OlympicTalk · Jun 30, 2016
Michael Phelps’ goal in fifth Olympics to right a London wrong
OMAHA — After Michael Phelps briefly choked up, and coach Bob Bowman shed tears, the U.S.’ first five-time Olympic male swimmer turned to the business ahead.
Phelps, on the eve of his 31st birthday and with his eight-week-old son in attendance (sleeping, Phelps guessed), became the oldest man to win a U.S. Olympic Trials event on Wednesday.
“Where I am in life, things are probably going to hit me a lot more emotionally now than they would have in the past,” Phelps said after handing a stuffed animal from his award ceremony to baby Boomer.
So much about Wednesday’s victory gave Phelps reason for a brief pause to compose himself before addressing the media.