Michael Phelps Races The Great White Shark (WATCH VIDEO)

Unusual - The race had been cleverly teased by Discovery Channel, which had only revealed a few images.


On Sunday, July 23, the US channel broadcast the duel off the coast of South Africa between Michael Phelps and a great white shark , as part of a special show " Phelps vs. Shark: Great Gold vs. Great White ". If on the pictures both appear side by side, it is actually a montage, each having swam his chronometer alone.

And in this little game, the American swimmer with the 28 Olympic medals , equipped with a monopalme to increase his speed (9.5 km / h), had to bow to the animal that preceded him two seconds.

The shark made the difference in the last few meters by diving to catch a seal, and jumping out of the water to cross the virtual finish line at the top ( see the race video at the head of the article ) .

Phelps had sold the wick shortly before the broadcast: "We were not in the water at the same time, I think that's the question everyone was asking, I was safe, Which was my No. 1 priority, "he said.

But he said the race was "one of the most difficult of his career because of the low water temperature and the wait." Competitor before all, the retired athlete of the basins demanded a rematch ... in warmer water.

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