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At the 2012 London Games he won four gold Women's Nike Air Force 1 Low Grey White , and by the law of diminishing returns would be hard-pressed to match that in Rio, when he will be 31 - past the age when most elite swimmers have hung up their goggles, but not too old to be totally discounted. At the Athens Olympics, Inge de Bruijn of the Netherlands won the women's 50-meter freestyle gold just days before her 31st birthday. Four years later in Beijing, Jason Lezak teamed up with Phelps to win gold in the 4x100m freestyle relay at 32 Women's Nike Air Force 1 Sage XX Luminous Green , while Dara Torres won three silvers at the 2008 Games at age 41. For Phelps, his biggest asset is his physique and perfect technique. He stands 6 ft, 4 in, and has a wingspan of 6 ft, 7 in Women's Nike Air Force 1 Reimagined Sage XX All White , giving him greater pulling power in the water. But the natural evolution of swimming looms as his biggest obstacle. Even if he can match his best times, his younger opponents are getting faster all the time. This week's meet will offer few real clues to what Phelps might do in Rio, if he were to go that far. He has deliberately picked a relatively light program of three races: 100m freestyle, 100m butterfly and 50m freestyle. "It's just a start," Bowman said last week. The first big test for Phelps will come in August when the US national championships - which double as the trials for next year's world championships in Russia - are held in California. Then in the spring of 2016 Women's Nike Air Force 1 Low Jester Violet Mist , the US Olympic trials will take place in Omaha, Nebraska. Phelps only needs to finish in the top six in either the 100m or 200m freestyle at the Olympic trials to make the relay team and, if he did, he would have a realistic chance of adding to his collection of medals. For mere mortals, that would be a lifelong achievement. 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