The United States swim team, and Micheal Phelps, accomplished amazing feats this past summer during the Beijing Olympics. With that said, I must ask: What does the future hold for USA swimming?
The United States men's 4X100 freestyle relay had millions worldwide on the edge of their seats. Michael Phelps, Cullen Jones, and Garrett Weber-Gale had already swam, and if the United States was to beat the heavily favored French, Jason Lezak would have to be the man.
I, along with millions of other Americans, jumped out of our seats and cheered as Lezak outtouched the Frenchman Bernard and the U.S. took gold. Not only defeating the trash-talking French, who uttered the remark, "We came here to crush the Americans," but keep Michael Phelps' hopes for eight gold medals alive.
As we well know, Phelps went on to win his gold medals, and the U.S. remained the strongest swim team throughout the week of swimming. Now, Phelps is the most recognizable man in the United States, with a higher recognition rating than Michael Jordan!
We all know that Phelps plans to cut the number of races down next Olympics, and it will also be his last.
So what is the future of USA swimming like?
It is a very bright one!
Phelps will obviously be the headline athlete next Olympics in London, as he was these past Olympics. However, we must look ahead at some of the bright stars in USA swimming. Will we ever see eight gold medals again? Most likely not. But US dominance next Olympics is not out of the question by any means.
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