Michael Phelps - Best Swimmer Ever!!!!!!!!

[IdolMe]

Ok... so not only is Michael Phelps the best swimmer ever... he is the best Olympian ever!!!

In 2004 if Michael Phelps was his own country he would have finished #24 in the total medal count. (WOW)

He actually could win more races but he is limited by time with his packed schedule. Going into the USA Trials he had the fastest times for a few events he scratched and never swam. If he swam in those events he could easily pull off another 2-3 medals. (crazy)

Half way though these Olympic Games he will become the most decorated Olympian Ever!!! Go Michael!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

BTW... did I mention he is only 23 years old!!!

[AI_Fan]

Wow.. I didn't know he was that young! Even here in Panama they were making a lot of highlights to his performance, they repeated it like 10 times after it finished. I hope he keep swimming for a long time, and follows the example of that 41 years old lady that is also in the swimming team, so we can get to see him for a long time around!

[TaylorHicksRocks]

He is amazing and to think that he got started in swimming because his older sister wanted to become an Olympian...He was pestering the other swimmers sooo...

I read about this at the Doctors Office..


Debbie Phelps raised her son and his two older sisters on a rural tract of land in North Baltimore County, Maryland. She was not a typically overbearing sports mom. She viewed swimming mostly in terms of socialization, a way to get her kids involved with other kids and keep them engaged. Michael needed more engaging than most. Diagnosed with ADHD as a child, he was "like a crazy person," Debbie says, a shotgun blast of energy. On the lacrosse field, he would try to play all the positions at once. When he hung out at the pool with his older sister, Whitney, who was then an Olympic hopeful, his mother would find Michael sprinting across the concrete and pestering the swimmers for money. "Michael was always very social," Debbie Phelps says. "Sometimes so social you didn't want to have him around. He was a social irritant."

http://www.mensvogue.com/health/feat...?currentPage=1