George Bush wants Michael Phelps as son-in-law?
With eight Olympic gold medals in hand, American Michael Phelps becomes a hot golden bachelor in his country. Now Barbara Bush, George Bush's unmarried daughter, seems to have a crush on Phelps, after the president acted as go-between, U.S. media reported on Tuesday.
"Barbara, 26, often talked about Phelps, 23, with her friends even before the Beijing Olympic Games," the Globe Magazine was quoted as saying.
From her words Barbara apparently admired Phelps' swimming skills and believed he could win many gold medals. Like other American girls, Barbara also regarded Phelps as a charming and handsome athlete, and Prince Charming in her heart.
George Bush was not only with Barbara on this point but also would like to play Cupid.
In order to hook up Barbara with Phelps, George Bush took Barbara to watch Phelps' competition at the National Aquatics Center, or Water Cube where Phelps began his unprecedented eight-gold quest in men's 400 individual medley final on Aug. 10.
Michael Phelps of America celebrates victory after the men’s 400m individual medley final of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games at National Aquatics Center in Beijing, China, August 10, 2008. Michael Phelps won in a world record time of 4:03.84
Combination of eight pictures done on August 17, 2008 showing Michael Phelps of the U.S. displaying the eight gold medals he won at the swimming events during the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. From L to R, top row: men's 4 x 100m medley on August 17, 100m butterfly on August 16, men's 200m individual medley on August 15, men's 4 x 200m freestyle relay on August 13. From L to R, bottom row: men's 200m butterfly on August 13, men's 200m freestyle on August 12, men's 4X100m freestyle relay on August 11, men's 400m individual medley on August 10.
Photo taken August 17, 2008. shows U.S. swimmer and all-time Olympian Michael Phelps poses exclusively for the Aug. 25, 2008 edition of Sports Illustrated in this photograph taken in Beijing, China on Aug. 17, 2008. This photo of Phelps, 23, posing with his eight medal collection, the richest gold medal haul ever from a single Olympic Games, marks Phelps' fifth appearance on the cover of Sports Illustrated. Phelps has more SI covers than any other swimmer including Mark Spitz, who is second with three. The August 25, 2008 issue of Sports Illustrated will go on sale on Wednesday.
When Phelps started his final charge with the freestyle, Barbara stood up in cheers, waving an American national flag.
After Phelps finnaly won the gold medal, George Bush congratulated Phelps on his success and "incidentally" introduced Barbara to him, according to the Globe Magazine.
On Aug. 17, George Bush appeared very excited of Phelps' achieving historic feat of eight golds and invited him to be a special guest in White House next month.
Bush also mentioned he will let Barbara accompany Phelps during the stay.
(Agencies)
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