Michael Phelps yet again captured the crowd with his world record time in the 100 meter butterfly at U.S. National Championship. Phelps combines an enormous amount of god-given talent and a dedication to training only equaled by Tiger and Jordan but his career has not always gone smoothly. Phelps has had a career full of peaks and valleys, ranging from his eight gold medals in Beijing to the infamous picture of him ripping a bong at a party, but he has always showed resilience and remains a national hero. But in a very odd move, Phelps pulled out of the 100 meter freestyle event because he had a sore neck. Keep in mind he had just set a world record with that same sore neck, so maybe something else happened that would have caused him to lose motivation to win another race. Or was he actually injured? A combination of the both?
Must have been the mid-event bong rip that hurt his neck. Notice the tension in the back of the neck.