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迈克尔·菲尔普斯在伦敦奥运会前的身价为4000万美元？在两年前的伦敦奥运会出赛后，他的奥运奖牌共达22块，在现代奥运史上比奖牌数量接近他的运动员多了4块，比奖牌数最接近他的现役奥运运动员——挪威冬季两项选手奥勒·比约恩达伦——多了9块。那么，菲尔普斯既然不是需要钱，历史地位也屹立不倒，又为什么要回归赛场，第五次参加奥运会呢？“我这么做是为了我自己，”菲尔普斯向媒体表示，“我喜欢在游泳池里，也热爱游泳运动。”
Michael Phelps＇ pre-London Olympics net worth was $40 million. After swimming in London two Summers ago, hisOlympic medal count stood at 22, four more than anyone in modern Olympic history and nine more than the next closest active Olympian, Norwegian biathlete Ole Bjorndalen. So if Phelps is not hurting for money and secure in his legacy, why is he launching a comeback toward a fifth Olympics？ “I＇m doing this for me,” Phelps said to media. “I enjoy being in the pool and [the] sport of swimming.”
