If you were an Olympic-caliber swimmer, you could be forgiven for sort of hating Michael Phelps.
On Tuesday, he broke the record for holding more Olympic medals than any other athlete in history — 19 medals, of which 15 are gold.
During this summer Olympics, he’s been battling it out in a widely-publicized rivalry with his U.S. teammate Ryan Lochte.
Even a casual observer gets the impression that Lochte is, well, kind of sick of hearing about how great Michael Phelps is.
Lochte has been quoted over and over again saying, “This is my time.” And he did beat Phelps in the 400-meter medley, snatching the gold while Phelps didn’t even make the podium.
But when it was time for Phelps to grab that record-smashing 19th medal, he needed his rival’s help to do it.
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