MICHAEL PHELPS ALL TIME OLYMPIC MEDALIST............

Over the past twelve years, and four Summer Olympics, from ages 15, 19, 23, 27, in Sydney, Australia; Athens, Greece; Beiing, China; and London, England;  American Swimmer Michael Phelps, has proven himself to be a champion and a medalist of history making proportion.  Winning eight of his sixteen Olympic Gold Medals to date, at the Beiing Summer Olympics four years ago - their was some uncertainty this year as he approached the London Olympic Games, as to how ready he was to viably compete and whether he had been too lax in training over the past four years; especially in light of the world record setting achievements of his team mate and younger, fellow American rival, Ryan Lochte.  Yet winning three more medals at these Summer Olympics during the first six days of competition, including 2 more Gold Medals; Michael Phelps is now the undisputed All Time Medalist of the modern Olympic Games.  He and America have very good reason to be proud of his accomplishment.  Despite whatever criticism he did not work or train hard enough for London, and after a disappointing start, he has come back strong and shown his continuing ability to succeed victoriously in a record setting way.  Phelps is considered the best overall male American Olympics Swimmer deservingly so; ahead of outstanding medalists, Mark Spitz, Johnny Weismuller, and Matt Biondi. But he is also a normal man in his twenties, who is not an aquatic robot, but a human being, who will do other things characteristic of a young man.  Although not as dominant in London 2012, as he was in Beiing 2008, he is still proving his ability to compete as a respectable  Olympian.  Kudos and Congratulations have once again been earned by Michael Phelps, outstanding Olympics swimmer and all time Olympics medalist............Fr.  Troy