From Michael Phelps' 2008 world record to the mechanics behind elite movement in the water, this segment breaks down how body ...

This story appears in ESPN The Magazine's July 18 Body Issue. Subscribe today. Editor's note: This story contains explicit language. Snakes. For as long as Michael Phelps can remember, he's hated ...

What are those strange purplish marks dotting Michael Phelps’ body? Did he get into a fistfight with one of those Rio muggers everyone has been warned about? Was there an outbreak of leeches in the ...

Michael Phelps secured his place as a mythic legend at the 2016 Olympic games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He is now the most-decorated Olympian of all time. This week, Phelps retired from an epic ...