Girls & Phelps

I can't believe I'm writing gossip here.
Funny, short, un-credible sources here from all over the net:

1. Finished With Record-Breaking, Michael Phelps Commences Heartbreaking : Hottie American swimmer Michael Phelps supposedly sucked face with hottie Australian swimmer Stephanie Rice outside a party in the Olympic Village. Her Aussie ex Eamon Sullivan is said to be "cut up" about it.

2. Now Stephanie Rice Linked to Michael Phelps: Rumours abound that Phelps has been partying with a beauty since his record-breaking gold medal feats. US swimmer Amanda Beard, English model Lily Donaldson and now Rice are the names that keep cropping up.

3. Michael Phelps and Stephanie Rice Love Connection? : Michael Phelps has recently been linked to fellow gold medalist Amanda Beard and British model Lily Donaldson. His real girlfriend might really be Australian swimming sensation Stephanie Rice. The two were spotted making out in Beijing yesterday!

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Asked if he’s dating anyone, Phelps said, “Part of my life is kept to myself. I’m able to relax and be with my friends. Those pretty much are the only people who really know the answer to that.”

earlier before that (when linked to Donaldson)

"I haven't got a girlfriend and I can't do the kind of things all my friends are doing as college students."

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FORGET gold medals and drug busts, the hottest guessing game in Beijing is over American superfish Michael Phelps' love interest in our own Stephanie Rice.

Rumours abound that Phelps has been partying with a beauty since his record-breaking gold medal feats. US swimmer Amanda Beard, English model Lily Donaldson and now Rice are the names that keep cropping up.

Sexy Beard strongly denied reports that she is the one, saying he's not her type. "I've never even kissed him," said Beard, who has posed for Playboy and done a nude poster for PETA.

British beauty Donaldson also quashed rumours it's her and Phelps has denied both liaisons. Now it's Rice's turn.

When a shirtless Phelps got friendly with Rice at a promotion on Tuesday, it set tongues wagging.

Phelps' comment was: "I've had a lot of water, now it's just time to relax a bit."

Aussie swimming insiders said the pair were very close at a party organised by Ian Thorpe on Monday night.

And blogging sites are carrying pictures of Phelps cosying up to a dark-haired woman with comments hinting it is Rice.

The insiders also said the relationship between Rice and Eamon Sullivan was definitely over with the Aussie swimmer planning to go backpacking on his return from Beijing.

Beard, 26, denied that she was dating Phelps, 23, saying, "Eww, that's nasty. I have never, ever hooked up with Michael Phelps," Beard told a radio station in Phoenix yesterday.

"Come on, I have really good taste," she said. "He's really not my type." Asked how the rumors have spread, Beard said she had no clue. "We don't even talk to each other," she said.

Phelps was equally emphatic in his denial. "I'm not dating Amanda Beard," he told a TV show. "I think she has a boyfriend."

Asked if he's dating anyone, Phelps said, "Part of my life is kept to myself. I'm able to relax and be with my friends. Those pretty much are the only people who really know the answer to that."