In the stands, his fiancee, Nicole Johnson, bounced along to the music with their son, 3-month-old Boomer, cradled in her arms.
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Flashing a big smile throughout the session, Ledecky, who lives the Washington suburb of Bethesda, Maryland, has remained an amateur swimmer, and not long after she returns from Rio she will head off for college at Stanford University in California.
While he does not have to put himself through the daily grind of training, it seems nearly certain that Phelps’ next career involves continuing to try to boost the sport’s profile.
Michael Phelps might be a swimming legend, but when he met up with fellow Olympian Katie Ledecky on Monday, he was the one asking for her autograph. “This is it. This is the last time you’ll ever see me racing in the water”. “This is just the start of something new”.
“I held back a little bit on the podium but there were some [tears] that were popping down”.
Boomer was sleeping when Phelps got to the hotel after what was presumably the final race of his career.
“It means so much to me to have the support from Maryland and the D.C. area, ” she said. “I won’t. I’ll be there watching, cheering people on.
This is it”, Phelps said in response to a comment.
When the swimmers got to Brazil, they received a history lesson from one of the coaches, Greg Meehan. “It’s insane. This is how I wanted to finish my career”. Being able to look back at my career and say we’ve been able to accomplish everything we wanted.
“It’s really special and the fact that I can do it with a relay is unbelievable”, she said after the U.S. women beat Australia and Denmark.
“They did the same thing in London”.
“This is the way I wanted to hang my suit up”. His relationship with his own father is troubled.
Lochte, the 12-time medalist whose Rio Olympics ended Thursday night with a disappointing fifth-place swim in the 200-meter individual medley, declined to announce his retirement Friday.
But let’s pretend he’s a country – the Republic of Phelps.
Michael Phelps has won so many more medals than any other Olympian that it makes for a pretty tiresome discussion when he’s compared to individual athletes. He hopes to to spread swimming onto a more worldwide stage, for reasons of both competition and safety. NBC’s Olympic broadcasters always give him a free ride, always talking about Phelps “showing his emotions” when another athlete’s lack of modesty and humility might be noted. He plans to keep swimming as part of his exercise regimen, hoping to keep his weight around the current 190 pounds. “Michael, I’ll see you in Tokyo.” . “I don’t know what to believe, whether I actually did it or I’m still preparing my race”.
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“It’s not the most appropriate time to tell Michael it’s been an honor – that’s for the post-race huddle”, freestyler Nathan Adrian said, grinning. Phelps said his new family is what he’s all about.
