Phelps selected USOC sportsman of year
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- Multi-Olympic champion Michael Phelps was named the U.S. Olympic Committee's sportsmen of the year on Thursday.
Michael Phelps swims during his heat in the men's 200m butterfly at the U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials in Omaha, Nebraska in this July 1, 2008.
The sportswoman award went to all-around gymnastics champion Nastia Liukin and swimmer Natalie Coughlin, who won six medals in Beijing.
Erin Popovich was selected Paralympian of the year and the U.S. men's volleyball team, which won a gold medal in the aftermath of the attack and killing of coach Hugh McCutcheon's father-in-law, was team of the year.
Phelps broke Mark Spitz's record by winning eight gold medals in Beijing Olympics last summer.
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