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Michael Phelps:

Alias: Feiyu

Nickname: Baltimore Bullets

Height: 1.93M (6 feet 4 inches)

Weight: 79KG

Shoe size: 48 ( US 14)

Birthplace: Baltimore-Maryland, Maryland

Training place: Ann Arbor, Michigan

Date of birth: June 30, 1985 (Cancer)

Club: Wolverine Club

University: University of Michigan (Class of 2008)

Coach: Bob Bowman

Swimming styles: butterfly, individual medley, freestyle, backstroke

Major: Sports Management

Family members: Father Fred is a policeman, mother Debbie is a teacher, two sisters Hilary and Whitney (1995 World Championship U.S. national Swimming team member)

Nickname: MP

Pet: Pet dog named Herman

Hobbies: video games, watching TV, sleeping

Way to relax: Sleep

The people you rely on the most: mother and two sisters

The favorite car is: Cadillac

The place you most want to go to: Australia

Favorite sport to watch: Football

Favorite sport to play: Basketball

Favorite movie: "Tommy Boy"

Favorite TV show: Sports Center

Favorite food: Pizza

Favorite actor: Denzel ·Washington (Denzel Washington)

Favorite actress: Cameron Diaz (Cameron Diaz)

Most admired athlete: Michael Jordan (Michael Jordan)

Favorite band: 50 Cents, The Fray

Favorite pre-game meal: cereal and energy bars

Favorite snack: Crackers

Favorite cereal: Lucky Charms

Favorite book: "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee (" To Kill a Mockingbird", by Harper Lee)

The most unforgettable thing: meeting Muhammad Ali

Sponsors: Speedo, Visa, (Argent Mortgage), Omega, Wheaties, Powerbar, Matusnichi, TV Asahi

Training status: 6-7 days a week, every day Practice three classes, ***6 hours - morning, afternoon and evening

Originally published in autobiography: "Beneath the surface" (published in 2005)

The story of Feiyu

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Michael Phelps has been regarded by some as the greatest all-around athlete in the history of his sport.

mobilization. At the 2004 U.S. Trials, Phelps qualified for the Athens Olympics in six individual swimming events, including every possible swimming stroke. He eventually won 6 Olympic gold medals and 2 bronze medals. If Phelps can match Mark Spitz's record in Athens or in Beijing in 2008, he will receive a $1 million bonus from his sponsors.

Michael Phelps was born on June 30, 1985. His father was an elite athlete and passed that talent on to his children. Although hesitant at first, Michael eventually followed his two sisters into the pool. His coach sensed Michael's fear and allowed him to float around on his back. Not surprisingly, the first swimming stroke he learned was the backstroke.

Michael's coach told Michael's mother that her son was a rare swimming genius. With his long limbs and big hands and feet, he takes instruction well, likes to train hard and never seems nervous during a game. People said he was built to be a swimmer. His big hands and feet are like oars in the water. Although butterfly swimming is his specialty, he has shown his advantages in all events. In fact, Michael's only "shortcoming" is that he grows up too fast. For a time, this caused him to feel tired.

At the 1999 U.S. Junior Games, Michael broke the 20-year-old age group record in the 200-meter butterfly. At the age of 15, Michael competed in the Sydney Olympics as the youngest U.S. Olympic swimmer in 68 years. During the World Swimming Championships in Barcelona, ??Spain, Michael became the center of discussion in the swimming world. He won 6 medals with outstanding performance and set 5 world records. Michael won the gold medal in the 200-meter butterfly with a new world record. And set new records in the 100-meter butterfly and 200-meter individual medley events---these records were set on the same day, which was the first time in the history of world swimming competitions.

Swimming career Otherwise, Michael is an ordinary teenager. He usually falls asleep with his cat, Savannah, curled up next to him. He doesn't like to get out of bed in the morning, but once he starts working for the day, he doesn't show any signs of laziness.

Michael's goal is not just to win glory in the Olympics, he wants to change the sport he plays, just like great athletes such as Michael Jordan and Tiger Woods once did.

In 1996, when Michael Phelps was 11 years old, his coach Bowman discovered that he had the qualities of an Olympic champion.

Bowman said: "You will see that he is always eager to jump into the water. The pressure he puts on himself far exceeds what others ask of him. I try not to be overjoyed, even though I feel sorry for him. Bowman noticed that Phelps could easily learn skills that other teenagers could not master. The coach knew that he was facing a swimming genius, so he told Phelps' parents. Said: "Michael is extremely talented and his potential is unlimited."

Outside the swimming pool, Phelps is a typical casual boy. He likes hip-hop rock, playing computer games, and hanging out with friends. . He graduated from Dawson High School in Maryland in 2003 and planned to attend college after the Olympics.

However, as soon as Phelps jumped into the swimming pool, he was no longer the ordinary boy. He was 6 feet 5 inches tall and weighed 185 pounds. He had not a trace of fat on his body. He swam through the water like a fish. His kicks were so powerful that his legs seemed to be equipped with motors.

American backstroker Lenny Kretzerberg, who won three gold medals at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, said: "I have never seen anyone like him. No one is as good as him. So good."

Phelps attributes much of his success to training. After graduating from high school, I started training for two and a half hours at 5 a.m. most of the time, took a short nap after lunch, and then continued swimming from 3:30 to 6 p.m.

In all, he swam up to 12 miles a day. He said: "I know no one trains harder than me."

The reason Phelps trains so hard is because He hates failure. He started swimming at age 7, but didn't take the sport seriously until he was 11, after coach Bowman talked to his parents. He recalled: "If I didn't perform at my best, I would think about it all the time, when I was in school, when I was with my friends. It would drive me crazy." Once, at the age of 12 When Phelps lost to a boy his own age, he snatched off his goggles in disgust and threw him across the swimming pool platform. Coach Bowman told him that if he loses to a child of the same age next time, he will not allow similar behavior. Bowman said: "He overcame this bad habit, because since then he has never lost to any swimmer of his age."

Michael Phelps is the best all-around swimmer in today's swimming world swimmer. He emerged on the world swimming scene at the age of 15, when he became the youngest player to be selected for the U.S. Olympic swimming team and finished fifth in the 200-meter butterfly at the Sydney Olympics. After that, Phelps began his astonishing journey to win gold and silver in the world of swimming.

In 2001, Phelps broke the 200-meter butterfly world record, becoming the youngest world record holder and earning the reputation of "Prodigy". In the same year, he won his first career world championship title at the Fukuoka World Championships. In 2003, Phelps broke the world record five times at the Barcelona World Championships and stood on the highest podium four times, creating another feat in the same competition. He successfully defended the 200-meter butterfly championship in the competition, and also won the 200-meter and 400-meter individual medley gold medals and set world records. In addition, he won the gold medal in the medley relay and set a world record in the semifinals of the 100m butterfly, but lost to teammate Crocker in the final. With such an outstanding record, Phelps was well deserved to be named the best male swimmer in the world in 2003.

Phelps won seven gold medals at the 2007 World Championships in Melbourne, breaking Thorpe's record of six gold medals in one World Championship. In addition, he also broke five world records. As of 2007, he had won 20 medals at the World Championships, surpassing Australian player Hackett to become the player with the most medals in the history of the World Championships.

In the 2008 Beijing 29th Olympic Games, the men's 400m individual medley won the individual championship

On August 9, 2008, the American "swimming prodigy" Phelps competed in the 400m individual medley preliminaries , won first place with a time of 4:07.82, and broke his own Olympic record of 4:08.26 set in Athens; in the final, he broke the world record.

The preliminaries of the Olympic men's 400-meter individual medley will be held at 10 a.m. on August 9, 2008. In the preliminaries, Laszlo Cech from Hungary and Luca Marin from Italy were the main competitors of this talented American player.

Former American swimming star Mark Spitz once won seven gold medals at the 1972 Munich Olympics. Regarding breaking the record of seven gold medals in a single Olympic Games that has been dormant for 36 years, Phelps said : "I've said it and I'll reiterate it again, I just want to be the first Michael Phelps, not the second Mark Spitz!" Mark Spitz on Phelps at the Beijing Olympics Only one sentence can be used to evaluate this performance of winning eight gold medals, tying his own 36-year record: epic and great.

On August 13, 2008, in the men's 200-meter butterfly final of the 29th Beijing Olympic Games, he won his 10th gold medal in the Olympic Games.

On August 13, 2008, in the men's 4X200m freestyle relay final of the 29th Beijing Olympic Games, the US team set a new world record in 6 minutes, 58.56 seconds.

Phelps also won his fifth gold medal at this Olympics and his 11th gold medal at the Olympics, becoming the player with the most gold medals in Olympic history. The previous record for the total number of Olympic gold medals was set by "Flying" The Finn "Nurmi" set a personal record of nine gold medals in the three Olympic Games in 1920, 1924 and 1928. The record of nine gold medals is also held by Spitz, Lewis and Latina.

In the men's 200-meter medley at the Beijing Olympics on August 15, 2008, he broke his own world record with a time of 1 minute, 54 seconds and 23 seconds, becoming his sixth gold medal and his 12th gold medal in this Olympic Games. Olympic gold medal.

On August 16, 2008, at 10:10, Phelps won the men's 100-meter butterfly championship at the Water Cube with a time of 50.58. This was his 7th victory at the Olympic Games. Jin, his result also broke the Olympic record.

On August 17, 2008, the final battle of the men's 4x100m medley relay at the Water Cube of the Beijing Olympic Games swimming competition came to an end. The US team won the gold medal under the leadership of Phelps. Si also successfully broke the record of seven gold medals won by his predecessor Spitz in a single Olympic Games, winning eight gold medals and becoming the biggest winner of the Water Cube.

Eight gold medals make the gold king

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After Phelps won his 8 gold medals at the Beijing Olympics, his commercial value It has also skyrocketed and will become the Olympic athlete with the strongest ability to attract money. Australian professional celebrity agent Max Markson told reporters, "He is worth hundreds of millions. He will never need to find a job. He can live a carefree life for 50 years." After winning 8 gold medals, Phelps' personal income will be Grows to US$30 million (over RMB 200 million) in a short period of time. Reaching the level of Beckham. If he enters the entertainment industry, he will cause a sensation like "Airman" Jordan did when he made movies.

Brilliant results

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〖Main results〗

Fifth place in the 200-meter butterfly at the 2000 Sydney Olympics ;

2001 World Championships 200-meter butterfly champion and broke the world record (1:54.58);

2002 Pan-Pacific Championships 200-meter and 400-meter individual medley champion, 200 The runner-up in the 4×100-meter butterfly, the 4×100-meter medley relay champion and broke the world record (3:33.48), the runner-up in the 4×200-meter freestyle relay;

200-meter butterfly, 200-meter, 400-meter at the 2003 World Championships Individual medley, 4×100m medley relay champion, and broke the world record 5 times;

2004 Athens Olympics, men’s 200m, 400m individual medley, 100m, 200m butterfly, 4× The gold medals in the 200-meter freestyle relay and the 4×100-meter medley relay missed the record of 7 gold medals in one Olympic Games held by the famous Spitz, and the bronze medals in the 200-meter freestyle and 4×100-meter freestyle relay;

2004 Men's 200m freestyle champion at the Short Course World Championships.

In the 2006 Pan Pacific Games, he won the men’s 400-meter individual medley and 4×200-meter freestyle relay championship, the men’s 200-meter butterfly championship, and the 4×100-meter freestyle relay championship, and broke the world record (3:12.46) , the 200-meter individual medley champion and broke the world record (1:55.84).

2007 World Swimming Championships 200m and 400m medley champion; 100m and 200m butterfly champion; 200m freestyle champion; 4×100m and 4×200m freestyle relay champion.

In the 2008 Beijing Olympics, in the men's 400-meter individual medley final, he broke his own world record of 4:05 seconds and won the gold medal in the event with a time of 4:03.84; Beijing time On August 11, in the men's 4x100 freestyle relay, he once again broke the world record with a time of 3 minutes, 08 seconds and 24 seconds, and won the second gold medal; Phelps won the 200 meter freestyle championship again, winning the third gold medal, and once again Refreshing the world record; in the men's 200-meter butterfly final, Phelps won his fourth gold medal in this Olympic Games. In the men's 4×200m freestyle relay, the US team broke the world record and won the championship in 6 minutes, 58.56 seconds, and Phelps won his fifth gold medal of this Olympic Games. In the men's 200-meter individual medley final, Phelps broke the world record with a time of 1:54.23, winning his sixth gold medal of this Olympic Games. In the men's 100-meter butterfly final, he won the championship with a time of 50.58. Phelps won his seventh gold medal of this Olympic Games. In the men's 4×100-meter medley final, Phelps and his teammates set a new world record with a time of 3 minutes, 29 seconds and 34 seconds, and at the same time won Phelps' eighth gold medal at the Beijing Olympics. He completed his career The dream of eight gold medals broke Spitz's record of seven gold medals in one session and created a myth of winning 14 gold medals in two sessions.

〖World records held〗

As of August 17, 2008, the world records held by Phelps are:

Project time, date and location

400m medley 4:03.84 2008-08-10 Beijing

200m freestyle 1:42.96 2008-08-12 Beijing

200 Meter butterfly 1 minute 52 seconds 03 2008-08-13 Beijing

200 meter individual medley 1 minute 54 seconds 23 2008-08-15 Beijing

There are also 3 team events:

4X100 freestyle relay (USA team) 3 minutes, 08 seconds 24 2008-08-11 Beijing

4X200 freestyle relay (USA team) 6 minutes, 58 seconds 56 2008-08-13 Beijing

4X100 medley relay (USA team) 3 minutes, 29 seconds 34 2008-08-17 Beijing

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The 23-year-old Phelps trains 30 hours a week and consumes 12,000 calories a day. In order to replace the calories lost during training, he must consume enough calories in his daily diet. Phelps also said that he does not have many restrictions on diet and always eats a lot of what he likes to eat. He must replenish as many calories as possible.

Phelps’s daily diet is as follows:

Breakfast: 3 fried egg sandwiches, 2 cups of coffee, 5 egg pancakes, 1 bowl of polenta, 3 slices of French toast , 3 chocolate chip pancakes

Lunch: 1 pound pasta, 2 ham and cheese sandwiches, energy drink (100 calories)

Dinner: 1 pound pasta, 1 whole pizza, Energy drinks (more than 1,000 calories)

Feiyu’s hobbies

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◇Habitually wear two swimming caps

In a sense, such a move may be more of a psychological suggestion. Phelps believes that two swimming caps can minimize the resistance of the head in the water.

◇The best friend is a sparring partner

As we all know, Phelps and Lochte are good friends, but as competitors, the topic between these two swimming athletes, But it never involves swimming. In fact, Phelps's true confidant is Eric Vint, his sparring partner in Michigan for the past two years. During the most difficult period of Phelps's athletic career, his roommate Vint gave him considerable help.

◇Wear different swimsuits for different events

In freestyle events, Speedo LZR Racer swimsuit is Phelps’ best choice; in butterfly events, Phelps usually only Will wear LZR Racer swimming trunks.

◇His own reports are collected by his master

Phelps never cares about reports about himself, but his coach Bowman is just the opposite. He never misses any news related to his disciples.

◇The main RAP in ipod

In the past week, Wayne, a rapper from New Orleans, has become Phelps’ favorite. Ross, Jeezy and of course Jay Z are all idols that Phelps pursues. But Phelps occasionally dabbled in classical music.

◇Avid video game fan

Phelps often plays football games, and recently, Nintendo Wii has become his new favorite. Bowman has said that Phelps was a fan of video games.

◇Judging the distance by the number of strokes

During the 200-meter butterfly competition, Phelps's swimming goggles got water in, and his vision was seriously affected. In this case, Phelps actually relied on the number of times he hit the water to calculate the distance between the pool wall and himself.

◇Sleep with the TV on

For Phelps, who spends most of his time in hotels around the world, the familiar sounds from ESPN and the Discovery Channel will make him He feels more comfortable away from home.

The journey to success

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Talent = vital capacity lactic acid

Philp is 1.93 meters tall and 79 kilograms Si, with broad shoulders and narrow waist, has a typical swimmer's physique, but he is an alternative to this typical one because his upper limbs are extremely long and his legs are extremely short, which makes him seem like a thin and slim figure in the water. Long sailing ship. Moreover, Phelps is born with water skills. "The butterfly stroke leg is Phelps' trump card (idle). The kicking movements of backstroke, freestyle and butterfly stroke are somewhat similar. Phelps has unique skills in this area. When turning around, He is often shallower than other players, so he is faster." Former Olympic champion Qian Hong explained the secret of Phelps' magic. Luo Xuejuan, another Olympic champion, seems to have studied Phelps more carefully, "Phelps has a vital capacity of 15,000, but his lactic acid secretion is half that of a normal person, and his heart's blood supply is 30 liters, which is more than double that of a normal person." "The vital capacity of an adult male is about 3,500, and even Park Tae-hwan, who just won the Olympic men's 400-meter freestyle championship, only has 7,000, which shows that Phelps is a natural swimming genius. The fat content is lower than that of basketball superstar Michael Jordan. As is known to all, Jordan's fat content is the lowest in the human world, only about 4, while Phelps is less than 4. This also makes him faster and more durable. . This can also be seen from his diet

Breakfast: 3 omelette sandwiches, 2 cups of coffee, 5 egg pancakes, 1 bowl of polenta, 3 slices of French toast, 3 chocolate pancakes

Lunch: 1 lb. pasta, 2 ham and cheese sandwiches, energy drink (1,00 calories)

Dinner: 1 lb. pasta, 1 whole pizza, energy drink (1,00 calories) Above)

Genius = hard work and paranoia

Of course, talent alone without hard work will not make you a genius. Phelps gave the best advice on this point. Interpretation. "If you rest for one day, your strength will fall back for two days." This is Phelps's motto, and it is also a wise saying given to him by his coach. Phelps has always believed that, "If you waste two days, you may never be able to do it again." There’s no way he can catch up.”

He has always insisted on getting up at 5 o’clock in the morning to train, which is unimaginable. He persisted with such paranoia that Phelps was nicknamed the "Morning Star" on the U.S. swimming team. What's even more amazing is Phelps's perseverance. In the past seven years, he has only spent five days in the water out of more than 2,500 days.

It is with such almost paranoid efforts that Phelps has achieved admirable achievements.

Phelps and Serbian player Milorad Cavic were in no particular order during the final sprint. At this critical moment, Phelps did not use the safer method of sliding to touch the wall. Instead, he took another quick stroke and then touched the wall again. It's a bold gamble.

In the end, the American genius won the gold medal with a time of 50.58 seconds, only one hundredth of a second faster than the second place.

"When I made that last stroke I felt like it was going to ruin my game," he said, "but it was the opposite. If I had hit the wall, it would have been too long. In the end My decision was still correct."

Phelps also said that he did not know at the beginning that the Serbian team appealed to FINA after the game. But after watching replays of the game and learning his first-place finish was valid, he breathed a sigh of relief.

"We were so close that we couldn't tell who was ahead. 0.01 seconds is the smallest time difference in sports. All I can say is, it's so cool."

Phil Puth also talked about his gold-medal craze in this Olympics. Tomorrow will be the men's medley relay competition, and the American team is very likely to win the championship. As long as he wins this gold medal again, Phelps will become the person who has won the most gold medals in a single Olympic Games.

“Sometimes I think this is a dream, and I even have to pinch myself to confirm that this is real life.” He said, “My coach told me, ‘As long as you have lofty ideals, anything can happen. It can happen. '"

"Proof that no matter what your dream is or how big it is, anything is possible."

Now. Having tied Spitz's record, he immediately received a $1 million reward from sponsors. Although the "money scene" is bright, he said it has never been his goal.

"I'm not doing it for money, I'm just doing what I love. When I was a kid I dreamed of becoming an Olympic champion."

"If the coach and I If it were for money, we would have stopped swimming a long time ago. My big goal is to change the sport of swimming and let more American children participate in it."

Status in the sports world

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After the Beijing Olympics, the 23-year-old Phelps already had 14 Olympic gold medals, far more than Mark Spitz, Larissa Latnina, Paavo Rumi and Carl Lewis set a record of nine Olympic gold medals, becoming the athletes with the most gold medals in the Summer Olympics. This will be a peak that is difficult for latecomers to overcome.

At the age of 15, Phelps became the youngest American male swimmer to participate in the Olympics in 68 years at the Sydney Olympics. Although he didn't win a gold medal, he was already starting to make a name for himself in the swimming world. Five months after the Sydney Olympics, Phelps broke the world record in the 200-meter butterfly at the age of 15 years and 9 months, becoming the youngest athlete to break a world record in swimming. Subsequently, he broke his own world record (1 minute, 54 seconds and 58 seconds) at the World Swimming Championships in Fukuoka, Japan. At the National Games held in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA, Phelps once again set new national records in the 400m individual medley, the US 100m butterfly and the 200m individual medley.

In 2003, Phelps broke his own world record in the 400-meter individual medley (4:09.09). In June of the same year, he broke the world record in the 200m individual medley (1:56.04). Next on July 7, 2004, Phelps once again broke his own world record in the 400-meter individual medley (4:08.41) at the Athens Olympics. At the Athens Olympics, he won 6 gold medals and 2 bronze medals, tying the record of 8 medals in one Olympic Games set by former Soviet gymnast Aleksandr Jiyatin at the 1980 Moscow Olympics.

In 2003, Phelps won the Christine Award, known as the "Oscar of American Sports".

The story behind success

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Michael Phelps - this Baltimore kid who was born in poverty and achieved great success has become " The most classic representative of the American Dream! This talented swimmer from a divorced family is becoming the greatest figure in Olympic history; this "alien" who was once ridiculed for his strange appearance when he was young has become the key to U.S. television ratings reaching record highs.

When Phelps was 9 years old, his parents divorced. Since then, Debbie has raised Phelps and his two daughters. After breaking two world records yesterday, Phelps stepped off the podium and ran to the stands and gave his mother a passionate kiss. Debbie cried tears of happiness. As for how many gold medals Phelps can win in Beijing, Debbie doesn't care. "It can't be more than 8. Besides, even if he wins more gold medals, he is still my son."

She is a "glorious mother". At the moment of another championship, Mike Phelps blew a kiss to the stands, and Debra waved his Chinese folding fan, looking calm. Winning gold medals is something she has become accustomed to, and she hides her pride in her heart. This flying fish that attracts the attention of the whole world is her son.

She is also a "naughty child expert". Because of her "problem" boy Mike, 57-year-old Deborah, the principal of Windsor Middle School in Baltimore, was hired as an "intimate mother" by a well-known pharmaceutical factory this summer. On the pharmaceutical company's website, she will answer people's questions about A.D.H.D. (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) based on her past experience. "I understand how parents feel. My Mike used to be a big problem."

After parting ways with her husband, Deborah had to raise two daughters and one son alone. In kindergarten, the teachers complained to Deborah: Mike couldn't stay still for a second; Mike couldn't stop his hands; Mike kept giggling or pushing the children around him just to Get someone's attention. "I've heard enough of this since I was a child." The teachers concluded, "You are a child who really can't see a future." Deborah is also a teacher, "I never give up on my students. Wouldn't give up on Mike." Wax, the family doctor, prescribed a drug to treat ADHD. Every day at noon, Mike would be taken to the infirmary to take this medicine. Around the fifth grade of elementary school, Phelps' body grew rapidly, and his big ears were disproportionately large. As he ran, his arms dangled below his knees. Children teased him, and his retaliatory behavior against a classmate on the school bus got little Mike banned from riding the bus for two months. "He can't concentrate in class, and most of his homework is C, and sometimes there are a few D's. But he does very well in the courses he is interested in, such as physical education and manual labor classes."

Later, Mike realized that he was different from other children. He didn't want to take that "damn medicine" anymore. "Other students don't eat, and I don't eat either." Deborah is an enlightened mother and an excellent teacher. She knows how to listen. The Phelps family are all good swimmers. His sister Whitney won the U.S. 200-meter butterfly championship when she was 15 years old. If not for the injury, Whitney would have jumped into the water to experience the magic of the Water Cube for herself this time. "A strange thing happened. It is usually impossible for Mike to sit still for a minute, but for the short five minutes he swam for the swimming test, he actually waited for four hours." When he was 10 years old, Philp Si became the national champion in his age group.

Bob Bowman watched Mike grow and is still Phelps' coach. Baumann talked to Deborah about the child's extraordinary talent and outlined a bright future, "In 2000, he can participate in the Olympic trials, in 2004 he can compete in the Olympics, and what awaits him in 2008 is an Olympic record... ..." Calm Debra had to interrupt the increasingly agitated Bauman, "That's enough, Bob. He is only 11 years old now."

In fact, Mike is stronger than the coach expected. . “No matter how many gold medals he wins, he’s still my little Mike.

"What surprised Deborah the most was his son's calculation ability in the water like a stopwatch." The coach told him that when swimming the 200-meter butterfly, he needed to reach 24.6 seconds at 50 meters to break the record. He memorized this number to the last detail, and his time at 50 meters was exactly 24.6 seconds. Maybe this little talent helps my son swim faster than others. "

From Athens to Beijing, Deborah and her daughters followed Phelps. "Are you nervous about swimming tickets? "With such a son, everything is easy.

For his perfect performance in the Beijing Olympics, some people may say that the results he achieved are the test of the new generation of sharkskin swimsuits and the 3-meter water depth. And the environment of the Water Cube. But in the Olympic Games, more than 90 athletes wear sharkskin swimsuits, all athletes compete in a 3-meter-deep swimming pool, and all athletes also swim in the water room, so he relies on it. What is it? It's his own strength. Phelps' mother once said that the first thing he did on Christmas Day was to go to the swimming pool.