Michael Phelps – Press image courtesy Wikimedia
CAIRO – 25 July 2017: The world's most decorated Olympic swimmer, Michael Phelps, completed a 100m race against a great white shark in open water in the Pacific Ocean of South Africa. Phelps recorded a speed of 38:1 seconds to the shark's 36:1 seconds.
The competition was featured on the Discovery Channel under the title Phelps vs. Shark Great Gold vs. Great White. It was featured as part of its famous Shark Week summer programming, BBC News reported.
However, he was not actually racing next to the shark. Discovery Channel staff calculated the great white's time and compared it to Phelps' performance, according to SI.
On the broadcast, there was a virtual image of a shark racing the Olympic champion.
Phelps told Fox News earlier that the challenge was, "Probably the hardest race I’ve ever had.”
Phelps wore a wetsuit that was 1 millimeter thick, as well as a mono-fin, which essentially acted as a tail. “I don’t like taking silver medals, but I’ll take one to a great white,” he said during the Discovery Channel’s TV show.
Phelps tweeted Sunday, “Rematch? Next time…warmer water.”
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