Katie Hoff, who failed to live up to the hype surrounding her at the Beijing Olympic Games, has announced that she will be training under Michael Phelps’ coach, Bob Bowman in the future. The 19-year-old fellow Baltimore native earned two Bronze Medals and one Silver Medal in Beijing–no small achievment, but was overshadowed by her teammates, especially Phelps.
Hoff holds the American record in the 200m freestyle and is the world champion in the 400m and 4×200m events. It’s clear that she has a lot of swimming (and winning) ahead of her.
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Michael Phelps returned to the University of Michigan over the weekend, the school he attended between 2004 and 2008 and where he trained leading up to the Beijing Olympics. Phelps was honored with other Michigan Olympians during halftime at the Michigan-Wisconsin Game on Saturday.
Phelps was also named the USA’s Swimming Athlete of the Year this weekend, to the surprise of few people, if any. Phelps’ coach, Bob Bowman won the swimming coach of the year award earlier in the month.