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By : Corey Erdoes, Walt Muller, and Cole Hagood

Michael Phelps- by:danzden Michael Phelps was born June 30th 1985 in Baltimore and this will be the third Olympics that he has attended. Michael is a swimmer and has been swimming in the Olympics since he was 15 years old. This summer he will be competing again for the United States in Beijing. It is said that he is the best athlete of our generation. He will break the record for most gold medals won in an Olympic games if he wins all of his planned events. Last time Michael was swimming in the Olympics he was just one medal shy of tying that record. - Corey

Jarrod Shoemaker- Jarrod Shoemaker was born July 17th 1982 in Sudbury Massachusetts. He is 25 years old and was the top American finisher at the Beijing World Cup in September. He is taking the US’s first men’s spot on the triathlon team. Jarrod started out as a swimmer in high school, but in college he started biking so he could run faster. All of this training made him a top athlete in all of these sports, which gave him the idea of becoming a professional thriathlete. - Corey

by:znarled Brad Walker- Brad Walker is the 27-year-old US pole vaulter who will be taking a place on the US Olympic Pole Vaulting team. In 2004 Brad finished 6th at the US Olympic Trials. Since then Brad has risen up among some of the best pole vaulters in the world winning the 07’ World Pole Vaulting Championships. In college Brad went to the University of Washington and was an all American there and he had a 3.5 GPA. His personal best pole vault was 6.00 meters or 19 feet, 8.25 inches. - Corey

Thomas Finchum- Thomas is one of the best divers in the world. Thomas was the alternate for the U.S in 2004 at age 14. He has grown greatly in these past few years so he will definintly compete in Beijing. Finchum currently lives in Indianopolis and trains there. He and his best friend David Boudia will be competeing at the U.S. Qualifirers in .Indiana. - Walt

Paul Hamm- Paul Hamm is the United States Most valued Gymnast. At the age of twenty-six he has already accomplished so much. In 2003 Paul became the 1st American man to win the individual all-around at the World Championships in Anaheim. Paul made a fantastic comeback In Athens in 2004. After his not so good vault. He came back to beat Kim Dae-Eun of South Korea by .012 of a point. Paul and his twin Brother are from Wisconsin but they currently live and train in Ohio. - Walt

Freddy Adu- Freddy Adu at age 18 will be making another appearance for the U.S.A in the Olympics. He will compete in the under 23 division. This young superstar will try to lead the U.S.A to another championship. Recently Adu helped the U.S.A beat Canada for the CONCACAF Title. The score was 6-5, and the game went to an intense shootout. - Walt

Raushee Warren This will be Raushee’s second olympics as a boxer. He is a three time rienging flywieght US champion. in 04 he was eliminated in the first round by the later bronze medilist. He is an amatur even though most amatuers go pro after the olympics but he wants to follow in the footsteps of Floyd Mayweather Jr. who won a silver as anamatuer before goinng pro. He says he will stay an amatuer until he wins a medal. - Cole

Mike Zadick

This will be mike’s first Olympic appearance. He is 30 years old and went to the University of Iowa where he was a three time all-american in wrestling and he won state in 2002. After graduating he served as an Assistant coach and the strength trainer. Before he went to Iowa he lived I Montana where he won state four times. He is Americas best shot at the gold in wrestling. - Cole

Francis Cuddy The 2008 summer Olympics will be Francis’s first also. He first learned to row in his freshmen year at college. Since then he has won four titles in his two events in the 04 and 07 US nationals. When he graduated from the University of New Hampshire in 2005 he was awarded the Most Improved Oarsman award. - Cole

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