Michael Phelps takes on great white on Shark Week

Michael Phelps has strong feelings about new Olympic swimming eventswill “race” a great white shark, in some capacity, and have a hammerhead swim two feet from his face on Shark Week shows on Discovery Channel in July.

“Phelps vs. Shark: Great Gold vs. Great White” will open Shark Week on July 23 at 8pm ET.

From Discovery Channel:

“They are one of the fastest and most efficient predators on the planet: Sharks. He is our greatest champion to ever get in the water: Michael Phelps. 39 world records. 23 Olympic golds. But he has one competition left to win. An event so monumental no one has ever attempted it before. The world’s most decorated athlete takes on the ocean’s most efficient predator:…