The Olympic G.O.A.T. showered the France swimmer with praise.
Michael Phelps has won it all ever since making his Olympic debut in the 2000 Sydney Games at just 15 years old. Now, he’s looking forward to seeing the next generation of Olympians give his decorated career a run for its money.“For me, nobody believed that I was able to do the things that I was trying to do, right? But I did, deep down inside, and same thing for ,” Phelps said on Tuesday. “A lot of people said my records were never gonna be broken and untouched, but clearly it’s not that.
Phelps and Marchand met briefly during the medal ceremony, when Phelps presented the 22-year-old with the gold medal and, as many saw it, symbolically passed the torch. As one of the most promising rising stars in the sport, Marchand nonetheless has a long way to go to catch up to Phelps’s 23 gold medals and 28 Olympic medals in total.Kristen Wong is a staff writer on the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated. She has been a sports journalist since 2020. Before joining SI in November 2023, Wong covered four NFL teams as an associate editor with the FanSided NFL Network and worked as a staff writer for the brand’s flagship site.
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