Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  (CNN) He tino mahi whakaharahara tonu mai i tētahi kaiwaiata tino pūmanawa ki te patu i a Michael Phelps i tana whakataetae tino pai i te whiringa toa o te Olympics. Neke atu i te kotahi tekau tau, i hinga te Amerikana nui i ngā kaitākaro katoa i te 200 mita pōtae i runga i te ao me te atamira Olympic, engari i muri mai ka tae mai a Chad le Clos. I te wā i hopu ai te tangata o Awherika ki te Tonga i a Phelps i ngā mita whakamutunga 50 o te whakataetae kia hopu ai i tētahi wikitōria whakahirahira mā te 0.05 hēkona, i hangaia e ia tētahi o ngā wā whakahirahira o ngā Orimipia o Rānana 2012. I a ia e 12 tau ana, kua titiro a le Clos ki tana pouaka whakaata i te kainga i Durban e matatau ana ki a Phelps, e kiia ana ko ia te kaikawe kaukau nui rawa atu o nga wa katoa, i wikitoria e ono nga mētara koura Olympic i Athens i te tau 2004. Nō reira, kāore pea i te miharo te tū ki te taha o tōna toa i tētahi whiringa toa o te Olympics e waru tau i muri mai i te āhua o te āhua o te ao. "Ko taku moemoea i nga wa katoa ki te kaukau penei i a Michael Phelps no reira i taku whakataetae ki a ia i te whakamutunga he tino wairangi te ahua", e kii ana a le Clos ki te raupapa o te CNN ki te tangata ki te toa. "I taku pa atu ki te 150 (mita) ki taku whakaaro 1.5 mita ahau i muri i a ia. I taku hurihanga, i titiro ahau ki a ia i raro i te wai, a, i whakaaro ahau ko ia ahau -- e mohio ana ahau he tino poauau, engari i kite ahau i ahau ano e haere ana ia i mua i tetahi atu. " "Kua mahara ahau ki tana haere mai i te takahuri whakamutunga, ā, e mōhio ana koe, ka pupuhi i te katoa... I whakaaro ahau, he maha nga tau e mahi ana ia i tenei, a ka mahara ahau ki tera i taku kaukau. Kāore au i te mōhio he aha tērā, engari he mīharo". I tere te huri o te hinengaro ki roto i te wheako huri ora mo te 20-tau-tawhito i te taha o Phelps i te whiu whakamutunga. "He wā tino nui tēnei mō Awherika ki te Tonga. Ko te tikanga, he honore nui te tohu i tō whenua engari ko te whiu i a Michael Phelps i te Olympics he mea whakamiharo", e ai ki a ia. "I te wā e tamariki ana, e hiahia ana te katoa kia rite ki o rātau toa, engari kāore koe i te whakaaro i tētahi rā ka taea e koe te patu i a rātau". Ko te wikitoria whakaharahara i maumahara, ehara i te mea mo nga urupare a le Clos anake - i ahuareka mai i te koa ki te kore whakapono i muri tonu o te whakataetae -...
I whakamataku te kaihoe o Awherika ki te Tonga i a Michael Phelps i te 2012 London Olympics. Whai muri i tana wikitoria i tana whakapakoko o te tamarikitanga, kua kaha a Le Clos ki te 100m me te 200m butterfly. E rongonui ana hoki tana papa, a Bert, mō ngā whakanui harikoa i muri i te wikitoria a tana tama i Rānana. E tūmanako ana te kaitākaro 22 tau te pakeke kia eke anō ia ki a Phelps i Rio i te tau 2016.