een.Hamiltons strong pace at the beginning of the race

RIO DE JANEIRO -- Michael Phelps has nothing left to do at the pool.Hes ready to start branching out.At the top of the list: being a father.The most decorated athlete in Olympic history insisted again Sunday that his swimming career is over, less than 24 hours after claiming his 23rd gold medal in the 4x100-meter medley relay.He ditched the athletes village and spent the night with his fiancee, Nicole Johnson, and their 3-month-old son, Boomer.Being apart from him for the last three weeks, four weeks from when I saw him last, hes grown so much, Phelps said. I changed a diaper last night. He was just sitting there looking at me, smiling the whole time. It brought a tear to my eye, just because he hasnt seen me in a while and it was so cool to see him smiling back at me and laughing and giggling.Boomer was sleeping when Phelps got to the hotel after what was presumably the final race of his career.I picked him up after I was done and just held him, Phelps said. Thats something Im really, really looking forward to, just watching him grow up.Phelps said hes eager to play catch with his son in the backyard, take him to sporting events, do whatever he can to be a huge part of Boomers life.Thats number one for me, Phelps said. I want to be there every step of the way. I dont want to miss a thing. Ive had so many people say to me, `You blink an eye, its over. They grow up so fast. Next thing you know, theyre going off to college. I dont want to miss anything.Phelps parents divorced when he was a child, and the swimmer had a strained relationship with his father, Fred, for years. Only after a second drunken-driving arrest and six weeks of inpatient therapy did Phelps reconnect with his dad, who cheered on his son a month ago at the U.S. Olympic trials but wasnt able to travel to Brazil.Phelps and his soon-to-be wife intend to continue living in suburban Phoenix, at least for the next couple of years. But he stressed that Baltimore will always be home.Phelps also talked about some familiar goals: working with his foundation to teach more children to swim and continuing his efforts to make the sport more popular -- not just in the United States but around the world. Hes already seen the growth that was sparked by his phenomenal success over five Olympics.In the only event he didnt win in Rio, he was beaten by a 21-year-old from Singapore, Joseph Schooling, who grew up idolizing the American star. Several of Phelps younger teammates talked of getting his autograph or having posters of him on their wall when they were children. He hopes to carry on that momentum, even though hes stepping away from competitive swimming.Phelps is not giving up the pool, however. He plans to keep swimming as part of his exercise regimen, hoping to keep his weight around the current 190 pounds.I will never let myself get to 230 pounds again, vowed Phelps, who put on weight after previous Olympics. Its great exercise. Its something I know how to do. It will be easy to pop in and swim two miles a couple of times a week. Ive always been so schedule-oriented. Im going to try to get on that earlier than later this time.When his news conference ended, Phelps bounded out of his chair.You guys wont see me at one of these things for a long time, he told reporters. See you later.---Follow Paul Newberry on Twitter at www.twitter.com/pnewberry1963 . His work can be found at http://bigstory.ap.org/content/paul-newberry . Bobby Hebert Saints Jersey . In Europe, top teams seem to be largely happy with their squads after spending nearly $1 billion in the off-season. And although English league clubs are unlikely to splash cash in January, Arsenal and Chelsea could be tempted to strengthen their squads with new strikers. Drew Brees Saints Jersey . 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Mercedes boss Toto Wolff says Lewis Hamilton is unstoppable in the conditions he mastered to record a comfortable British Grand Prix victory.Hamilton turned in an assured drive in a race which started wet under the Safety Car and then transitioned to a dry track. The reigning world champions first win of the season came in a similar situation in wet-dry conditions at the Monaco Grand Prix.?By contrast, teammate Nico Rosberg appeared to struggle in the wet portion of the race, something which also occurred in Monaco and prompted Mercedes to ask him to move aside and let the faster Hamilton through.When asked if Silverstone was proof Hamilton has the edge over Rosberg in wet conditions, he replied: Youre right, weve seen it in Monaco, [Rosbergs] problem in Monaco was a different one, in order to get the tyres in the right window.I think today we saw Lewis was very confident, and was extremely focused and calm and on a day like this a Lewis Hamilton is unstoppable. I think thats what weve seen.Hamiltons strong pace at the beginning of the race came while Rosberg was dicing with Reed Bulls Max Verstappen.dddddddddddd The world champion later said he felt very comfortable?throughout and Wolff thinks his pace at the beginning was the key to victory.It was Lewis race because his pace at the beginning determined the rest of the outcome. Obviously Nico was in a hard battle with [Max] Verstappen, so it was clear that unless he had a technical problem he would win the race, and that was a nice feeling.Hamilton is wary of the likelihood of engine penalties in coming races having already moved on to his fourth power unit after a string of failures early in the season. Wolff says the next two races will determine when exactly Hamilton will take that next unit.No we havent [analysed it] yet because we are trying to make it on four, now its clear we are making it on five. It looks like that we might have a penalty with him, but we dont know, we have to see the next two races how thats going to pan out and then decide after the shutdown. ' ' '