Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  I hoki mai a Michael Phelps ki te whakataetae whakataetae i te wa i riro ai i a ia te toa koura 18 o te Olympic i te wikitoria 100 mita butterfly i te Arena Pro Swim Series i Arizona. Ko Phelps, i hoki mai ki te mahi i muri i te whakatārewatanga mo te ono marama i whakatauhia e USA Swimming whai muri i tana whiu i te haurangi i te marama o Hepetema i mua, i wikitoria i te whakataetae i Mesa me te waa 52.38 hēkona, i te taha o Ryan Lochte. 'Ko taku wa tuatahi ki te whakataetae mai i te Pan Pacs (te Pan Pacific Championships 2014), me te hoki ki te whakataetae wai he mea e aroha ana ahau,' ka mea a Phelps, i whakahuahia i runga i te usaswimming.org. I riro i a Michael Phelps te wikitōria 100 mita pōtae i te Rōpū Hākinakina Hākinakina i muri i te whakakorenga e ono marama. I whakamutua te toa koura o te 18 o nga wa o te Orimipia e USA Swimming mo te kore o te whakamātautau taraiwa inu. He tino pai ki ahau, ā, he pai ki ahau te hoki mai.' Ko Phelps, te kaitakaro o te Ao tino whakapaipai i roto i te hitori, ka ngaro i nga whakataetae o te Ao i tenei raumati i Kazan, Russia, whai muri i nga korerorero me USA Swimming. Heoi, i whakaatuhia e te 29-tau-tau o Maryland i te timatanga o tenei wiki e hiahia ana ia ki te whakataetae i nga Olympics 2016 i Rio de Janeiro. I puta anō te rongo ki a Phelps i a ia e hoki ana ki te puna kaukau ki te kerēme i tētahi wikitōria i Arizona. E whai ana a Phelps, e 29 ona tau, ki te whakataetae i te rima o ngā hākinakina o te tau e whai ake nei i Rio de Janeiro.
I wikitoria a Michael Phelps i tana whakataetae tuatahi i muri i tana whakatārewatanga mo te ono marama. I whakatārewatia a Phelps e USA Swimming mō te taka i tētahi whakamātautau taraiwa inu. Ko te toa o te Opepika i toa i te 100m butterfly i te Arena Pro Swim Series.