When the stopwatch showed that he broke the stopwatch record of Thorpe's six-year 200-meter freestyle with 1 minute 43.86, he has now become synonymous with the limit. Although the 6 gold 2 bronze record and Mark Spitz's 7 gold are still a little distance, no one doubts the results of Phelps's next shot.
Mark Spitz set a 7 gold record at the Munich Olympics. In fact, he has now succeeded. Born in the same era as he was born into the saddle of swimmers, Phelps was not only the fastest, but also omnipotent. He broke every one of the most famous swimmers before him in astonishing speed. The impressive record includes Ian Thorpe, a senior known as a swimming genius. When the showed that he broke the stopwatchrecord of Thorpe's six-year 200-meter freestyle with 1 minute 43.86, he has now become synonymous with the limit. Although the 6 gold 2 bronze record and Mark Spitz's 7 gold are still a little distance, no one doubts the results of Phelps's next shot.
"Michael is an amazing player and you can't compare him to anyone. Mark Spitz, Ian Thorpe, I even thought these people couldn't compare with him. He was an amazing genius. He did do some important work, and there is more important work to do." Phelps teammate Ian Collock commented on him this way.
On November 21 of last year, when Ian Thorpe announced his retirement from injury, Phelps’ opponent stood still more on the: his next opponent would be the new international stopwatch he rewritten. Record.
