The cute surveys:

Italy's Margherita Granbassi (R) bites her bronze medal as she poses next to winner and fellow countrywoman Maria Valentina Vezzali on the podium of the Women's individual Foil final match on August 11, 2008. [Agencies]

1,When the athletes win the gold medal, some of them would like to bite it,  Why do gold winners bite their medals when they celebrate victory?

"To taste the victory"  and "They taste good"  are two most supported choices, and our  ulisse-italy even gave an explanation towards the action.

 ulisse-italy 2008-08-17 05:51:58

 It's a practical rule in Europe coming from the old ages to test if it's real gold by biting it. At that time some coins were made in gold and faking money was so common.That's why today athlets reproduce the ancient way to test medals by meaning "hey, this is real gold, I won it!" even if everybody knows medals are made with different metal alloys. Don't you notice mostly winners, so gold medalist, bite it?

2, Michael Phelps is a genius. In the United States, NBC registered the largest audience for a Saturday night in 18 years. More than 40 million viewers tuned in to watch Michael Phelps when he won his record eight gold medals.

A combination photo shows Michael Phelps of the U.S. holding each of his eight gold medals in the swimming competition at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. Phelps won his eighth gold medal on Sunday, beating Mark Spitz's record of seven gold medals won at a single Games in 1972. The medals were won in: (Top row L-R) 400m individual medley (August 10), 4x100m freestyle relay (August 11), 200m freestyle (August 12), 200m butterfly (August 13). (Bottom row L-R) 4x200m freestyle relay (August 13), 200m individual medley (August 15), 100m butterfly (August 16), and 4x100m medley relay (August 17).[Agencies]

What will be Michael Phelps' profession once he is retired? Here comes another survey:

In the survey, 48.59 percent of surveyed said yes to "Coach", and 26.85 percent for "TV/movie star".

mittyliu123 2008-08-17 15:45:22

After grabbing 6 golds in the 2008 Olympics,Phelps is known to our world.he is completely a celebrity. one of the best careers ,for him ,after retiring must be a Tv/Movie star.He can hardly be a good coach.