If you were fooled into thinking you’d be watching Michael Phelps race side-by-side with an actual great white shark, well, I’m sorry to say it but shame on you. For years now, the Discovery Channel’s annual week of shark-oriented programming has peddled some tall tales alongside docs that are ostensibly invested in…
Tonight three legends of swimming—Michael Phelps, Chad Le Clos, and László Cseh—turned in identical times to share silver in the 100m butterfly. Last night, Simone Manuel tied for gold with Canadian Penny Oleksiak in the 100m freestyle. Modern timing systems are capable of measuring down to the millionth of a…
What do bong-ripping Olympian Michael Phelps, artisanal snake oil saleswoman Gwyneth Paltrow, and chicken aficionado Jessica Simpson have in common?
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Boy that Michael Phelps is fast. No one can argue it, he can dominate in almost any style of swim and possesses one of the best dolphin kicks in the world. That is, one of the best kicks aside from some random guy using the Lunocet monofin. Because while Phelps is able to swim at an inhuman 5 miles per hour, the…
Even though Speedo is now selling its controversial LZR Racer swim suit to the general public for $550, we doubt the beer bellies at the local community swimming pool are going to spontaneously turn into a congregation of eight gold medal-winning Olympians any time soon. In fact, here at the Gizmodo weekend desk Jesus…
One of the benefits of living on the East Coast, besides the fact that it's simply better, is that we rarely suffer the pain of tape delays. So tonight we'll get to watch Michael Phelps snag his eighth gold medal, live tonight, at 10:59pm (which is 10:59am Sunday in Beijing). West Coasters will have a three-hour…
One of the more popular theories behind Michael Phelps zooming past records with every stroke-besides his $500 LZR super suit and daily regimen of 12,000 calories composed mostly of mermaid babies-is that the Olympic pool itself is turning swimmers into Aquamen, but you know, not totally lame. But the pool's designer,…
