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U.S. TEAM OLYMPIC TRIALS: SWIMMINGJune 25, 2012Michael PhelpsOMAHA, NEBRASKA MICHAEL PHELPS: It was a bit painful but I think the biggest thing was after watching Ryan and Tyler swim this morning and I know how Tyler swims that race and he is a strong front half swimmer so I just tried to put myself into a good position for the first 200 and I kinda felt‑‑ I guess the crowd from there, the excitement from the crowd, all three of us were side‑by‑side‑by‑side and we were neck‑and‑neck and I was saying to Ryan you could see the flames going off and you could hear the excitement of the crowd and I think that's something that definitely. The crowd played a big role in giving me extra energy the last 150 so I was very pleased with that, and I thought it was‑‑ if it was 4:07 I thought I would be happy with it. Q. (No microphone.) MICHAEL PHELPS: There was discussion about me doing it and Bob and I had tried a lot of different things and played around with a lot of different ideas but it came down to that I wanted to do that and, you know, having a year and a half off from it, it was good, but this is an event that I've done for a long time, and I'm happy to finish off my career with. After Austin I was pretty upset and I didn't want that to be my last 400 IM but I wasn't at the time that I wanted to be at so coming off this I'm pleased and like I said to Andrea upstairs I'm happy to get that first monkey, or that monkey off your back for the first event and get the first race jitters out. FastScripts Transcript by ASAP Sports |
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