In August of 2008, millions of viewers tuned into NBC to watch history in the making...and that history is a 6'4'', 200 lb, 23 year old, unbeatable swimmer named Michael Phelps. Around 4.7 billion people tuned in to watch the Olympic Games and a good percentage was because of Phelps.
Phelps accomplished the unbelievable feat of winning 8 gold medals in 8 days, surpassing Mark Spitz's record of 7 gold medals. Many say what Michael Phelps accomplished was impossible and performance enhancing drugs (steroids people!) must have been involved. However, during the Olympics, Phelps submitted to all of the required drug tests asked of him and passed with flying colors. Although an unflattering picture of Phelps surfaced later in 2008, he has remained under the radar since.
Since 2008, Phelps has continued training for the 2012 London Olympic Games but some say that achieving another 8 medals in 2012, when Phelps is 27, is impossible. In 2008 Phelps and his coach, Bob Bowman, talked to USA Today about Phelps' schedule for the 2012 Olympics.
"It might be ambitious," Bob Bowman, Phelps' coach, says of his possible 2012 program, "but just different events maybe. And I don't know if it could be this ambitious."
Do you think Phelps can achieve another 8 or his he just an 8 hit wonder?
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