Olympic superstar Michael Phelps had a lot more trouble with the weather than with his competitors on Friday at the Invitational swim meet
Olympic superstar Michael Phelps had a lot more trouble with the weather than with his competitors on Friday at the Invitational swim meet.
Phelps won the 200-meter butterfly by more than 5 1/2 seconds, racing away from the rest of the field to set a meet record of 1 minute, 54.31 seconds fourth fastest in the world this year.
But then came the toughest part of his evening. Event officials could not find his clothes, and the swimmer, who captured eight gold medals at the Beijing Games, stood shivering in the chilly air for several minutes with only a large white towel to protect him. "It's cold out here, I'm freezing," Phelps said. "It's windy and chilly."
While the water is kept at a comfortable competition temperature, Phelps said he could feel the wind in his face during the last half of the race. "I felt the wind the third 50 (meters)," he said. "Coming off the 100 wall I was feeling, 'Ooh, this is not good.'"
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