Stephanie Rice and Michael Phelps at the Speedo Sports Club at the Jintai Art Museum Photo by: Getty |
He may be winging his way to London for the Sunday hand-off of the Olympic torch, but Michael Phelps is still causing tongues to wag in Beijing – and not just because of his swimming finesse. Earlier this week, reports the
New York Post, the 23-year-old
guy with the gold, gold, gold, gold, gold, gold, gold and gold was seen at a victory celebration smooching with Australian swimmer Stephanie Rice, 20. She reportedly has only recently broken up with Phelps's rival from Down Under, the Aussie team's Eamon Sullivan.
When Phelps (who doesn't have a girlfriend) and Rice (who has three gold medals of her own) posed in their Speedos, she gushed about the "Baltimore Bullet": "I definitely admire him for his athletic ability and everything he's achieved. I'm just really glad to be in the mix with that."
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