Who owns the world? Do Olympians.
Imagine training for an event so hard that is your full time job for almost four years and more than the pressure from the fact that the entire world is focused on your every move for that brief moment. Those who rise to the occasion and prevent cracking under pressure can leave the Olympics as immortals.
Some of the athletic gods at the summer Olympic Games in 2012 in London were familiar. Michael Phelps, arso, for example, his path to glory in the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
But there were some new faces and pleasant surprises along the way as well. Today is the last day of events and activities in London, so it is time to reflect on some of the biggest winners 30 Olympic Games.
Join us as we watch the 10 athletes who certainly are having the best Olympics ever.
# 1 – Michael Phelps: greatest Olympian everThey call him the Michael Jordan of the pool because at this point, Michael Phelps is in a League of his own. When Phelps won the relay 4 × 200-meter-freestyle, made history as the most decorated Olympian ever with 19 medals under his belt. But he finished the games with 3 more medals added to his tally, making her big 22 total medals.
Forget 50 Cent, T-Pain, Lil ' Wayne and all the other cats in hip-hop who think they've got bling. Nobody can see Michael Phelps ' chain game.
But fans should take London swimming Phelps ' games for all they are worth, because he swore that will not return a contender for the Olympic Games 2016 in Rio de Janeiro. I also have to call it quits Olympic gods at one point.
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