Michael Phelps Olympic Swimmer

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Michael Phelps is one of the most decorated Olympians to ever swim, doing something no other olympian has ever done: that is to win 23 gold medals throughout his Olympic career. Tim Layden explains, “On August 14, 2004, a 19-year-old from Baltimore won his first Olympic medal, a gold in the 400 individual medley in Athens” (Layden 31). That would be the first of 28 medals in Phelps career as an Olympic swimmer. Phelps would learn more about himself throughout the 4 Olympics he competed in. In Tim Layden’s article “The Gold Standard” from the December 26, 2016 issue of Sports Illustrated, he effectively uses pathos and logos to show the emotion and the dominance throughout Michael Phelps career as an Olympic swimmer.

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