Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps held a little tutorial at a YMCA in New York City yesterday.  Michael gave a group of lucky kids some swimming lessons as part of Visa's Play Every Day jump-start campaign that gave a grant to the YMCA of Greater New York to help improve spaces where America's youth can play. 

These kids must have been psyched to gave a visit from Michael, I know I'm pretty psyched to see him with out that Olympic-sized, extra modest (although streamlined) bathing suit; love the tiny trunks!

        

Michael Phelps has made history by becoming the most decorated Olympic athlete of all time!  The swimmer won his 10th and 11th medals yesterday, breaking world record times in both events (Michael even overcame leaky goggles in one race to become the clear winner). The gold medals give Phelps his fourth and fifth wins in China – putting him more than halfway toward his historic quest of claiming eight victories in the Games. (American swimmer Mark Spitz holds the current record of seven gold medals in a single Summer Olympics.)

"It's everything I ever dreamed about," Phelps said of winning his second relay gold in Beijing. "On the podium, I kept tearing [up] at it. I'm almost at a loss for words .... It's the best thing having four American guys ... swim all well together."

Congratulations Michael and go USA!

Olympic favorite and total cutie Michael Phelps set a world record over the weekend in Bejing.  The swimmer won the 400-meter individual medley, with a record time of 4 minutes, 3.84 seconds.  Michael is aiming to take home all eight gold medals in his events, which has only been done by a few other athletes.  Good luck Michael and go USA!