Preternaturally lanky Olympic swimming medalist Michael Phelps hit his knee on a table at a press conference in Saudi Arabia. Ow! But what was he doing there?

The stripper-dating Phelps, not known for his adherence to the values of the Wahhabi sect of Islam which predominates in the desert kingdom, was invited to speak at the third annual Global Competitiveness Forum. In a session, he explained that his pursuit of sports helped him overcome attention-deficit disorder: "Swimming ... helped me to focus." And then, we imagine, he banged his knee.

(Photo by AP/Hassan Ammar)