The 23-time Olympic gold medalist swimmer Michael Phelps will race a Great White shark for a special Discovery Channel airing this July.
As part of the channel’s “Shark Week,” Phelps will race a Great White on a program airing on July 23rd.
“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,” states the Discovery Channel press release. “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: Phelps V Shark – the race is on!”
The Discovery Channel hasn’t yet said how…
