Michael phelps:
Alias: Philippine fish
Nickname: Baltimore bullet
Height:1.93m (6ft 4in)
Weight: 79 kg
Shoe size: 48 (US 14)
Place of birth: Baltimore, Maryland.
Training location: Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Date of birth:1June 30, 985 (Cancer)
Club: Wolverine Club.
University: University of Michigan (2008)
Coach: Bob Baumann.
Swimming styles: butterfly, individual medley, freestyle and backstroke.
Major: sports management
Family members: Father Fred is a policeman, mother Debbie is a teacher, and two sisters, Hillary and Whitney (1995 members of the US national swimming team at the World Championships).
Nickname: MP
Pet: A pet dog named Herman.
Hobbies: video games, watching TV and sleeping.
Relaxation mode: sleep
Most dependent people: mother and two sisters.
Favorite car: Cadillac.
Favorite place to go: Australia
Favorite sport: football
Favorite sport: basketball.
Favorite movie: Tommy Boy.
Favorite TV program: Sports Center.
Favorite food: pizza.
Favorite actor: Denzel Hayes Washington Jr. ..
Favorite actress: Cameron Diaz.
Favorite athlete: Michael Jordan.
Favorite band: 50 cents, fight
Favorite pre-game meal: cereal and energy bar
Favorite snack: cookies.
Favorite cereal: lucky one.
Favorite book: To Kill a Mockingbird by Happo lee (To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee).
The most unforgettable thing: meeting with boxing champion Ali
Sponsors: Speedo, Visa, Mortgage, Omega, Wheaties, Powerbar), (Matusnichi, Asahi Shimbun.
Training status: 6-7 days a week, three classes a day, ***6 hours-morning, noon and evening.
He published an autobiography, Beneath the Surface (published in 2005).
The story of Fei Yu de
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Michael phelps is regarded by some people as the greatest all-around athlete in sports history. In the American trials in 2004, Phelps qualified for six individual swimming events in Athens Olympic Games, including all possible swimming positions. He finally won six Olympic gold medals and two bronze medals. If Phelps can reach the record held by mark spitz in Athens or Beijing in 2008, he will receive a bonus of100000 USD from the sponsor.
Michael phelps was born on1June 30th, 985. His father is an excellent athlete and passed on this talent to his children. Although he hesitated at first, Michael finally followed his two sisters into the swimming pool. His coach sensed Michael's fear and allowed him to float on his back. Not surprisingly, the first swimming position he learned was backstroke.
Michael's coach told Michael's mother that her son was a rare swimming genius. He has slender limbs, big hands and feet, can understand the guidance well, likes to train hard, and never seems to feel nervous during the game. People say that his body is a natural swimmer. His big hands and feet are like paddles in the water. Although butterfly is his specialty, he has shown his advantages in various events. In fact, Michael's only "shortcoming" is that he grows too fast. For a while, it made him feel very tired.
At the 1999 American Junior Games, Michael broke the record of 20-year-old group in the 200m butterfly. /kloc-at the age of 0/5, Michael participated in the Sydney Olympic Games as the youngest Olympic swimmer in the United States in 68 years. During the World Swimming Championships held in Barcelona, Spain, Michael became the talk of the swimming world. He won six medals for his outstanding performance. And set five world records. Michael won the gold medal in the 200m butterfly with a new world record, and set new records in the100m butterfly and 200m individual medley-these records were set on the same day, which is the first time in the history of the world swimming competition.
Apart from swimming, Michael is an ordinary teenager. He usually sleeps with his cat Savannah, who sleeps next to him. He doesn't want to get up in the morning, but once he starts a day's work, he won't be lazy at all.
Michael's goal is not only to win honor in the Olympic Games, but also to change his sports activities, just as great athletes like Michael Jordan and Tiger Woods once did.
1996, when michael phelps 1 1 years old, his coach bowman found that he had the qualities of an Olympic champion.
Bowman said, "You will see him jump into the water eagerly. He put more pressure on himself than others asked. I tried not to look happy, although I was surprised by his performance. " 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 said to Phelps' parents, "Michael has excellent talent and unlimited potential."
Phelps outside the swimming pool is a typical leisure teenager. He likes hip-hop rock, plays computer games and goes out with friends. In 2003, he graduated from Dawson High School in Maryland and planned to go to college after the Olympic Games.
However, once Phelps jumped into the pool, he was no longer the ordinary teenager. He is 6 feet 5 inches tall and weighs 185 pounds. He has no fat on him. He swims in the water like a fish. His kicking is very powerful, as if he had an engine on his leg.
Lenny, an American backstroker who won three gold medals at the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games? Creze Berg said, "I have never met anyone like him. No one is as good as him. "
Phelps attributed most of his success to training. After graduating from high school, most of the time I start training for two and a half hours at five in the morning, take a nap after lunch, and then go swimming from three-thirty to six in the afternoon.
In short, he swims 12 miles every day. He said, "I know no one trains harder than me."
Phelps trains so hard because he hates failure. He started swimming at the age of seven, but he didn't take the sport seriously until 1 1 year-old coach Bowman talked with his parents. He recalled: "If I didn't play my best, I would always think about it and be with my friends at school." This will drive me crazy. "On one occasion, 12-year-old Phelps lost to a boy of the same age. He angrily grabbed each other's goggles and threw them across the platform of the swimming pool. Coach Bowman told him that if he lost to a child of his own age next time, he would not allow similar behavior. Bowman said, "He overcame this bad habit because he never lost to any swimmer of his age. "
Michael phelps is the best all-around swimmer in the world today. 15 years old, rose to the world swimming world. At that time, he became the youngest swimmer to be selected for the American Olympic swimming team and won the fifth place in the 200-meter butterfly at the Sydney Olympic Games. After that, Phelps began an amazing journey to snatch gold and silver in the world swimming pool.
At 200 1, Phelps broke the world record in the 200m butterfly, becoming the youngest world record holder and gaining the reputation of "child prodigy". In the same year, he won the first world champion in his career at the Fukuoka World Championships. In 2003, Phelps broke the world record five times at the World Championships in Barcelona and stood on the highest podium four times, creating another feat of the same competition. He successfully defended the 200-meter butterfly champion in the competition, and also won the 200-meter and 400-meter individual medley gold medals, which set a world record. In addition, he won the gold medal in the medley relay and set a new world record in the 100 meter butterfly semi-final, but lost to teammate Crocker in the final. With such an excellent record, Phelps was rightly named the world's best male swimmer in 2003.
Phelps won seven gold medals at the 2007 Melbourne World Championships, breaking Thorpe's record of six gold medals at one World Championships, and he also broke five world records. By the end of 2007, he had won 20 medals in the World Championships, surpassing Australian Hackett to become the player with the most medals in the history of the World Championships.
In 2008, the men's 400-meter mixed race won the individual championship in the 29th Olympic Games in Beijing.
On August 9th, 2008, Michael Phelps, an American swimming prodigy, won the first place in the 400-meter individual medley heat with a time of 4: 07.82, and broke his own Olympic record of 4: 08.26 in Athens. In the final, it broke the world record again.
The men's 400-meter individual medley heat of the Olympic Games was held on the morning of August 9th, 2008 10. In the preliminaries, Hungarian Laszlo Cseh and Italian luca marin were the main competitors of this talented American player.
Mark spitz, a former American swimmer, won seven gold medals at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games. In order to break the record of seven gold medals in a single Olympic Games that has been silent for 36 years, Phelps said: "I have already said that I just want to be the first michael phelps, not the second mark spitz!" Mark spitz only used one sentence to evaluate Phelps' record of winning eight gold medals at the Beijing Olympic Games in 36 years: epic greatness.
On August 3rd, 2008, in the men's 200m butterfly final of 29th Beijing Olympic Games, he won the Olympic gold medal 10.
In the men's 4X200 freestyle relay final of the 29th Beijing Olympic Games on August 3rd, 2008, the United States set a new world record with a time of 6 minutes 58.56 seconds. Phelps also won his fifth gold medal in this Olympic Games, and his first 1 1 gold medal in the Olympic Games, becoming the player who won the most gold medals in the history of the Olympic Games. The previous record of the total number of Olympic gold medals was held by nurmi, a Finnish flying man, at the three Olympic Games: 1920, 1924 and 1928. Shpits, Lewis and Latina also hold the record of nine gold medals.
In the men's 200m medley at the Beijing Olympic Games on August 5th, 2008, he broke his own world record with a score of 1: 54.23, which was his sixth gold medal and 12 Olympic gold medal.
On August 6th, 2008, 10: 10, Phelps won the water cube men's butterfly 100 meter championship with a score of 50.58, which was his seventh gold medal in this Olympic Games and also broke the Olympic record.
On August 17, 2008, the men's 4x 100 medley relay final of Beijing Olympic Games ended. The American team won the gold medal under the leadership of Phelps, who also successfully broke the previous record of Shpits winning 7 gold medals in a single Olympic Games, monopolizing 8 gold medals and becoming the biggest winner of the Water Cube.
8 gold achievements attract the king of gold
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After Phelps won eight gold medals at the Beijing Olympic Games, his commercial value soared and he will become the Olympic athlete with the strongest ability to attract gold. Max Banjarmasin, an Australian professional celebrity agent, told reporters: "He is worth hundreds of millions. He never needs to find a job. He can live carefree for 50 years. " After winning eight gold medals, Phelps' personal income will increase to 30 million US dollars (more than 200 million RMB) in a short time. Reach the level of Beckham. If he enters the entertainment circle, it will be as sensational as Jordan's film.
Brilliant achievements
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Fifth place in the 200-meter butterfly at the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games;
200 1 world champion in the 200m butterfly and broke the world record (1:54.58);
In 2002, Pan-Pacific Championship won the 200m and 400m individual medley, the 200m butterfly runner-up, the 4×100m medley relay champion and broke the world record (3:33.48), and the 4× 200m freestyle relay runner-up;
In 2003, he won the world championship in 200m butterfly, 200m, 400m individual medley and 4x100m medley relay, and broke the world record five times.
Men's 200m and 400m individual medley, 65,438+000m butterfly, 4× 200m freestyle relay and 4× 65,438+000m medley relay won gold medals at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games, which missed the 200m freestyle relay and 4× 65,438+000m freestyle relay held by Shpits at the last Olympic Games.
Men's 200-meter freestyle champion in 2004 short-course world championships.
In 2006, he won the men's 400m individual medley and 4x200m freestyle relay, the men's 200m butterfly relay and 4x100m freestyle relay, and broke the world record (3: 12.46) and the 200m individual medley champion and the world record (1: 55.84).
Champion of the 200-meter and 400-meter medley at the 2007 World Swimming Championships; 100 meter and 200 meter butterfly champion; 200 m freestyle champion; 4×100m, 4× 200m freestyle relay champion.
In the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, in the men's 400-meter individual medley final, he broke his own world record of 4: 03.84 and won the gold medal in this event. On August 1 1, Beijing time, in the men's 4x 100 freestyle relay, he set a new world record in 3 minutes 08.24 seconds and won the second gold medal. Phelps won the 200-meter freestyle champion again, won the third gold medal and set a new world record again; In the men's 200m butterfly final, Phelps won his fourth gold medal in this Olympic Games. In the men's 4× 200m freestyle relay, the United States broke the world record in 6 minutes 58.56 seconds and won the championship. Phelps won his first gold medal in this Olympic Games. In the men's 200m individual medley final, Phelps broke the world record with a score of 1:54.23 and won his sixth gold medal in this Olympic Games. In the men's 100 meter butterfly final, Phelps won the championship with a score of 50.58 and won his seventh gold medal in 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 29.34 seconds, and won Phelps' eighth gold medal at the Beijing Olympic Games. They realized their dream of eight golds, broke Shpits' record of seven golds in one session, and created the myth of two golds 14.
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As of August 2008, 17, Phelps held the following world records:
Project time, date and place
400 m medley 4 minutes 03.84 Beijing
200m freestyle 1 min 42.96 Beijing
200m butterfly 1 min 52.03 Beijing
200m medley 1 min 54.23 Beijing
In addition, there are three group projects:
4X 100 freestyle relay (USA) 3 minutes 08 seconds 24 Beijing
4X200 freestyle relay (USA) 6 minutes 58 seconds 56 Beijing
4X 100 medley relay (USA) 3 minutes 29 seconds 34 Beijing
Recipes of Philippine fish
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Phelps, 23, trains 30 hours a week and consumes 12000 calories a day. In order to supplement the calories lost in training, he must take enough calories in his daily diet. Phelps also said that he doesn't have too many restrictions on his diet. He always eats a lot of things he likes. He must supplement as many calories as possible.
Phelps's daily diet is as follows:
Breakfast: 3 fried egg sandwiches, 2 cups of coffee, 5 fried eggs, 1 bowl of corn porridge, 3 pieces of French toast and 3 pieces of chocolate pancakes.
Lunch: 1 lb pasta, 2 ham and cheese sandwiches, energy drinks (1000 calories or more).
Dinner: 1 lb pasta, 1 whole pizza, energy drinks (more than 1000 calories).
The hobby of Philippine fish
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I am used to wearing two swimming caps.
In a sense, such a move may be more out of a psychological suggestion. Phelps thinks that two swimming caps can make the head suffer as little resistance as possible in the water.
The best friend is a sparring partner.
As we all know, Phelps and Locht are good friends, but as competitors, the topic between the two swimmers will never involve swimming. In fact, Phelps' true confidant is his sparring partner erik vendt in Michigan for the past two years. During the most difficult period of Phelps' sports career, his roommate Venter gave him considerable help.
Wear different swimsuits for different activities.
In freestyle events, Speedo LZR racing suit is Phelps' best choice. In butterfly events, Phelps usually only wears LZR racer's swimming trunks.
Your own report was collected by the master.
Phelps never cared about reports about himself, but his coach Bowman was just the opposite. He never misses any news about his disciples.
The main rap in ◇ipod
In recent weeks, rapper Wayne from New Orleans has become Phelps' favorite. Ross, Jeezy, Jay Z, of course, are all idols of Phelps. But Phelps occasionally tries classical music.
An avid video game fan
Phelps often plays football. Recently, Nintendo Wii has become his new favorite. Bowman once said that Phelps was crazy about video games.
Judging distance by the number of strokes
In the 200-meter butterfly, Phelps' goggles were flooded and his eyesight was seriously affected. In this case, Phelps actually depends on the number of times he hits the water to calculate the distance between himself and the pool wall.
Sleep with the TV on.
For Phelps, he spends most of his time in hotels around the world, and the familiar sounds from ESPN and Discovery Channel will make him feel more comfortable after leaving home.
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Talent = vital capacity+lactic acid
Phelps, with a height of 1.93m and a weight of 79kg, is a typical swimmer, but he is an exception in this model, because his upper limbs are particularly long and his legs are particularly short, which makes him look like a slender sailboat in the water. And Phelps is naturally good at water. "A good butterfly leg is Phelps' killer (leisure), and the kick movements of backstroke, freestyle and butterfly are somewhat similar. Phelps has unique skills in this respect. When turning around, it is often shallower than other players, so it is fast. Former Olympic champion Hong Qian explained the magic of Phelps. Luo Xuejuan, another Olympic champion, seems to have studied Phelps more carefully. "Phelps' vital capacity reaches 15000, but his lactic acid secretion is half that of normal people, and his heart blood supply is 30 liters, which is more than double that of normal people, so he is not easy to get tired. "Adult male's lung capacity is around 3,500, and even Park Tae hwan, who just won the Olympic men's 400-meter freestyle championship, has only 7,000. It can be seen that Phelps is a natural swimming genius, and his fat content is lower than that of basketball superstar Michael Jordan. As we all know, Jordan's fat content is the lowest in the human world, only about 4%, and Phelps is less than 4%, which also makes him faster and more endurance. This can also be seen from his diet.
Breakfast: 3 fried egg sandwiches, 2 cups of coffee, 5 fried eggs, 1 bowl of corn porridge, 3 pieces of French toast and 3 pieces of chocolate pancakes.
Lunch: 1 lb pasta, 2 ham and cheese sandwiches, energy drinks (1000 calories or more).
Dinner: 1 lb pasta, 1 whole pizza, energy drinks (more than 1000 calories).
Genius = hard work+paranoia
Of course, only talent without acquired efforts will not become a genius, which is best explained by Phelps. "If you take a day off, your physical strength will go backwards for two days." This is Phelps' motto, and it is also the wise words given to him by his coach. Phelps always believed that "if you waste two days, you may never get it back."
For a long time, he insisted on the habit of getting up at 5 o'clock in the morning, which was unimaginable. He is so paranoid that Phelps is nicknamed "the morning star" on the American swimming team. What is even more amazing is Phelps' perseverance. In the past seven years, he hasn't been in the water for only five days out of more than 2,500 days. It is in this almost paranoid effort that Phelps has made impressive achievements.
Phelps and Serbian Cavic ranked in no particular order in the final sprint. At this critical moment, Phelps did not use a safer way to slide and touch the wall, but quickly and briefly paddled again and then touched the wall. This is a bold gamble.
In the end, the American genius won the gold medal in 50.58 seconds, only one hundredth of a second faster than the second place.
"When I paddled for the last time, I thought it would ruin my game," he said, "but it was just the opposite. If I slide down and hit the wall, it will take too long. In the end, my decision was correct. "
Phelps also said that he didn't know at first that Serbia appealed to FINA after the game. But after watching the replay of the game and learning that his first prize was valid, he was relieved.
"The two of us are too close to see who is in the lead. 0.0 1 sec is the smallest time difference in sports competitions. I can only say that it is too cool. "
Phelps also talked about his gold rush in this Olympic Games. The men's medley relay will be held tomorrow, and the United States has a good chance of winning the championship. As long as he wins this gold medal again, Phelps will become the person who 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 be sure that this is real life." He said, "My coach told me,' Anything can happen as long as you have great ideals.' "
"Facts have proved that no matter what your dream is and how big it is, it can be achieved. Everything is possible. "
Now Phelps has tied Shpits' record, and he immediately won the sponsorship award of $654.38 million. Although "Qian Jing" is very clever, he said that this was never his goal.
"I'm not for the money, I'm just doing what I like. I dreamed of becoming an Olympic champion when I was a child. "
"If the coach and I were for money, we would have stopped swimming. My big goal is to change the sport of swimming and let more American children participate. "
The status of sports
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After the Beijing Olympic Games, Phelps, then 23, won 14 Olympic gold medals, far exceeding the record of 9 gold medals set by mark spitz, Larissa Latynina, Paavo nurmi and Carl Luis, and became the athlete who won the most gold medals in the Summer Olympic Games. This will be an insurmountable peak for the latecomers.
Phelps became the youngest American male swimmer to participate in the Olympic Games in 68 years at the age of 15 at the Sydney Olympic Games. Although he didn't win the gold medal, he has begun to become famous in the swimming world. Five months after the Sydney Olympic Games, Phelps broke the world record of the 200m butterfly at the age of 15 years and 9 months, becoming the youngest swimmer to break the world record. Subsequently, a new world record was set at the World Swimming Championships held in Fukuoka, Japan (1: 54.58). At the National Games held in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA, Phelps once again set a new national record for the 400-meter individual medley, the US 100-meter butterfly and the 200-meter 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 of 200m individual medley (1: 56.04). Then on July 7th, 2004, at the Athens Olympic Games, Phelps once again broke his own world record of 400-meter individual medley (4: 08.41). At the Athens Olympic Games, he won six gold medals and two bronze medals, equalling the record of eight medals set by former Soviet gymnast Alexander Dityatin at the Moscow Olympic Games in 1980.
In 2003, Phelps won the Kristen Award, which is known as the "Oscar in American sports".
The story behind success
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Michael phelps, a poor and accomplished Baltimore boy, 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 ridiculed for his strange appearance when he was young, has now become the key to record-breaking television ratings in the United States.
When Phelps was 9 years old, his parents divorced. After that, Debbie raised Phelps and his two daughters. After breaking two world records yesterday, Phelps, who stepped off the podium, rushed to the stands and gave his mother a affectionate kiss. Debbie shed tears of happiness. Debbie doesn't care how many gold medals Phelps can win in Beijing. "Anyway, no more than eight. Besides, even if he wins more gold medals, he is still my son. "
She is a "glorious mother". At the moment of winning the championship again, michael phelps blew a kiss to the stands, and Deborah shook China's folding fan with a calm face. Winning gold became a habit, and her pride was hidden in her heart. This world-famous flying fish is her son.
She is also an expert on sea urchins. Deborah, the 57-year-old headmaster of Windsor Middle School in Baltimore, was hired as a "wet nurse" by a famous pharmaceutical factory this summer. She will answer people's questions about A.D.H.D (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder) based on her past experience on the website of the pharmaceutical factory. "I understand my parents' feelings. My Mike used to be a big problem. "
After parting ways with her husband, Deborah had to raise two daughters and 1 son by herself. In kindergarten, the teachers complained to Deborah: Mike can't stay quietly for a second; Mike's hand will never stop; Mike always giggles or pushes the children just to attract others' attention. "I've heard enough of this since I was a child." The teachers concluded, "You really can't see any future for a child." Deborah is also a teacher. "I never give up on my students, and I will never give up on Mike." Wax, a family doctor, wrote a prescription for ADHD. Every noon, Mike will be taken to the infirmary to take this medicine. Around the fifth grade of primary school, Phelps' body grew wildly and his big ears were disproportionately large. When he runs, his arms swing under his knees. The children made fun of him, and his revenge on a classmate on the school bus made little Mike banned from taking the school bus for two months. "He can't concentrate on class. Most of his classes are C's, and sometimes there are several D's. However, he will do well in courses he is interested in, such as physical education class and manual labor classes. "
Later, Mike realized that he was different from other children. He doesn't want to take that damn medicine anymore. "Other students don't eat, and I don't eat." Deborah is an enlightened mother and an excellent teacher. She knows how to listen. The Phelps family are all good swimmers, and his sister Whitney won the national 200m butterfly championship at the age of 15. If it weren't for the injury, Whitney would jump into the water this time and experience the magic of the Water Cube. "Strange things happened. It is impossible for Mike to sit still for a minute, but in order to swim for just five minutes in the swimming test, he actually waited for four hours. " 10 years old, Phelps became the champion of the same age group in the United States.
Bob Baumann watched Mike grow up and is still Phelps' coach. Bowman and Deborah talked about the child's extraordinary talent and outlined a bright future. "In 2000, he can participate in the Olympic trials, in 2004, he can board the Olympic Games, and in 2008, what awaits him is the Olympic record ..." The calm Deborah had to interrupt the increasingly excited Bowman. "That's enough, Bob. He is only 1 1 years old now. "
In fact, Mike is stronger than the coach expected. "No matter how many gold medals he wins, he is still my little Mike." What surprised Deborah most was her son's ability to calculate like a stopwatch in the water. The coach told him that it took him 24.6 seconds to break the record of 50 meters when swimming the 200-meter butterfly. He remembered this figure, and his 50-meter performance was exactly 24.6 seconds. Perhaps it is this little talent that helps my son swim faster than others. "
Deborah and her daughters followed Phelps from Athens to Beijing. "Are swimming tickets very tight?" With such a son, everything is a cinch.
The perfect performance in the Beijing Olympic Games, some people may say that his achievements are a test of the new generation of shark skin swimsuits, 3 meters water depth and water cube environment. But at the Olympic Games, more than 90% of the athletes wore shark skin swimsuits, all the athletes competed in a swimming pool with a depth of 3 meters, and all the athletes also swam in the water room. What did he rely on? It is his own strength. Phelps' mother once said that the first thing he did on Christmas Day was to go to the swimming pool.