Read more. Topics gold medal Michael Phelps news Olympics Sign up for our Checking In newsletter You look like you could use a little more support, positivity, and warmth right now. Delivered weekly. In a huddle with his teammates following the race, Phelps felt the emotion of the moment, according to the New York Times.
Phelps has accumulated a total of 28 medals at the Olympic Summer Games in Athens, Beijing, London and Rio — 23 gold, three silver and two bronze — setting the record for the most medal wins by any Olympic athlete.
At the Olympic Games, he won one silver and five gold medals, becoming the oldest individual gold medalist in Olympic swimming history, as well as the first swimmer to win four consecutive golds in the same event, the meter individual medley. Phelps has set 39 world records, the most of all time.
And 24 years in the sport. I'm happy with how things finished," he said. I'm happy about it. I'm in a better state of mind this time than I was four years ago. Phelps is just under 6 feet, 4 inches tall. He has a disproportionately large wingspan, reaching a bit less than 6 feet 7 inches from fingertip to fingertip, and a torso with measurements that are more common in a man who measures 6 feet 8 inches tall.
When he broke the world record in the meter butterfly at the World Championships, Phelps swam at an astonishingly speedy or at least by human standards 5. During an interview in the midst of the Beijing Summer Olympics, Phelps told NBC that he ate 12, calories per day to fuel his five-hour, six-days-per-week training leading up to the Games.
His diet reportedly consisted of hefty choices like two pounds of pasta and entire pizzas. The stories were just ridiculous. I was probably eating anywhere between like 8 to 10 [thousand] probably at my peak where I was really growing. Just weeks following his triumph in the Summer Olympics in Athens, Phelps was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol in Salisbury, Maryland, after cruising through a stop sign.
Michael called it an "isolated incident," but admitted to letting himself and his family down. In the fall of , Phelps was arrested again in his hometown of Baltimore, Maryland in September for driving under the influence, speeding and crossing double lines. He took to Twitter to discuss this incident, writing "I understand the severity of my actions and take full responsibility. In January , Phelps delivered an eye-opening account of his battles with depression at the fourth annual conference of the Kennedy Forum, a behavioral health advocacy group.
The athletic great described how he would fall into a state of despair after the highs of his Olympic victories, often seeking to medicate himself through drugs or alcohol. He said the "hardest fall" came after the Olympics when he found himself sitting in his room alone for three to five days, not eating and barely sleeping: "I didn't want to be in the sport anymore," he recalled.
The experience prompted him to seek help, and Phelps said he came to realize that "it's OK to not be OK," though he acknowledged there was still a stigma associated with mental illness. He estimated that as many as 90 percent of Olympic athletes go through a post-Games depression, and called on the U.
Olympic Committee to do more to help. We're competing to do everything we can to try to win a medal or to try to do our country proud by wearing the stars and stripes on international ground," he told Axelrod. Who's the next kid coming in? Where's the next person? Michael Phelps is the most decorated Olympic athlete of all time.
In fact, Phelps has more medals in his trophy case than well over countries. Clearly Michael gotten a few big things really, really right. By the year , the United Nations estimates that close to half of the world's population will live in countries with limited water supplies.
Americans consume more water per person than individuals in any other country, which means collectively we can have a huge impact on water supplies. What's one small thing you can do? Turn off the faucet every time you brush your teeth and you can save between 2 and 4 gallons of water. If we all did that, we could save over million gallons of water a day. How much is million gallons of water? Over 31 million plastic bottles of water. Per day. Since this is Michael's third year as Colgate's global ambassador for the EveryDropCounts campaign, I talked with him about life after swimming, why he's so involved in water conservation We all go through times where we transition to new things.
That can be especially hard if you were extremely successful at your last pursuit. How did you find new goals you wanted to pursue? Keep in mind I had two "retirements. It's like I had a practice round. It is challenging to leave something you've done at a high level.
But my first retirement helped me make my transition to the second one. Plus, having kids changes your perspective, too. Instagram content View on Instagram. Infinity: The number of years Phelps' career will be remembered for—the man is truly legendary. Topics Michael Phelps news Olympics Sign up for our Checking In newsletter You look like you could use a little more support, positivity, and warmth right now.
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