Michael Phelps Visits Ravens Training Camp After Promise to Teach Players to Swim
Olympic champion Michael Phelps promised to teach swim lessons to the Baltimore Ravens.
On Tuesday, he joined the NFL team at training camp.
Phelps responded to a social media post by Baltimore’s Marlon Humphrey, among others, asking him to help the team learn to swim after finding out that about a third of the players couldn’t.
A huge Ravens fan his whole life, and Baltimore native, Phelps replied to Humphrey’s social media post with, “I got yall!!! Let’s do it!!”
Phelps took a tour of the Ravens’ new recovery pool, which was part of the team’s offseason renovation project at the Under Armour Performance Center, and watched practice.
The 23-time Olympic gold medalist then took to the pool with the players and the lessons began – and got playfully competitive. At one point, Phelps climbed to the blocks and gave several Ravens players a head start before he entered the water and completed a 25-meter swim underwater.
Phelps also took time during his visit to give a motivational speech and gave several Ravens some swim lessons, which is what prompted the entire day in the first place.
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