Mark Spitz on Racing Michael Phelps: 'We'd Probably Tie'

Mark Spitz on Racing Michael Phelps: 'We'd Probably Tie'

Even though Michael Phelps broke his record for Olympic gold-medal wins with eight last week, swimming great Mark Spitz still feels he could give the 23-year-old a run -- or shall we say a paddle -- for his money, says the New York Post.

 

“I know everything there is to know about how to beat Michael, and he would know how to beat me,” Spitz said playfully, adding: “We’d probably tie.”

 

Spitz, 58, won a then-record seven gold medals at the 1972 Olympic games in Munich. He told the Post that Phelps' record-breaking accomplishment couldn’t “have happened to a nicer guy. … I knew it was going to happen eventually.”

 

Phelps recently recreated Spitz’s iconic Sports Illustrated cover. “I saw this Tuesday," Spitz said of the cover. "It’s pretty amazing.”

Published 8/21/08 by the Insider

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  • Nice Post ! www
    Anonymous 7/7/09 Reply
  • WOW. he is a humor guy,many friends like to chat with him online on tall :" .c o m ",He often told us some funny jokes. Seems he is famous on that site,especially some hot models talk with him positively.
    Anonymous 8/21/08 Reply
  • They should totally stage a race for fun. They could raise money for charity!
    moonstar1222 8/21/08 Reply
  • hahahah, he thinks he could tie him at his age?
    babbo918 8/21/08 Reply