Snapshot :: Michael Phelps Swims Again in Beijing
March 24, 2008 - Posted in Uncategorized
Michael Phelps keeps on swimming in Beijing but his latest race wasn’t for gold. It was for something even better.
Phelps jumped into the pool at the Hilton Beijing on Tuesday to swim 6,250th and final lap of the “Hilton Swim to Beijing Relay.” The relay is a multi-city charitable event contributing $100,000 to the USA Swimming Foundation to fund swim education programs across the United States.
The race actually began back in November 2007 when Phelps kicked off the swim at the Hilton Universal City. It then went on to five other cities. So why 6,250 laps? Well that’s the distance from LA to Beijing.
Hilton will be donating the money to swim education programs in the participating cities as well as $50,000 to the USA Swimming Foundation. We’re pretty sure every kid in America is going to be asking for swimming lessons this year.
A pic of Phelps in action after the jump.
