Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Phelps paaiva achiri kuyaruka, aiyemura mutambi wemvura wokuAustralia ainzi Ian Thorpe uye aiita kuti vanhu vamuone saThorpe. Pakutanga Thorpe akati zvaizova zvisingaiti kuti Phelps akunde menduru dzegoridhe sere kumaOlympics eZhizha a2008 muBeijing. Phelps akashandisa mashoko acho sechikurudziro ndokunamatira mashoko acho pasherufu yake panguva yeMitambo. Thorpe akanga ari muzvigaro nokuda kwe4×100-metre medley relay
, apo Phelps akanga achishambira nokuda kwendarama yake yeOlympic yechisere. Phelps nevamwe vake pavakabata ndarama, Thorpe akafaraidza amai vaPhelps nokumutsvoda, achibva amubata ruoko ndokumbundira Phelps. Pashure pacho, Thorpe akati "Ndinodada naye zvikuru kwete nokuti akakunda menduru dzegoridhe sere. Panzvimbo pezvo, ndiko kukura kwaakaita uye kukura kuva munhu mukuru. Muupenyu hwangu hwose handisati ndambova nomufaro wakadai wokuratidzwa kuti ndakanga ndakanganisa".