Swimming Features

Olympic great Michael Phelps admits to a different sort of gold run -- his habit of peeing in the pool.

Nineteen - say that again, nineteen - Olympic medals. All won by one man unlike any other. It simply defies belief. Imagine the space that much heavy metal takes up. Even more unimaginable is the effort it took to get them.

Michael Phelps was in a relaxed mood Wednesday as he contemplated a final Olympic bid four years after his historic eight-gold exploits in Beijing.

Aware that only a miracle will hand him a medal at the Olympics, India's lone participant in swimming, Gagan Ullalmath sees his London Games exposure as a platform to do well in the 2014 Asian Games.