World record progression 200 metres butterfly Essays

the record for the most Olympics medals won by any athlete at 28, including 23 gold medals and 13 individual golds. Phelps competed in his first Olympics at the age of 15, as part of the U.S. men's swim team. He was the first American male swimmer to earn a spot on five Olympic teams and also made history as the oldest individual gold medalist in Olympic swimming history at the age of 28. Michael Phelps like every other person had someone to motivate him to become the best swimmer in the world and

the 200 m freestyle with a new personal best time of 1 min 51.46 s. His time was not good enough to qualify. In 1998 Thorpe competed in the world aquatic championships in Perth. He won 2 gold medals in the 400m and the 4x 200m relay. In 1998 Thorpe made it to the Australian team in the Commonwealth games in Kuala Lumpur. He won 4 gold medals in the 400m freestyle, 200m freestyle, 4x 200m freestyle relay which was a world record and the 4x100m freestyle relay. In 1999 Thorpe had a world record breaking

was captain of the swim team his senior year, and his favorite swimming memory happened that same year. Will recalled: “We had a chance to beat Father Judge, something we haven’t done since the 40s. We ended up beating them at Champs and set a team record for the relay race. The relay was special to me because I wasn’t on