Michael Phelps: ‘I locked myself in my room for four days’
7 years, 8 months ago

Michael Phelps: ‘I locked myself in my room for four days’

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CNN — For a man who glides so quickly and effortlessly through the water it seems perverse to think of Michael Phelps confining himself to one room for four straight days. I was like, ‘That was a really dumb idea, let’s figure this out.’” READ: “My goal was to make the top 100,” Andy Murray Rock bottom Many would have thought Phelps had it all at the time he reached rock bottom in 2014: a haul of Olympic medals some countries would have proud of, prodigious talent in the pool, plus adulation from fans around the world. It’s put me into interesting and tough spots at times.” If it took determination and talent for Phelps to win all those gold medals, it also took courage to admit he needed to seek help. I just took full advantage of it and dove in and this is where we are today.” READ: Phelps ‘never competed against clean international field’ Triumphant Rio return Where we are today is with Phelps’ legacy enhanced and emboldened by a haul of five Olympic gold medals at Rio 2016 to take his overall tally to an incomparable 23. I don’t think I’ll ever get back to that again.” READ: Michael Phelps – the man who changed swimming The perfectionist In what was his fourth Olympics, Phelps entered six events in Rio and won five of them.

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