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Michael Phelps is the fastest human swimmer on the planet, but sharks swim much faster than people.
The Discovery Channel pre-taped Michael Phelps’ race against a great white shark for Shark Week 2017. Phelps prepped for the race by swimming against a hammerhead and reef shark. He was able to defeat the reef shark but lost to the hammerhead, who had a 15 mile per hour burst.
Phelps told Jimmy Fallon that his top speed is 6 miles per hour. A great white shark can go up to 25 miles per hour.
Phelps was given a monofin in addition to a wet suit to help make up the difference. The pair did not race together as it would have been too dangerous. Instead, they race d in the same ocean water for 100 metres. Discovery Channel took the time of both opponents to d...
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