US swimmer and all-time Olympian Michael Phelps (R) talks with Ian Thorpe from Australia when they attend the Omega's Pavilion on the Olympic Green in Beijing on August 20, 2008. Phelps was joined at the Pavilion by his fellow Omega ambassadors Natalie Coughlin, Katie Hoff, Alexander Popov and Ian Thorpe.

US swimmer and all-time Olympian Michael Phelps (R) talks with Ian Thorpe from Australia when they attend the Omega's Pavilion on the Olympic Green in Beijing on August 20, 2008.

US swimmer and all-time Olympian Michael Phelps (R) talks with Ian Thorpe from Australia when they attend the Omega's Pavilion on the Olympic Green in Beijing on August 20, 2008.

(Xinhua News Agency August 21, 2008)