Michael Phelps walks away after giving a bouquet of flowers to a member of the audience (R) after the men's 200m freestyle swimming final at the National Aquatics Center in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games on August 12, 2008. Phelps broke the world record in the men's 200 metres freestyle with a time of one minute 42.96 seconds at the Beijing Olympics. Phelps went under his previous world record of 1:43.86 set at the world championships in Melbourne in March last year. [Agencies]