Watch Michael Phelps show Katie Ledecky how to pose with all those Olympic medals
Michael Phelps knows a thing or two about having to pose with many Olympic medals. The all-time greatest swimmer in Olympics history has more than two dozen medals over five Olympics so he's posed for a magazine cover or two in the past.
So, during a recent photo shoot for Sports Illustrated, he tapped into his experience to help out fellow Olympic champion swimmer Katie Ledecky figure out how to best pose with her medals (five in all from Rio, four golds and a silver) for a photo shoot.
Making the moment even more fun is the presence of fellow multi-medal Olympian, Simone Biles, Team USA's five-medal-winning gymnast, who receives some high praise from Phelps: "Have you seen how high she flies?"
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You can see the final cover result below and more photos from the session here.
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But the adorable interaction between Phelps and Ledecky caps a terrific throwback Olympics for the pair. Earlier in the Rio Games, a photo of Ledecky meeting Phelps 10 years ago surfaced and made the rounds on social media.
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After that photo blew up and Phelps and Ledecky both put away more gold for the USA, the pair recreated the photo with roles reversed.
Never end, Olympics of Phelps, Ledecky, and Biles. Never end.
Bonus: Katie Ledecky gets it done
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Marcus Gilmer is Mashable's Assistant Real-Times News Editor on the West Coast, reporting on breaking news from his location in San Francisco. An Alabama native, Marcus earned his BA from Birmingham-Southern College and his MFA in Communications from the University of New Orleans. Marcus has previously worked for Chicagoist, The A.V. Club, the Chicago Sun-Times and the San Francisco Chronicle.
