WOW! How bout them Olympic Swimmers!
I can't lie, going into these Olympics I was hoping that Michael Phelps would come out with an amazing performance like he did in Beijing, when he beat the Gold Medal Record held by Mark Spitz from the Munich Olympic Games in 1972. Now of course I'm too young to have seen those games but WOW what a swimmer! Anyway, it's 4 years later and Phelps' life over the last few years has been anything but private, I'm not criticizing and I'm not holding anything that happened over the 4 years against him, after all he's only human, but I know my hopes for these games were unrealistic. I was disappointed when he didn't medal in the 400 IM but Ryan Lochte had an AMAZING swim and congratulations to him on his gold!
Michael Phelps' come back on these games was amazing! The fact that he was barely beaten on his 200 Fly by the same touch he won with 4 years ago was unfortunate (Congrats to Chad le Clos) but it got him a silver and he was on his way to beating the Olympic Medal record held by the Russian Gymnast Larisa Latynina (18 Medals). Phelps was able to beat the record with the help of his Relay team, Ryan Lochte, Conor Dwyer and Ricky Berens swimming a 6:59.70! Phelps, who won't be swimming in the Rio Summer Olympics, ended his career with 22 Olympic Medals, 18 Gold, 2 silver and 2 bronze.
Missy Franklin, what a swimmer! The 17 year old from Colorado did fantastic at her very first Olympics emerging with 4 Golds and 1 Bronze. I'm excited to see what her and Lochte do in 2016 in Rio!
Missy Franklin, what a swimmer! The 17 year old from Colorado did fantastic at her very first Olympics emerging with 4 Golds and 1 Bronze. I'm excited to see what her and Lochte do in 2016 in Rio!
