Michael Phelps is the most effective aggressive swimmer we’ve ever seen, however not even the 23-time Olympic gold medalist may beat an excellent white shark in a race.
The Discovery Channel kicked off “Shark Week” by internet hosting its much-anticipated Phelps vs. Shark race Sunday evening. Nicely, it wasn’t a lot of a race, each within the outcomes and the literal sense.
Phelps misplaced the competitors, and he didn’t really race a shark side-by-side. Phelps raced individually and his time was in comparison with what a shark would’ve run.
MICHAEL PHELPS LOST TO THE SHARK pic.twitter.com/KQ0YBH7Clz
— SB Nation GIF (@SBNationGIF) July 24, 2017
The entire occasion was a little bit of a letdown. That mentioned, it will be fairly robust, if not unimaginable, to place Phelps and a shark side-by-side in an surroundings the place a race may very well be attainable. It’s uncertain a shark would even be desirous about racing.
Possibly Spherical 2 shall be a little bit totally different.
Rematch? Subsequent time..hotter water. #SW30 @Discovery @SharkWeek
— Michael Phelps (@MichaelPhelps) July 24, 2017
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