The most successful Olympian of all time was no match for one of the world’s most feared animals when the two were pitched against each other to kick off the Discovery Channel’s Shark Week.
Michael Phelps swam a 100m stretch of warm Bahamas water in 38.1 seconds but lost out by two seconds to a great white shark swimming the same course.
The American swimmer is the world record holder for 100m and 200m butterfly as well as 400m individual medley.
He was even specially equipped with a wetsuit and monofin to mimic a shark’s movement through water.
However, it also became apparent, that the race was actually a simulation and that Phelps was in fact competing against a computer-generated image of a shark based on a projection of its speed.
He completed the course in 38.1 seconds compared to the shark’s time of 36.1.
18 Responses
OF CORSE HE WON’T BEAT A SHARK! SHARKS HAVE EVOLVED TO GO FAST!
That’s amazing
I’m faster
They lied. There are no sharks. >:(
I thought he was eaten!
No You’ re not be quiet.
Wow just Wow, I knew the shark would beat Phelps but i’m really amazed that he was only 2 seconds of the sharks time. That is still an incredible achievement.
This has been on the news but this is quite interesting!
So he didn’t really race a shark I was so excited to see how it played out and he didn’t swim in the same water as the shark
shame
yes i voted for the shark yes yes yes yes
shark wins yes
he was almost dead
shark wins yes?????????????????????????????????
Good story about this is this a true story or not
????????
who won and did he die
Oh Wow, that is interesting
this is absoulutley true