Today starts the Olympic Games.

Ever 4 years the world comes together to celibate our athletes!

Everyone here at First Place Fitness Equipment will be cheering on our heroes!

Please tune in every day and watch as our athletes around to world wow us and impress us with their talents and drive to be the best they can be!

I personally can wait for the swimming to start! Michael Phelps will no doubt leave us awe struck once more.

Here is a list of events he will be in!!!

Men’s 200m butterfly
Heats
Mon, Aug 8
12:34 PM

Men’s 200m individual medley
Heats
Wed, Aug 10
1:09 PM

Men’s 100m butterfly
Heats
Thu, Aug 11
1:16 PM

Here are some stats on him

Full name Michael Fred Phelps II
Nickname(s) “The Baltimore Bullet”; “Flying Fish”
National team United States
Born June 30, 1985 (age 31)
Baltimore, Maryland
Height 6 ft 4 in (193 cm)
Weight 194 lb (88 kg)

Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 18 2 2
World Championships (LC) 26 6 1
World Championships (SC) 1 0 0
Pan Pacific Championships 16 5 0
Total 61 13 3
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
100 m butterfly 8 2 0
200 m butterfly 9 2 0
200 m medley 8 2 0
400 m medley 6 0 0
200 m freestyle 4 2 1
200 m backstroke 0 1 0
4×100 m freestyle 6 2 2
4×200 m freestyle 10 2 0
4×100 m medley 10 0 0