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The Gold or The Money?

If you were a professional swimmer, who would you rather be racing against Michael Phelps or Ryan Lochte? Both athletes are very ambiguous about swimming and winning. They both competed against other pro swimmers, but both athletes usually won against the other swimmers. Now, think about it would you want the gold and money or would you want the effort and still get the same price.

Michael Phelps was competing in the 2000 summer Olympics. So far from competing in the Olympics, he has won 18 gold medals, 2 silver, and 2 bronze. He makes about 12-16 million dollars a year. Michael Phelps may be more payed, and more experienced but Ryan Lochte has many chances of beating him.

Ryan Lochte's first Olympics was summer of 2004. He has won 11 medals that include 5 gold medals, 3 silver, and 3 bronze. Ryan makes about 2.3 million in the year of 2013. Ryan Lochte beat Michael Phelps in the 400 meter individual medley. They both may or may not be going for the medal, but they try enough to succeed and learn from their weaknesses.

Many people think Michael Phelps is more better of a swimmer than Ryan Lochte, but Ryan competed with Phelps and beat him several times. They both have their strong and weak points were Michael beat Ryan, but Lochte could just be the same in a different position. Both swimmers work hard for their dream. Getting first place may mean a lot but they deserve it, and even if other pro swimmers work hard enough for this opportunity they deserve a gold for putting in hard work. No swimmer can be perfect at every timing and every lap they take because we all have different styles, but the person who won’t give up and keeps trying there hardest are the won will have better chance of getting to their dreams, and succeed.

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