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Michael Phelps rattled by great white shark in cage (video)

Michael Phelps wants to make it clear about his Shark Week “race” with a great white.

“We’re not in the water at the same exact time,” he said on “Good Morning America” on Thursday, promoting his Sunday appearance on Discovery Channel. “That’s the thing we want everybody to know. I was safe, which is No. 1. I had, you know, 12 to 14 divers underneath me when we were doing the race and, you know, when you have an animal this size you want to be able to see how fast they swim and it’s tough to go into their territory and be able to switch as fast as they do, right?