Michael Phelps was not named “Sportsman of the Year 2016” by the American magazine Sports Illustrated. The weekly preferred basketball player LeBron James. But the swimmer received a trophy of a unique kind, Tuesday December 13, during the gala evening organized by SI at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn. The man with 28 Olympic medals, including 23 gold, has been named “Greatest Olympian of all time”. He received his trophy from three other American Olympians: swimmer Tom Dolan, gymnast Aly Raisman and athlete Jackie Joyner-Kersee.
