Olympics: Michael Phelps Relieved to 'Gather Courage' And Meet Novak Djokovic
Michael Phelps gathered courage to get a picture taken with 12-time Grand Slam tennis champion Novak Djokovic at the Rio Olympic village
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Michael Phelps gathered courage to meet Novak Djokovic at Olympic village
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Phelps has so far won 22 Olympics medals, including 18 gold
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Djokovic recently completed career slam by winning the French Open
Even a superstar can be star-struck at the Olympic Village, where Michael Phelps plucked up his courage to get a picture taken with 12-time Grand Slam tennis champion Novak Djokovic.
Phelps, the US swimming juggernaut whose 22 Olympic medals include 18 golds, is usually the man inspiring awe among his fellow athletes. But when he bumped into the Serbian star -- who completed the career Grand Slam at the French Open this year -- it was Phelps who wanted to commemorate the moment.
"I was like, 'Yeah, that's Djokovic," Phelps said. "You give each other the nod and the smile, and I was like 'I'm saying hi. I don't care, I'm saying hi to him.'
"We ended up talking a little bit about the event schedule and when he was competing and when I was competing and took a photo and wished each other luck and walked away," Phelps said. "He's super-nice, super-down to earth. Easy to talk to.
"It was something that was cool. I've watched so many of his matches on TV, he's had a lot of epic ones."
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