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photo of some new Olympic-themed statues on display in Beijing’s financial district. The statues — which appear about one year after Disney cried copyright infringement in response to a host of knock-off Disney characters at Beijing’s Shijingshan Amusement Park — depict five Mickey Mouse-like characters engaging in Olympic sports. When asked about the resemblance to Mickey, a spokesperson replied, “They have square holes in their ears. They are not copies.” The spokesperson suggested the statues are unique because they incorporate the themes of old Chinese coins (the square holes), the year of the rat, the Olympics and the financial district into the design. However, children passing by the statues were seen pointing and saying, “Look! It’s Mickey!”

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Swimming sensation Michael Phelps has an Olympic recipe for success - and it involves eating a staggering 12,000 calories a day.

"Eat, sleep and swim. That's all I can do," Phelps, who won two more gold medals today, told NBC when asked what he needs to win medals. "Get some calories into my system and try to recover the best I can."

By comparison, the average man of the same age needs to ingest about 2,000 calories a day.

Phelps' diet - which involves ingesting 4,000 calories every time he sits down for a meal - resembles that of a reckless overeater rather than an Olympian.

Phelps lends a new spin to the phrase "Breakfast of Champions" by starting off his day by eating three fried-egg sandwiches loaded with cheese, lettuce, tomatoes, fried onions and mayonnaise.

He follows that up with two cups of coffee, a five-egg omelet, a bowl of grits, three slices of French toast topped with powdered sugar and three chocolate-chip pancakes.

At lunch, Phelps gobbles up a pound of enriched pasta and two large ham and cheese sandwiches slathered with mayo on white bread - capping off the meal by chugging about 1,000 calories worth of energy drinks.

For dinner, Phelps really loads up on the carbs - what he needs to give him plenty of energy for his five-hours-a-day, six-days-a-week regimen - with a pound of pasta and an entire pizza.

He washes all that down with another 1,000 calories worth of energy drinks.

^ ha. yeah, i heard about the michael phelps diet... man is a freak of nature

I heard about that. He must burn off so much of that with intense swim routines being young and having a great metabolism...does help.

Lol @ the bootleg Mickey.
And at Phelp's diet.
That is no joke.

And these quotes about Michael Phelps are funny as hell.

Alright! I have the same diet plan as an Olympic champion!

There should be a medal for the most fecal excrement, Phelps would totally win it!

youwch!

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=33a_1218642189

Of course, they had to show four replays from different angles.
Man, that's gotta hurt.

aw fuck... aw man. just ate lunch..... awww

that totally sucks....

I dread to think what the coverage is like in the US about Phelps, but over here its been non-stop. So is he the greatest olympian ever?

I'm trying to play it down for a few reasons:

- Length of time. This is his second olympics and he's only 23. Will he be able to win golds at 5 consecutive olympic games?

-The amount of golds he can go for. Is Phelps golds in races that last between 3 to 6 minutes more impressive than a marathon runner or cyclist whose races can last over 2 1/2 hours? Or something as technical but limited to the amount of variations as fencing? (Aladar Gerevich of Hungary, won the team sabre gold in 1932, 1936, (no games in 1940, 1944), then he picked up where he left it and won in 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960!)

- Team medals. Five of Phelps medals are from team relays.

- Similarity of the discipline. Possibly an awkward one as simply put the freestyle is very different to the butterfly. But is it as different as the 100m to the long jump such as for Lewis?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/olympics/2008/08/is_phelps_really_the_greatest.html

Any thoughts?

Personally I think the every Olympics the US tries to peg a golden boy or golden girl. Phelps is the golden boy for 2008.
Sort of like Mary Lou Retton of the 80's.

I think he deserves a boat load of praise. But from casually observing the swimming, I couldn't even tell you the other 3 chaps names who were in the various relays he's been in.

All I can say is that his attitude is much better than that of Mark Spitz... what a jerk.

I enjoyed the shooting.
Apparently they used dissidents heads instead of traditional clay pigeons
in order to get that authentic explosion of red.

Also, yeah ... more beach volleyball plz.

(What??? Japan has a chance there you know! )

Russia v Georgia in the vollyball. Who'd have thunk it.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics/volleyball/7558304.stm

mini chaos in the Olympics!

HA! That's awesome Dan

dont hope so - same as chinese gymnastic team arent 16,
i think its more than obvious phelps is filled with dope top to bottom.

some reasons:

its impossible to win in swimming without doping.
the others set the standards. in swimming there was doping before him and will be after,
if u want to compete only - not talking about his dominance - u got to use illegal substances too.
its a known fact u.s. swim team used performance enhancing drugs before
and phelps looks like someone who uses growth hormones long time.

these hormones are usually used in athletic sports, bodybuilding,
long physical presence such as cycling.
effect: reduce of body fat, growth of strength.
possible side effects: growth of hands, feet, nose, chin and forehead!!!


dont believe in freaks but if u change diet to cure
12.000 calories a day sounds like he is on clenbuterol.
used to hang out with bodybuilders who all took it:
6 pieces of cheescake short after lunch for 3 and a still a sixpack - crazy.


sound like exact description as its been used for young cows to put up their metabolism
or for track horses to recover faster from injuries.


anyone seen bernard from france???


today: james blake beat federer in tennis ...awesome!!!

enjoy ur trip dan!!! ...cool pic - jealous

One thing I found interesting about Phelps is his body flushes the lactic acid from his system (what makes your muscles hurt from working out) within minutes vs. hours like most people. That happens drug free actually, it has been proven in others too. It's why he can practice for hours non-stop.

BUT I'm not saying the guy hasn't used SOMETHING. I just think whatever he's using isn't illegal.....yet.

nice 1 danlord!

mini chaos at wrestlemania 3

is that Andre?

anyone watching the track and field events right now?

also, does anyone know the time of phelps race, pst?