan Pacific Championships, but he had to share the spotlight. Posted August 21, 2006 by Reuters

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Is the Michael Phelps world-record gold rush down to skill or swimwear technology?

There are arguments for and against the new suits, but there's no denying their effectiveness. Posted August 12, 2008 by Craig Hackney

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Michael Phelps or Carl Lewis the greatest athlete ever? Get real, America!

There's no doubting that Phelps is the best swimmer of all time - and that Lewis is a track and field legend. But such is US parochialism that you'd think the rest of the world never existed,,, Posted August 17, 2008 by Craig Hackney

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Michael Phelps, the greatest Olympian but NOT the greatest sportsman

The American can make it a staggering 20 golds at London 2012 – but he has to bow to a fellow countryman as the finest athlete ever... Posted August 21, 2008 by Mark Hauser

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Thank heavens for Andy Murray, Lewis Hamilton, Manchester United and those blokes on the bikes

OK, so the England football team are pants and our cricketers are just as bad, but the nation's sports fans should not be too down-hearted ... Posted April 22, 2008 by Chris Goldsmith

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Britain's golden wonders turn the tables on Mickey Mouse

An Olympic cynic changes his tune as the GB medal haul mounts dramatically in Beijing. Posted August 18, 2008 by Steve Bott

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The TEN greatest Beijing Olympic moments that you might just have missed...

We’ve all celebrated the feats of Michael Phelps and Usain Bolt, but how about the sabre-rattling Ukrainian, the conquerors of America's so-called 'invincibles' and the Dutch swim hero who came back from a death sentence? Posted August 26, 2008 by Greg Varkonyi

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The great haul of China: Is Michael Phelps stealing the Olympic hosts' thunder?

The Beijing Games were meant to make a statement to the world - just as Hitler planned for Berlin in 1936. In Germany it was Jesse Owens who put the Nazis in their place. Now America's wonder swimmer is making a mega-splash in muddy waters... Posted August 12, 2008 by Mark Hauser

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Why Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal will never hit it off with Americans

They may be the top two players in the world, but they won't give tennis a boost in the US - because they weren't born there. Posted September 09, 2008 by Mark Hauser

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