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Michael Phelps.

As the U.S. swimming-team trials unfold this week, superstar swimmer Michael Phelps' eyes are set on bringing home more gold at the 2012 Olympics in London later this summer. RELATED: Happy Tail: Love At First Sight Strikes Again! In 2008, Phelps swam away with eight gold medals in the Summer Olympics (the most gold medals ever won in a single Olympics). He also won the gold (at least in our eyes) for adopting a homeless Catahoula Leopard Dog mix from Animal Care & Control of New York in 2011. Phelps' love-at-first-sight moment came when he was appearing on the TODAY show and was recruited to walk out with one of the adoptable pets in a "From Bow to Wow!" segment. (Watch the segment ...