# @nbcsports on YouTube

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://youtube.com/watch?v=IMYimKhvTGw
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- **Posted:** 2023-07-24T20:00:10.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** NBC Sports (@NBCSports) — https://gondola.cc/NBCSports

## Caption

Fukuoka Japan, host city of the 2023 World Aquatics Championships, last hosted the Worlds in 2001. That year two young upstart American won their first gold medals: Michael Phelps and Natalie Coughlin. Coughlin went on to win 12 Olympic medals and 20 at the Worlds, while Phelps became the winningest Olympian of all time with 28 Olympic medals, 23 of them gold. This documentary from World Aquatics interviews both athletes plus their rivals and teammates at the time, including Australian legends Ian Thorpe and Grant Hackett.

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Fukuoka 2001: Where Michael Phelps and Natalie Coughlin won their 1st gold medals | NBC Sports
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michaelphelps, nbcsports, nataliecoughlin

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