Michael Phelps, love life

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Samantha POV

A few months have been and I got into the olympics!! I have finally achieved everything that I have worked for! Bob said that they had been watching me for over a year to see if I was right. As they had been watching me, they know my best strokes (breaststroke and freestyle).

It is one month to the Olympics and them whole team has been picked. Bob decided to have a 'meet and greet' session. This is where we will all meet and do some fun relays, so that we get to know each other.

I arrive, a bit nerves about meeting the others. I only know of one other person that Bob actually coaches full time, like me. That is Michael Phelps. He went to the Olympics last time (2000). Even though he didn't win any medals he still is the youngest male Olympian to represent the US in 68 years! Even though I know about him I haven't actually met him

I am wearing my new US costume for the Olympics. This is because we all got told to wear them (well one of them) to see if they fit. As I don't want to be the earliest I am just waiting. It is exactly 9pm. As it's the time we got told to meet, I decide to go round. Grabbing my bag I walk round.

I see around forty swimmers when I walk round. Another two appear after me. Jesus there's a lot! I suppose that is how many we need to win. I just walk in and stand awkwardly to the side.

Bob comes over with some other people. I'm guessing they're other coaches. "Okay let's put you into mix groups of four." Says Bob. "There will be ten teams of four and one team of three."

Once we have all been sorted into our teams, we get ready to race. Though as there was only eight lanes we would do it as heats (sort of). As I'm in team four we are in heat one. As teams one-four are in the first heat. Then team five-eight, and then nine-eleven. Then we see who has the fastest time and we have a final with the top eight. It's confusing, I know, but it works. In my team (team four) There is me, Michael Phelps, Ryan Lochte and Natalie Coughlin. I'm the youngest one out of them as I'm eighteen. Though Michael is eighteen but nearly nineteen. I'm glad that I'm not the only one going to the Olympics for the first time in my team. Ryan and Natalie said that it is their first time to.

"Okay first race is 4 x 100m medley relay!" I hear a voice boom. As it's a 50 metre pool that's two lengths each. "I'll do backstroke!" Says Natalie. "I'll do fly." Michael and Ryan both say at the same time. Ryan laughs "Okay I'll do freestyle then. You do breaststroke?" He says to me. I just nod.

I hear the whistle. I'm glad I'm not starting. Even though this is just for fun I feel nervous. Maybe it's because I'm the new one? Or I'm doing it with some Olympians? "I want to win this relay." I hear Michael say but I don't respond.

Take your marks....GO! The buzzer has gone and Natalie is in the lead. I know this is just for fun, but I really want to show everyone what I can do. Natalie touches, I dive, pull out and swim.

Breathe, pull, kick and glide repeat. That is what there is to breaststroke. I'm near touching the wall. I touch and look up to see Michael as he dives in. I quickly climb out to see that we are ahead. I watch Michael swim. God his fly is beautiful. I just watch him until he finishes touching the wall strongly, as Ryan dives in. We ended up winning the heat!

The others started talking, but me being the shy awkward i just stood there not saying anything. I zone out not really listening to what they were saying. "Hey." I hear someone saying. I quickly look up seeing that it was Michael. "Hi." I say back realising that Ryan and Natalie are talking. We don't say anything else as we do the 'finale' and end up winning. Then we do many other relays.