What’s Anna Pavlova’s floor exercise music, what’s in Michael Phelps’ iPod?

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Although the Olympics have been going on for just a little over a week, we have received more than 2,600 comments here on the Ticket to Beijing. Recently we got two that we’d love to share with you.

The first one is from Jim, who would like to know what the music is during Anna Pavlova’s floor routine. The dramatic piece is called ‘Exodus,’ which is written and performed by Maksim Mrvica of Croatia. According to his official website, ‘Maksim is married to childhood sweetheart Ana and the couple have a daughter named LeeLoo (after Milla Jovovich’s character in ‘The Fifth Element’). They divide their time between Sibenik and London.’

We received a few inquires as to what Michael Phelps had in his iPod before his gold-medal-winning races. Jason O’Grady of ZDNet recalled Phelps being asked that very question on the ‘Today’ show.

Phelps told the morning show, ‘What did I have on today? I think I had Lil Wayne, ‘I’m Me.’ I think I had that on there.’ Before rushing out to the store to nab the inspiring (and crude, and adult-orientated, and hilarious, and obscene) track rockin’ in the ears of Phelps, make sure that you don’t pick up the new Lil Wayne million-seller ‘Tha Carter III’ as ‘I’m Me’ doesn’t appear on the newest CD. The single in question resides on ‘The Leak,’ an EP that came out last year.

After the jump, Anna Pavlova performing her floor routine this year at the European Championships.

Clarification: Randy Harvey emails in about ‘Exodus’ - ‘ [Maksim] might have written that particular arrangement, but the original was from a 1960 movie called ‘Exodus’. The score was written by Ernest Gold.’

Anna Pavlova in the European Championships

-- Tony Pierce