Which could be why Michael Phelps, after winning 23 Olympic gold medals, has alighted on the great white shark as his next swimming race opponent. As part of Discovery Channel’s Shark Week, Phelps will be taking on a great white, off the coast of Cape Town, South Africa, across his preferred distance of 100m. With few opportunities for black stars, the great sprinter was reduced to racing against horses for spectacle by the 1940s. To settle the matter, Green put on the Man vs Horse marathon in the town. In 36 years, man has beaten horse only twice: in 2004, and again in 2007.

Source: The Guardian July 19, 2017 16:24 UTC