Photos from the 200s

As a competitive swimmer, Michel Phelps has been an iconic figure in my life ever since I can remember. He is all anyone talks about in the world of swimming. Even if you are not a swimmer, you know who he is. He changed the world of swimming and the day he left the swimming world changed it too. Everyone wanted to be him, being compared to him was like being compared to the god of swimming in a way. Especially if you were a butterflyer which of course was his best stroke. He makes it look so easy as he glides through the water but all butterfliers know, it’s the last thing from easy. Michel Phelps was once my hero as a young swimmer. He was everything that I and everyone else wanted to be. There were even drills named after him… that is when you know you are famous in the swimming world. I remember being glued to the TV during the Olympics, just waiting for him to swim. The next day my coach would show us all the video of him racing and explain why he is so good and how we should be more like him. The day after that we would all try to be just like Phelps even though we were no where close to being like him, it was still fun to pretend. Phelps was once my hero just as he was to all of the other swimmers at the time and his name will always be known in the swimming world.