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Posted 21 August 2008 - 10:48 PM

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ORLANDO—Fourteen-time Olympic gold medalist and SeaWorld main attraction Michael Phelps returned to his seven-million-gallon water tank Wednesday to resume his normal schedule of performing in six shows a day for marine park crowds every day of the week.

"Michael seemed really excited to be back," said Bowman, adding that the male swimmer became playful upon entering his tank, breaching the water and sounding repeatedly. "He just started swimming freestyle and backstroke, and only stopped to slide belly first onto the tank's platform so he could be fed dozens of fried egg sandwiches."

"Those seated in the first 14 rows should be prepared to get soaked," Bowman said, admitting that Phelps' powerful dolphin kicks would be added to the new program. "Also, Michael's two friends, [Olympic swimmers] Ryan [Lochte] and Jason [Lezak], will open the show with their humorous beach ball antics."

Though spectators—and ticket-sales personnel—are happy that Phelps is back at SeaWorld, members of the World Society for the Conservation of Olympic Swimmers released a statement yesterday saying that these athletic mammals should be released from captivity. The statement claims that there is conclusive scientific proof that confinement in smaller pools of water, as opposed to wide-open, Olympic-sized pools, causes the swimmers sensory depravation and a shorter lifespan.

"It's clear that Michael doesn't like being at SeaWorld," WSCOS spokesperson Jonathan Haines said. "When he was placed back into his tank, the slightly loose portion of his black swim cap immediately folded over to the right side, a telltale symptom of stress and angst.

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Posted 22 August 2008 - 02:46 AM

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Posted 24 August 2008 - 02:29 PM

ROFL, that dude is so amazing!!! What a great kid!! It's about time the youth of the world had a good romodel to look up to! To many celebrities that kids look up to these days are terrible romodels.

And the ability for these kids to see him in the Sea World setting is awesome!! Looks like Disney World is gonna be hurting down there in Orlando.

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Posted 24 August 2008 - 07:37 PM

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ROFL, that dude is so amazing!!! What a great kid!! It's about time the youth of the world had a good romodel to look up to! To many celebrities that kids look up to these days are terrible romodels.

This guy is really great... He's a very cool example for nowdays kids !

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