Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Achiri kuyaruka, Phelps aiyemura mutambi wemvura wokuAustralia 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 kwe
4×100-metre medley relay, uko Phelps akanga achishambira kuti awane menduru yake yegoridhe 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".