On March 30, 2001, at the US championships in Austin, at the age of 15 years and 9 months he set his first world record in the 200 butterfly. The start of an extraordinary career for the most medal-winning Olympian ever
25 years after that day that was destined to change the history of swimming, the name of Michael Phelps continues to resonate as a synonym of greatness. It was March 30, 2001 when, at the US National Championships in Austin, Texas, a boy aged just 15 years and 9 months rewrote the world record in the 200 meter butterfly, stopping the clock at 1:54.92 and surpassing Tom Malchow’s record (1:55.18).
