Čavić and Rosolino are being a bit pessimistic, me thinks:
“I think the whole swimming world has to get ready not to see another world record in the men’s sprints for a long time,” said Serbian butterfly specialist Milorad Cavic, the closest challenger to Michael Phelps’ record eight gold medals at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
How long? According to Cavic and others, a decade.