Wednesday, July 2, 2014

Michael Phelps

Michael Phelps is the greatest swimmer and Olympian ever. He won 18 golds, 2 silvers and 2 bronze. Michael Phelps is still a competitor. 

In Athens 2004 at the Olympics Phelps won 6 golds and 2 bronze. In the 400 m individual medley he won with a time of 4:08.26, breaking the world record by 0.15 seconds, also beating Erik Vent by more than 3 seconds. In his next race the 400m free relay USA won the bronze because 
 Ian Crocker swam with a time of 50.05 seconds which is a horrible split. In the 200m free Phelps won the bronze and also losing the silver by 0.09 seconds with a time of 1:45.45 . A day later in the 200m fly Phelps won and broke the Olympic record. He just lost the world record by about a second. An hour later in the 800m free relay the Americans won by 0.13 seconds. 2 days later in the 200m individual medley Phelps won and broke the Olympic record and losing the world record by 1 second. In the 100m fly Phelps beat Ian Crocker with a Olympic record and a time of 51.25 seconds. In the 400m medley relay Phelps swam the preliminaries, but not the the final. Since the U.S won the final Phelps got gold because of his participation in heats.

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In Beijing 2008 at the Olympics Phelps broke the record of 7 gold medals at a single Olympics because he won 8 gold medals. In the 400m individual medley heats Phelps broke the Olympic record by about a second. In the final Phelps won and bettered the the world record by 1.41 seconds with a time of 4: 05.84. The next day in 400m free relay US won gold by 0.08 seconds and bettered the world record set in the heats by 3.99 seconds with a time of 3:08.24. When Phelps swam his leg he broke the American record until the anchor finished his leg. In the 200m free Phelps broke the WR by 0.9 seconds and became one of the athletes to win 9 career gold medals  and the time was 1:42.96.  The 200m fly was a special one because he was the 1st athlete to win 10 gold medals. He broke the WR by 0.06 seconds but disappointed because he wanted to go under 1: 52.00 seconds and his time was 1:52.03. An hour later in the 800m free relay U.S.A won gold and breaking the WR by 4.6 seconds with a time of 6:58.56. 2 days later in the 200m individual medley Phelps won with a WR, breaking it by 0.57 seconds and time was 1:54.23. In the 100m fly he won by 0.01 seconds and losing the WR by 0.18 seconds and broke the OR by 0.22 seconds, with a time of 50.58 seconds. In the 400m medley relay Phelps swam in the final and USA won.


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In London 2012 Olympic games( I call it his worst Olympics) Phelps won 4 golds and 2 silver. In his 1st event the 400m IM  Phelps finished 4th by 0.3 seconds and way slower than his time in Beijing and Athens. A day later in the 400m free  relay USA won the silver. This was Phelps 1st medal at these games. 2 days later in the 200m fly Phelps lost his specialty by 0.05 seconds with a time of 1:53.01, he also tied the all time record of the most medals. An hour later in the 800m free relay Phelps won his 1ST gold at these games and the U.S won with a time of 6:59.70 and Phelps broke the all time record of 18 medals. In the 200m IM 2 days later Phelps won with a 1:54.27 missing out the world record by 0.27 seconds and the WR by .04 seconds. He won by .63 seconds.  A day later in the 100m fly  Phelps won with a time of 51.21 seconds and won by .23 seconds. In the 400m medley relay the next day USA helped Phelps win his final Olympic race by 1.86 seconds.



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