“Probably Helps When You Have Feet Like Flippers”: Sports World Challenges Most-Decorated Olympian, Michael Phelps, With Wild Opinions

Michael Phelps is one of the most decorated swimmers of all time. The 23-time Olympics gold medallist is an inspiration to many aspiring swimmers across the world. Although Phelps has retired, fans cannot refrain from praising him. However, a few netizens from the sports world began to challenge Phelps with wild suggestions in a Twitter post.

After competing in his fifth Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Phelps retired in 2016. Since then, he has been actively engaged in philanthropic and entrepreneurial activities. Moreover, the retired swimmer stated that he would not return as a swimmer, and his mind and body invested in sports other than swimming.

Netizens have wild dares for Michael Phelps

Michael Phelps has mostly enjoyed love and appreciation from fans worldwide. He has not experienced much criticism for his swimming career. A recent Twitter post wrote admirable things for Phelps, indicating that he was the greatest in the history of swimming. It stated, “Michael Phelps is the most decorated Olympian of all time. He has more Olympic gold medals than 80% of countries in history.”

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Besides fans agreeing to the statement in the comment section, many netizens wrote down unique options for Phelps. Take a look.

Someone challenged Phelps to take a fight. He compared himself with Phelps and claimed that he could fight better than the retired swimmer.

Another netizen neglected the greatness of the 28-time Olympic medalist and stated that Phelps could ?barely swim?. He wrote,

An interesting comment came when a fan hinted at the fact that Phelps was God-gifted.

A netizen was not much impressed with Phelps?s achievements because he believed that swimmers compete in 20 different events that increase their chance to win in a few:

However, a fan stated that he was the greatest to achieve the most medals in the world.

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It is indeed true that netizens can love him or hate him but they cannot ignore that he is arguably the greatest swimmer of his time. Recalling his winning feat, one cannot help but recall the extenuating circumstances that he was under in conquering the Gold moment in 2008.

Phelps won gold with a broken wrist

Determination is something that led Phelps through his career. The retired swimmer created world records that have not been broken yet. One episode of his career reflected Phelps?s ?hell-bent? attitude.

Before the 2008 Olympics, Phelps suffered a broken wrist by slipping on ice in Michigan. Despite the setback, he trained to appear in the competition. The swimmer desired to win a total of eight gold medals in a single Olympic that year. Moreover, he broke legend Mark Spitz?s record of seven gold medals.

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