Meet Joseph Schooling, The Man Who Won The Gold And Beat Michael Phelps In His Last Race

Joseph Schooling.

Heard it anywhere? Well, this is the name we might be hearing for a long time to come.

This 21 Year Old Singaporean, beat Micheal Phelps in the 100m butterfly by clocking 50.39 in a three way-dead heat, denying him his 5th gold in Rio Olympics. This was incidentally also Phelps last race.

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However, he gives the credit of his win to the mountain of a man he beat, Michael Phelps who had to settle for a second place, getting a silver medal.

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“As a kid I wanted to be like him. “

 

He had met him as a teenager in the Beijing Olympics in 2008.

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“It’s crazy to think of what happens in eight years. A lot of this is because of Michael. He’s the reason I wanted to be a better swimmer.”

How dreams come true!

Source : The Times Of India

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