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The Disneyland Report > Disney News > Gold Medalist Swimmer Michael Phelps Makes Historic Splash on Main Street, USA at Disneyland! Disney NewsGold Medalist Swimmer Michael Phelps Makes Historic Splash on Main Street, USA at DisneylandGold Medalists Lenny Krayzelburg and Ian Crocker Swim at Disneyland 'Swim Meet' to Conclude Disney's Swim with the Stars TourANAHEIM, Calif. -- Yesterday morning at Disneyland, America's three
most celebrated swimmers including eight-time Olympic medalist (including
six gold) Michael Phelps, gold medalist Ian Crocker and gold medalist
Lenny Krayzelburg experienced Disneyland like no one else ever has ever
before -- by swimming down Main Street, USA! The three Athens medal-winners participated in a first-ever "swim meet" on Disneyland's Main Street, USA in a specially constructed Olympic-length pool (requiring 30 hours to construct) to conlude Disney's Swim with the Stars tour. The pool (165 ft. long, 21 ft. wide, and 4 ft. deep featuring three swimming lanes) occupied almost the entire length of Main Street. A swim team from Southern California (comprised of young swim champions ranging in age from five to 15) welcomed and cheered on the three famed swimmers and even participated in a relay and match race with the three athletes. The visit to the Disneyland Resort culminates the swimmers' cross-country "Disney's Swim with the Stars" tour. Arriving directly from Athens, Phelps, Crocker and Krayzelburg participated in a series of personal appearances at local schools, meeting and greeting hundreds of children, and starring in a first-of-its-kind, two-hour swimming celebration show in each city. "Winning the gold in Greece was a dream come true but going on this tour with Ian and Lenny and meeting the young swimming stars of tomorrow has been simply incredible," said Phelps. "It seems only fitting that we end our tour and Olympic journey at 'The Happiest Place on Earth.'" Source: Press Release Return to Disney News. |
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