WATCH: Michael Phelps Raced a Shark
To kick off shark week 2017
Olympic gold medal winner Michael Phelps helped kick off Shark Week 2017 by racing a great white shark.
“Phelps vs. Shark: Great Gold vs. Great White” aired Sunday night on Discovery Channel. This race has been hyped up for weeks. A shark’s top speed is 25mph, while Phelps’ is just 6mph. So to even the playing field, they gave him a shark-like wetsuit and a monofin to emulate a shark’s tail. So…who reigned supreme?
The moment of glory for #TeamShark!!! #PhelpsVsShark #SharkWeek pic.twitter.com/NWYp1CwiRa
— Shark Week (@SharkWeek) July 24, 2017
Obviously…the shark won…by two full seconds.
Results are in. pic.twitter.com/HcigiGC0hq
— Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell) July 24, 2017
Also…he didn’t actually race a shark. It was a SIMULATED race…because…they didn’t want him to get eaten.
