Phelps

• LONDON -- Ryan Lochte stepped up to the microphone before the assembled media looking relieved. Behind him, a relaxed Michael Phelps waited his turn.
(ESPN)
• On Tuesday, Michael Phelps won his 19th Olympic medal, as we all knew he would, surpassing Soviet gymnast Larisa Latynina as the most decorated Olympian of all-time. But it was not in the way we might have expected.
(The Christian Science Monitor)
• LONDON — The race had been over for nearly an hour, the medal ceremony long finished. The four American swimmers smiled their telegenic grins and held their gold between their thumbs and forefingers for the cameras. But Michael Phelps wasn't done.
(Washington Post)
• LONDON (AP) -- Chad le Clos has grown friendly with Michael Phelps over the past year and gleaned some pointers from the American standout. He was hoping the advice would help him win an Olympic medal.
(Associated Press)
• So, Michael Phelps has become the most successful Olympian of all time. But moments earlier hed confessed to teammates that he was feeling vulnerable. Heres what he said shortly before the relay in which he was to swim the final leg.
(St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
• Michael Phelps won a silver medal today in the 200-meter butterfly to join a Russian gymnast as the most-decorated Olympians of all time.
(Baltimore Sun)
• LONDON - 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.
(Minneapolis Star Tribune)
• LONDON — Five things to know about Tuesday, Day 4 of the London Olympics: -Swimmer Phelps collects two more medals to break record. -Raisman lifts U.S. women to gymnastics gold. -US men roll to 110-63 win over Tunisia in hoops.
(The State)