Michael Phelps Will Race Great White Shark

Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps is known as a killer in the pool, but can he defeat a great white shark? Viewers will find out next month when Discovery airs a race between Phelps and a shark as part of its annual Shark Week event. 


"[Phelps] has one competition left to win," the network says in a statement announcing the showdown. "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 vs. Shark--the race is on!" 


The broadcast, titled Phelps vs. Shark: Great Gold vs. Great White, will air on July 23 at 8 p.m. ET/PT. Presumably, this will be a tougher challenge for Phelps than that time he took on Shaquille O'Neal for the latter's Shaq Vs.


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